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AverageJoe90

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Sat Oct 12, 2013, 02:38 PM

Oct 2013

"I'd still say if the article needed a lot of revising and repairing it would never, ever have had the slightest chance of being published in Nature."

Unfortunately, the editors at Nature are only human. They do mess up every once in a while, and if this article truly was published as one of the next big things, instead of just a curiosity, then this certainly would be one of those times, hands down, because literally nobody else has made such a wild claim.

Regardless, at least we were able to remain civil with each other.

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Study: Temperatures go off the charts around 2047 [View all] pintobean Oct 2013 OP

Glad to live in Minnesota Randomthought Oct 2013 #1

The Mississippi River basin and its tributaries will become a desert on the scale of the Sahara. baldguy Oct 2013 #13

I blame this on the rise of wind farms. Orrex Oct 2013 #2

Snort. Scuba Oct 2013 #3

You almost pulled me offsides. nt awoke_in_2003 Oct 2013 #25

I never touched you! Orrex Oct 2013 #26

Know, but you had a good hard count... awoke_in_2003 Oct 2013 #27

Lets see, I'll be 84 at that point. Javaman Oct 2013 #4

Now you can be one of those old cudetty guys who says ... meegbear Oct 2013 #6

LOL Javaman Oct 2013 #7

I'll be 107 pscot Oct 2013 #36

I'll be 92 (or not). It's my kids and grandkids I worry about. AAO Oct 2013 #8

I know what you mean. Javaman Oct 2013 #9

Been wanting to return to Ohio for years... awoke_in_2003 Oct 2013 #28

I won't be around in 2047. If I am, I'll be 108. n/t RebelOne Oct 2013 #29

I'll only be in my 90's so I will kick your triple digit ass Skittles Oct 2013 #51

"It's a hoax!" Enthusiast Oct 2013 #5

I read the other day about how the VA coast is already seeing a higher water level. toby jo Oct 2013 #10

the late, great planet earth heaven05 Oct 2013 #11

The first thing I thought of was how old my children will be. rug Oct 2013 #12

I have a problem with making predictions like this.... groundloop Oct 2013 #14

By the time these predictions start panning out NoOneMan Oct 2013 #15

Your last sentence seems to be an argument against your own post. Uncle Joe Oct 2013 #16

Instead of nit-picking my words could we discuss the topic? groundloop Oct 2013 #18

It's not nitpicking, your last sentence was correct, and this study isn't so narrow as to cite Uncle Joe Oct 2013 #20

You're looking through the wrong end of your telescope pscot Oct 2013 #17

Making predictions is what science does. mn9driver Oct 2013 #21

Very well said. Thank you! GliderGuider Oct 2013 #23

"If the predictions in this study turn out to be in error," And they certainly will, no doubt...... AverageJoe90 Oct 2013 #42

No, that's not what it says. benh57 Oct 2013 #46

Well, I read this carefully, and that was the additional impression I got. AverageJoe90 Oct 2013 #47

Are you a climate scientist? Do you have background in the field? Thanks! nt Mojorabbit Oct 2013 #48

No, but all you need to do is look at the actual data and projections from the IPCC and others...... AverageJoe90 Oct 2013 #50

I think you missed one thing, though: This study is an extreme outlier.....and a poorly done one.... AverageJoe90 Oct 2013 #39

Glad I didn't have kids... PasadenaTrudy Oct 2013 #19

Well, at ;east I will not be here to see it ashling Oct 2013 #22

oh bullshit - we won't die from the heat ... Locrian Oct 2013 #24

Yes. Along with deaths associated in a kind of class warfare -- haves vs have-nots Auggie Oct 2013 #30

yes. basically anarchy and breakdown of all as everyone struggles to survive n/t Locrian Oct 2013 #34

link to clickable chart and more lutefisk Oct 2013 #31

It's like summer up here - shouldn't be . . . ConcernedCanuk Oct 2013 #32

guess we'll be seeing another Great Migration starting in about 7-9 years BlancheSplanchnik Oct 2013 #33

All those Mexicans, Central Americans and Caribbeans pscot Oct 2013 #37

This may explain the "Mad Tea Party" insanity in Washington DC... Peace Patriot Oct 2013 #35

I'm sorry, but this study isn't exactly "innovative". It smells really off, actually. AverageJoe90 Oct 2013 #38

Attention Seeking won't get you into 'Nature' (or 'Science', for that matter) Celefin Oct 2013 #40

My response. AverageJoe90 Oct 2013 #41

Alright then Celefin Oct 2013 #43

You're welcome...... AverageJoe90 Oct 2013 #44

Is it okay for me to father 40 more children then? ffr Oct 2013 #45

I'll probably be dead so...wear sunscreen. brooklynite Oct 2013 #49

Off the charts? Edim Oct 2013 #52

The HADCRUT graph shows a clear warming trend NickB79 Oct 2013 #53