Sentences with phrase «loading the dice simply»

Loading the dice simply doubled the odds.

Not exact matches

That doesn't mean these things won't happen — it could simply be coincidence with the dice loaded against us — but every year that goes by without a trend makes that less and less likely; there are probably other physical processes working to counteract those we've identified.

You may well be right that many of the results we're seeing are because the dice are currently loaded against the science, but in my opinion, that kind of conclusion is simply not scientific.

Part of the thinking here is simply that certain aspects of the storm (lowest barometric pressure for a winter cyclone in the Northeast) and its consequences (worst flooding of the New York City subway system) are «unprecedented,» so what more proof do we need that our fuelish ways have dangerously loaded the climate dice to produce ever more terrible extremes?