What's the chance of going out and finding the butterfly which caused Hurricane Alex?
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From: Don Stockbauer on 30 Jun 2010 14:16 After all, we're told that the flapping of a butterfly's wings can create a hurricane down the line.
From: Datesfat Chicks on 30 Jun 2010 14:49 "Don Stockbauer" <donstockbauer(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:81c357ae-bed4-4331-a979-21d35fbe1381(a)w31g2000yqb.googlegroups.com... > After all, we're told that the flapping of a butterfly's wings can > create a hurricane down the line. The butterfly effect is the lie that is told for public consumption. That is because the public won't find it very pleasing to know that hurricanes are actually caused by cow flatulence. So, the question is whether you can find the cow that farted in the wrong direction at the wrong time. Butterflies don't contribute to hurricanes. Cows do. Datesfat
From: Don Stockbauer on 30 Jun 2010 15:32 On Jun 30, 1:49 pm, "Datesfat Chicks" <datesfat.chi...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > "Don Stockbauer" <donstockba...(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > > news:81c357ae-bed4-4331-a979-21d35fbe1381(a)w31g2000yqb.googlegroups.com... > > > After all, we're told that the flapping of a butterfly's wings can > > create a hurricane down the line. > > The butterfly effect is the lie that is told for public consumption. That > is because the public won't find it very pleasing to know that hurricanes > are actually caused by cow flatulence. > > So, the question is whether you can find the cow that farted in the wrong > direction at the wrong time. Butterflies don't contribute to hurricanes. > Cows do. Oh, oh. I see a runaway positve feedback possibility. The cow farts cause global warming from the methane, and they also kick off hurricanes. The Earth shalt be destroyed by billions of category 5 hurricanes. The surface, anyway. But mostly just living things.
From: Datesfat Chicks on 30 Jun 2010 15:42 "Don Stockbauer" <donstockbauer(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:132cf3f1-89a4-4ec0-bd98-45df28c4a221(a)c33g2000yqm.googlegroups.com... On Jun 30, 1:49 pm, "Datesfat Chicks" <datesfat.chi...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > "Don Stockbauer" <donstockba...(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > > news:81c357ae-bed4-4331-a979-21d35fbe1381(a)w31g2000yqb.googlegroups.com... > > > After all, we're told that the flapping of a butterfly's wings can > > create a hurricane down the line. > > The butterfly effect is the lie that is told for public consumption. That > is because the public won't find it very pleasing to know that hurricanes > are actually caused by cow flatulence. > > So, the question is whether you can find the cow that farted in the wrong > direction at the wrong time. Butterflies don't contribute to hurricanes. > Cows do. > >Oh, oh. > >I see a runaway positve feedback possibility. > >The cow farts cause global warming from the methane, and they also >kick off hurricanes. The Earth shalt be destroyed by billions of >category 5 hurricanes. The surface, anyway. But mostly just living >things. Where do you see the positive feedback? For nomenclature, I'll use (CF) = (cow flatulence), (GW) = (global warming), and (HU) = (hurricanes). The implication chains I see are: a)CF->HU (sometimes directly, per the misnamed butterfly effect). b)CF->GW c)GW->HU All I see is that cow flatulence leads directly or indirectly to hurricanes. For there to be positive feedback, you'd need to close the loop: for example, by showing that hurricanes lead to more cows or at least makes them pass gas more often. That hasn't been shown. In fact, I'd argue that hurricanes can lead to less cows, particularly if you're a cow near the ocean. ???? Datesfat
From: MoeBlee on 30 Jun 2010 15:50
On Jun 30, 1:16 pm, Don Stockbauer <donstockba...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > After all, we're told that the flapping of a butterfly's wings can > create a hurricane down the line. Whaddya gonna do when you catch it? Tear its wings off? You know, they did catch the one that caused Katrina. Bush gave it amnesty. MoeBlee |