I've pinched the the thread title from a news item in the Toronto press. James Lovelock has suddenly got unpopular with climate doomsayers, it seems. He's a fallen angel. Er, no, he's someone who looks at the facts as well as the hypotheses and who is willing to admit he was wrong. A good scientist then.
apocalypse-postponed
Gooseberry crop has disappeared
AIBU To Be So Annoyed at the Stupidity of This
Father's Day Sunday — nobody makes cards for this type of dad

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and hence the way results/observations maybe being used to formulate predictions