Or do they? I have been accused of living on planet illogica, told that the poster was giving up till I talked sense, you'll get the picture.
So what was it that triggered such comments, from a mod now less BTW.
Simple, I asked, 'what causes an Ice Age?'
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Global cooling?
Something is wrong here. War, disease, death, destruction, hunger, filth, poverty, torture, crime, corruption, and the Ice Capades. Something is definitely wrong. This is not good work. If this is the best God can do, I am not impressed.
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Depends on what that means Min. Does it mean a drop in the maximum temps, in the minimum, or the average?
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If the maximum drops and the minimum drops then the average drops by definition.
Bigger question is, what causes global cooling in the first place? Orbital variation? Slight decrease in solar activity?
Bigger question is, what causes global cooling in the first place? Orbital variation? Slight decrease in solar activity?
Something is wrong here. War, disease, death, destruction, hunger, filth, poverty, torture, crime, corruption, and the Ice Capades. Something is definitely wrong. This is not good work. If this is the best God can do, I am not impressed.
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Not so my friend, there are ways for the average to drop without either falling.If the maximum drops and the minimum drops then the average drops by definition.
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Amazingly, Roy is right for a change!Digit wrote:Not so my friend, there are ways for the average to drop without either falling.If the maximum drops and the minimum drops then the average drops by definition.
But if you replace 'average' by 'median' you're correct, Min.
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Well it had to happen eventually, maybe it will happen to you as well one day! 
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Oooh er! 
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...or I'll write to Sinterklaas about you and he will send Black Peter who will stuff you in his big bag and take you away to Spain like the other bad kids!
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Now that's real nasty! 
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How...exactly...would that happen?Digit wrote:Not so my friend, there are ways for the average to drop without either falling.If the maximum drops and the minimum drops then the average drops by definition.
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Longer winters Min. In fact all that is needed for an Ice age is for, year on year, more snow to fall than melts.
Dropping the minimum temps would in fact be counter productive, for example, the poles are amongst the dryest spots on the globe.
Such conditions don't even preclude hot summers, just need shorter ones.
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Dropping the minimum temps would in fact be counter productive, for example, the poles are amongst the dryest spots on the globe.
Such conditions don't even preclude hot summers, just need shorter ones.
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FAIL!
That doesn't show Min how, while both max and minimum temps drop, the average temp doesn't necessarily drop as well.
That doesn't show Min how, while both max and minimum temps drop, the average temp doesn't necessarily drop as well.