--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <shempmcgurk@> > > wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning <no_reply@> > > > wrote: > > > > Of course, new.morning's questions are based on a > > misunderstanding of how the survey was conducted, > > Since you are a stickler for correctness, I did not misunderstand > how the survey was conducted.
LOL! Sure you did. You assumed the 100 scientists they attempted to contact were a (hopefully random) sample of all the climate scientists in the "US/world," first of all, rather than somebody's list of the 100 *top* climate scientists in the U.S. Then you assumed the 19 scientists cited were the only respondents to the survey out of that 100, rather than the only respondents who had seen the movie or read the book. <snip> > I don't have my questions in front of me, but I as I recall them, > they are valid regardless of my assumptions of whether the survey > was a sample of all climate experts, or a total polling of the so > called "top 100". See #2 above. > Frankly, on the latter point, I don't think a valid top 100 list > could well be constructed Right. As I said (did you miss it?): The question you *want* to be asking is, Who decides which are the 100 top climate scientists in the U.S.? <snip> > >But I'm sure that's exactly the > > kinds of questions those reflexively opposed to the > > consensus view on global warming would attempt to > > raise, in order to confuse the issue as much as > > possible. > > And as my example testifies, that's ALSO exactly the kinds of > questions asked by those who support the consensus view on global > warming, and have since working on the issue professional in 1990- > 92. But not about *this* survey. > And I raised such, without partisian intent, but to gain understand. Of course. Those I was referring to, unlike you, would be misrepresenting the relevant questions deliberately. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Great things are happening at Yahoo! Groups. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/TISQkA/hOaOAA/yQLSAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
