Comments on: The Apocalyptic Temptation: A plea for scientific rationality - part 1 http://solarscience.auditblogs.com/2008/06/15/the-apocalyptic-temptation-a-plea-for-scientific-rationality-part-1/ A blog of solar physics Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:44:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Alana http://solarscience.auditblogs.com/2008/06/15/the-apocalyptic-temptation-a-plea-for-scientific-rationality-part-1/#comment-2695 Alana Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:00:30 +0000 http://solarscience.auditblogs.com/2008/06/15/the-apocalyptic-temptation-a-plea-for-scientific-rationality-part-1/#comment-2695 New update from David Hathaway at NASA: http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/11jul_solarcycleupdate.htm You know, the only thing that truly bothers me about this release is the statement by Hathaway that states: "The sun is now near the low point of its 11-year activity cycle," says Hathaway. "We call this 'Solar Minimum.' It is the period of quiet that separates one Solar Max from another." That would be a lovely statement if SC23 hadn't started in May of 2006. Last time I checked, eleven years rolled by in May of 2007. It's July of 2008. We're two months into year twelve of SC23. Shouting "eleven years, eleven years, eleven years" with your fingers in your ears isn't going to make May of 2007 come back. New update from David Hathaway at NASA:

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/11jul_solarcycleupdate.htm

You know, the only thing that truly bothers me about this release is the statement by Hathaway that states: “The sun is now near the low point of its 11-year activity cycle,” says Hathaway. “We call this ‘Solar Minimum.’ It is the period of quiet that separates one Solar Max from another.”

That would be a lovely statement if SC23 hadn’t started in May of 2006. Last time I checked, eleven years rolled by in May of 2007. It’s July of 2008. We’re two months into year twelve of SC23. Shouting “eleven years, eleven years, eleven years” with your fingers in your ears isn’t going to make May of 2007 come back.

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