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Old 13 March 2007, 08:32 PM
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Old 13 March 2007, 08:40 PM
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He whipped out (figuratively) his doctorate degree in science and an explanation of the Coriolis force to support his case. On my side of the issue was my vague memory of having “heard it somewhere.” I call that a tie.

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ETA: I love how the discussion quickly devolves into a global warming argument.
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Sigh. I wish Snopes.com had been around when I tried to prove to my eighth-grade science class that the Coriolis force had no effect on a small bucket of water. Then again, they saw it with their own eyes and still didn't believe it; they probably wouldn't have believed formal research, either.
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