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Comment Correlation is not nec. causation (Score 1) 82

It's not clear if the pattern-claimers have a statistical correlation or eye-balled it. If one runs enough variables against an events list, a coincidental match is fairly likely such that one should have grains of salt ready.

Those poor Permianites sure got whacked. There's some evidence it was caused by wayward volcanism, or at least volcanism was a contributor.

 

Comment Ford, too. (Score 2) 158

I bought a Ford F-150 XLT (the full-hybrid pickup) and was very disappointed to find that several of the features (Including Blue Cruise and navigation) were subscription-based with an initial free period of a year or so.

Other than that the vehicle is fantastic - but was very pricey when I bought it, so having to pay over and over for the features was a very annoying surprise. (They quit working rather than quit updating when the subscriptions run out.)

Comment Maybe not to individual people, but ... (Score 2) 14

... a bunch of cancer progression theories based on cell culture progression had to be thrown out when it was discovered that the cultures were being contaminated by a particularly robust and aggressive cancer cell culture, HeLa, which had contaminated lab equipment like environmental chambers or survived equipment sterilization and eventually took over culture lines in labs.

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