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Re: FYI -- bye-bye, 3/4?



> Some people disagree with this, too, and for seemingly good
> reasons.
>
>
http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2010/02/nothing_will_stop_the_never-en.php#comment-2258567

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 The reason I post is this; apparently the "good reasons" part went
 over my head, as did the part about what exactly "they" don't agree
 with...

I'm not criticizing you for posting the ScienceDaily story! :-) I'm trying to _add_ to the discussion _about_ it.

 I infer that Dodds' method was throw as much peer-reviewed data as
 was available on a scatter-plot and find the slope, which was 2/3,
 and then advance a hypothesis about underlying mechanical causes.

 What is the objection?

Read the blog comment I linked to (see above), and the Nature paper the comment links to. Strangely, the Nature paper is freely accessible.