Comment Re:Breaking News? (Score 0, Troll) 96
I'm still skeptical about this whole global warmin thing. I don't really think it exists. There are a lot of doom-and-gloom reports out there about the disappereance of the ozone layer and SUVs and temperatures that are a tenth of a degree warmer than last year or whatever, but I have yet to see any real scientific evidence of any of this.
The weather has only been tracked (I mean measured and recorded) for what, 200 years? And you're talking about a planet that has existed for millions of years? A trend over a sample this small is almost meaningless; an abberation. There is archeological evidence of *gigantic* swings in climate, from hot and humid to ice ages. Maybe we really are in one of the "peaks" of climate; if so, there's really nothing we can do about it, since we didn't cause it. Reports of how greenhouse-gas pollution is causing global warming consistently fail to mention the fact that human pollution is minute compared to naturally occurring greenhouse gasses: a single volcanic eruption spews out more of the greenhouse gasses than mankind has in its history.
Also, getting back to the article, how do the scientists know that the difference in genes is related *at all* to the change in mating habits? Last I was aware, we still couldn't really tell what genes do with much certainty, and then only with more sohisticated techniques than quantitative genetics; to me, a shift in mating season seems to be more adaptation than evolution, but I really don't know.
Okay, I'm done ranting now; you may return to normalcy.
The weather has only been tracked (I mean measured and recorded) for what, 200 years? And you're talking about a planet that has existed for millions of years? A trend over a sample this small is almost meaningless; an abberation. There is archeological evidence of *gigantic* swings in climate, from hot and humid to ice ages. Maybe we really are in one of the "peaks" of climate; if so, there's really nothing we can do about it, since we didn't cause it. Reports of how greenhouse-gas pollution is causing global warming consistently fail to mention the fact that human pollution is minute compared to naturally occurring greenhouse gasses: a single volcanic eruption spews out more of the greenhouse gasses than mankind has in its history.
Also, getting back to the article, how do the scientists know that the difference in genes is related *at all* to the change in mating habits? Last I was aware, we still couldn't really tell what genes do with much certainty, and then only with more sohisticated techniques than quantitative genetics; to me, a shift in mating season seems to be more adaptation than evolution, but I really don't know.
Okay, I'm done ranting now; you may return to normalcy.
