Re: [OT] No global warming since 1995

So what? Are you telling me that everytime there is consensus that it is

wrong? Goofy. Consensus is part of the scientfic process. Come up with a

theory, then gather facts until the theory is shown to be correct or wrong.

If wrong, you adjust the theory.

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From: "Michael Madigan" <mmadi10699@yahoo.com>

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Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 6:28 PM

Subject: Re: [OT] No global warming since 1995

Actually there are plenty of examples of consensus being wrong

* the theory of continental drift proposed by Alfred Wegener and

supported by Alexander Du Toit and Arthur Holmes but soundly rejected by

most geologists until indisputable evidence and an acceptable mechanism was

presented after 50 years of rejection.

* the theory of symbiogenesis presented by Lynn Margulis and initially

rejected by biologists but now generally accepted.

* the theory of punctuated equilibria proposed by Stephen Jay Gould and

Niles Eldredge which is still debated but becoming more accepted in

evolutionary theory.

* the theory of prions -proteinaceous infectious particles causing

transmissible spongiform encephalopathy diseases- proposed by Stanley B.

Prusiner and at first rejected because pathogenicity was believed to depend

on nucleic acids now widely accepted due to accumulating evidence.

* the theory of Helicobacter pylori as the cause of stomach ulcers. This

theory was first postulated in 1982 by Barry Marshall and Robin Warren

however it was widely rejected by the medical community believing that no

bacterium could survive for long in the acidic environment of the stomach.

Marshall demonstrated his findings by drinking a brew of the bacteria and

consequently developing ulcers, subsequently curing himself with antibiotic

medication. In 2005, Warren and Marshall were awarded the Nobel Prize in

Medicine for their work on H. pylori[7]

--- On Tue, 2/16/10, Nicholas Geti <ngeti@optonline.net> wrote:

> From: Nicholas Geti <ngeti@optonline.net>

> Subject: Re: [OT] No global warming since 1995

> To: "ProFox Email List" <profox@leafe.com>

> Date: Tuesday, February 16, 2010, 6:02 PM

> Hey. For once I agree with Ricardo.

> Good comment.

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> From: "Ricardo Ar