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barrkel on July 19, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Fukushima’s nuclear signature found in California ...

That's just it: if the changes are only visible if you chop off the bottom of the graph, the probability they aren't significant increases.

kolpa on July 19, 2018 [–]

How would you feel if your body temperature increased 3%? Barely visible in a 0-based graph.

barrkel on July 19, 2018 | [–]

What is a 3% change in body temperature? From absolute zero?

(My point is that temperature is probably an odd man out in graph terms, our usual reference points are not actually at zero.)

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