OT: ICANN and NRO

[Chris Gehlker]

On Jun 24, 2009, at 8:27 AM, Craig White wrote:

> On Wed, 2009-06-24 at 08:15 -0700, Chris Gehlker wrote:
>> On Jun 24, 2009, at 7:59 AM, Craig White wrote:
>>
>>> The polar ice caps are melting at a record pace. Where is it you
>>> believe
>>> ice is increasing?
>>
>> Maybe at the poles in the next few decades.
>> <http://www.scienceagogo.com/news/20020927213400data_trunc_sys.shtml>
> ----
> there is reality and there is theory.
>
> As Johnson clearly states, the reality is..."The pack ice has  
> thinned by
> about 40 percent in the last 30 years and may be nearly gone in a few
> decades, said Johnson."
>
> The theory is that the increased salinity MAY result in new ice sheet
> formations.
>
> Thank you for the lesson on reality vs. theory.

'Theory' doesn't mean what you think it means.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory>

"A scientific theory is a well-substantiated explanation of some  
aspect of the natural world, based on a body of facts that have been  
repeatedly confirmed through observation and experiment. Such fact- 
supported theories are not "guesses" but reliable accounts of the real  
world. The theory of biological evolution is more than "just a  
theory." It is as factual an explanation of the universe as the atomic  
theory of matter or the germ theory of disease. Our understanding of  
gravity is still a work in progress. But the phenomenon of gravity,  
like evolution, is an accepted fact."

--
And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who  
could not hear the music.
-Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, philosopher (1844-1900)