Gah! That article is a shining example of Bad Science. They have a phenomenon - a lowering in pitch. They have a theory - this is caused by an increase in population. Do they then go and check to see whether the population has in fact increased? No! Instead they use the drop in pitch as evidence that there must have been an increase in population! Circular argument much? Whales sing in a lower key because their population has increased. We know their population has increased because they sing in a lower key. In fact, the only guy cited who had actually checked the whale population numbers said the pattern of increase DIDN'T correlate with the change in tone. And the counter-argument of our scientists? Well, there isn't any other theory, so ours MUST be correct!
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Date: 2010-02-03 07:55 am (UTC)What DO they teach them in these schools?