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[This post got extensively re-written (you can tell that, cos it has a title that doesn't fit its URL :-) after I realised that I, too, had been fooled by the septic FUD. Oh dear. I've stopped now: you can read on without fear that the words will change under you.] The septics are trying to pretend that there is a spat between the Swedes (SMHI) and CRU, but this is just smoke-n-mirrors. Lets quote the final letter first: With reference to the current debate regarding, amongst other things, access to climate data we have found that our letter to you dated 21 December 2009 unfortunately have…
The Swedish do all the cool studies. I don't know what it is lately - every study I find that piques my interest seems to be of Swedish men. Anyhow, we've already looked at whether your name affects your income, how about your IQ affecting your longevity? A study of 1 million (yes, million) Swedish men has found a strong link between IQ scores in adulthood and mortality. Apparently, one of the major causes of death is unintentional injury - things like poisonings, fire, falls and drownings. It's the leading cause of death for people under 45 years old. The study was done in Sweden because…