I don't accept the analogy. A closer one is that the gravity model predicts
that he'll be at the 15th floor at time t. Instead, he finds that he is
already down to the 2nd floor at time t. You can say" "Ooops! We need to
adjust the gravitational constant." or recognize that something much different
is involved that it totally outside the model.
Chuck Norcutt
> -------Original Message-------
> From: Jan Steinman <Jan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [OM] Re: [way OT] Re: How high's the water/presidential rant
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> > From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Right now the
> > effects of global warming seem to be running ahead of the models.
> > Some
> > find that truly scary. To me it just shows very plainly that the
> > models
> > are wrong.
>
> That reminds me of the guy who fell out of a window on the 30th floor
> of a building. As he passed the 15th floor, someone shouted, "How's it
> going?" to which he replied, "So far, so good!"
>
> I guess you can chalk even gravity up to "statistical anomaly" until
> it comes up and smashes your skull.
>
> Anyway, this discussion has turned predictably polarized. I'm too busy
> doing something about it to argue over it.
>
> :::: Quite clearly, our task is predominantly metaphysical, for it is
> how to get all of humanity to educate itself swiftly enough to
> generate spontaneous behaviors that will avoid extinction. -- R.
> Buckminster Fuller, _Synergetics_ ::::
> :::: Jan Steinman, EcoReality http://www.EcoReality.org ::::
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