Charlotte Church - 'the Real World'

[agchristie]

Following Charlotte's appearance on Question Time, does she have a point about Syria?

Does anybody know what is meant these days when referring to the real world anyway?

[agchristie]

Svejk, agreed but as I pointed out earlier she stated it was a 'big factor' and not necessarily the cause.

It carries more weight than a lack of zinc don't you think? ;)

[Gromit]

I agree Svejk,
There have been a great many scientific studies that have produced results that the funders want. This one which ignores all the political machinations leading up to the covil war, and instead blames the weather, looks highly dubious.

[Gromit]

Agchristie,
The Marmite suggestion was of course tongue in cheek. To illustrate that daft scientific causes have been trotted out before.

[agchristie]

The report leaves plenty of room for debate:

// “Whether it was a primary or substantial factor is impossible to know, but drought can lead to devastating consequences when coupled with pre-existing acute vulnerability,” said lead author Colin Kelley, who did the work at Columbia but is now the University of California, Santa Barbara.//

[agchristie]

Gromit, I assumed it was but point taken.

Let's see how things fare in Jordan and Lebanon for example in the decades to come!