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To: neverdem

Interesting theory. But what happens if it *doesn’t* bring about new sunspots? There is always the strong possibility that correlation does not equal causation.


10 posted on 06/21/2009 3:39:51 PM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy
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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy
Both the idea of "correlation" and "causation" are absent in this jet stream hypothesis.

The idea is that otherwise invisible jet streams in the Sun's atmosphere carry nascent Sunspots to the surface.

This phenomenon has never been observed ~

There are others who believe there's a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow.

12 year old boys imagine there are beautiful actresses just waiting for their attention.

Did you see that shot of the amount of snow and ice still in the Arctic at Midsommer comparing this year to 1999? Try:

http://igloo.atmos.uiuc.edu/cgi-bin/test/print.sh?fm=06&fd=18&fy=1999&sm=06&sd=18&sy=2009

12 posted on 06/21/2009 3:55:58 PM PDT by muawiyah
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