Re: Savanna nonsense


Paul Crowley wrote:
> "Jim McGinn" <jimmcginn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:1130166057.428013.293620@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> > > One of the few things we can say
> > > about hominid evolutions is that it did not
> > > occur in a habitat where either the severity
> > > or the extent of the dry-season was marked.
> >
> > All the evidence indicates otherwise.
>
> Human sweating? The water content of
> our faeces? The inefficiency of our
> kidneys -- in having to output a lot of
> water in our urine?

I think this is explained by the fact that hominids
tended to colonize locations close to fresh water.

>
> What evidence do you have in mind?
>
> > > Humans are very badly adapted for such
> > > conditions.
> >
> > Humans are very well adapted for such conditions.
>
> What evidence do you have in mind?

Human resource management abilities are better than those of any other
species.

>
> > > > > Btw, what EXACTLY happened 8 mya?
> > > > > Why did those monsoonal winds begin
> > > > > abruptly at that time?
> > > >
> > > > These are very, very good questions, Paul. And I have some very, very
> > > > good answers (which, BTW, I've already provided in previous posts).
> > >
> > > The usual vague empty garbage.
> > >
> > > > But, unfortunately Paul, to understand my answers you have to have a
> > > > more sophisticated understanding of climate and changes thereof than
> > > > you've indicated up to this point.
> > >
> > > Climatology is one of those fields where
> > > a lot goes on, but there is minimal
> > > understanding.
> >
> > Speak for yourself.
> >
> > > No one can tell us even
> > > the most basic information -- for which
> > > we'd be prepared to pay billions of
> > > dollars. If you knew that this winter was
> > > going to be either severe or mild, you
> > > could make a fortune on oil and gas
> > > futures. But no one does. No one can
> > > even accurately predict the path of a
> > > hurricane over the next few days.
> > > They are all guessing.
> >
> > These comments underscore your ignorance. You're
> > making a bald-faced comparison between paleoclimatology
> > and weather. This is a nonsense comparison.
>
> Climate does involve weather.
>
> > > Such a field is therefore wide open to
> > > pompous pretentious (but totally
> > > ignorant) bullshitters, of which you are
> > > a prime example. You cannot tell us
> > > anything about the weather in the next
> > > few weeks. But you know all that there
> > > is to know about it 8 mya.
> > >
> > > Give us a break.
> >
> > Not only could you not answer my questions but you
> > snipped them you evasive twit.
>
> I answered them. But I'm not
> playing your stupid game.

You're a clueless idiot.

Jim

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