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Re:A researcher's response to people pointing out 150 errors... by ajkjk on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @03:10AM (#13974673)
It's just statistically likely.
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Re:A researcher's response to people pointing out 150 errors... by staticautomatic on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @07:29PM (#13981844)
How so?
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Re:A researcher's response to people pointing out 150 errors... by nashashmi on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @06:51AM (#13975512)
But then he is called a conservative.
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Re:A researcher's response to people pointing out 150 errors... by ajkjk on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @02:33PM (#13979307)
No, that's not true. One's beliefs about climate change are not their politics; they just tend to correlate highly with politics.
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Re:A researcher's response to people pointing out 150 errors... by nashashmi on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @03:35PM (#13989815)
I meant more like "He must be a conservative!" kind of explanation (and therefore he should be ignored??).
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