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Old Jan 13, 2008, 02:34 am   #47 (permalink) (top)
gallo
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I think we need to go with the global warming during the Pliocene and the Aquatic Hypotheses.
Why on earth would we want to "go with" a 35 year old hypothesis, proposed by a TV scriptwriter and English grad student who had no supporting evidence at the time, has not developed any supporting evidence since, has never made any testable predictions, and has never been tested? Of course, such nonsense seems to be "persuasive" to those who don't understand what science is or how it works. If I can imagine it, then it must be persuasive - never mind if a simple consideration of reality makes it laughable.


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