lgarvin
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Do Not Eat
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The Lord hates a coward, Mr. Kenney.
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Main Entry: 1con·jec·ture
Pronunciation: \kən-ˈjek-chər\
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin conjectura, from conjectus, past participle of conicere, literally, to throw together, from com- + jacere to throw — more at jet
Date: 14th century
1 obsolete a : interpretation of omens b : supposition
2 a : inference from defective or presumptive evidence b : a conclusion deduced by surmise or guesswork c : a proposition (as in mathematics) before it has been proved or disproved
Has the proposition been proved? No, it has not. It is, therefore, "conjecture."
For points two and three, see your previous comments.
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I understand the talking points that you have cut and pasted, I simply don't give them much credence.
Just to be extra clear: the conjecture is the theory that tree rings were an accurate proxy for a thousand years... up until 1960, and the assumption is that some man-made effect (global warming, possibly?) caused the divergence between the two variables post 1960.
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