[E. Pluribus Unum]

Nowhere in the scientific method are computer models mentioned as an acceptable substitute for empirical observation.

[BitWielder1]

He's right in that measuring average world temperature is difficult and uncertain.
That means we can't verify that there is a problem, or the cause, and we won't be able to tell if any remedies we implement (at the cost of trillions of dollars) are working or not.

[Da Coyote]

A Nobel prize for quantum physics level work (semiconductors) is quantum levels above the pseudo science of any kind of climate research.

And, giving the ozone-O-crats any kind of prize associated with science further cheapens the Nobel name....a name which is right down there with Yugo right now.

Good on Ivar for calling a clown (or two clowns) a clown. We should indeed be studying climate science...but it would be nice if we had real scientists doing the studying.

[henkster]

I am normally loathe to cite Wikipedia as a source, but:

“The last glacial period is sometimes colloquially referred to as the “last ice age”, though this use is incorrect because an ice age is a longer period of cold temperature in which ice sheets cover large parts of the Earth, such as Antarctica. Glacials, on the other hand, refer to colder phases within an ice age that separate interglacials. Thus, the end of the last glacial period is not the end of the last ice age. The end of the last glacial period was about 12,500 years ago, while the end of the last ice age may not yet have come: little evidence points to a stop of the glacial-interglacial cycle of the last million years.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_glacial_period

It looks like the global warming fanatics hadn’t gotten to that particular Wikipedia page. However, it appears the global warming cult has infiltrated the content on the Wikipedia entry for “Medieval Warm Period.” There you will still find the discredited “hockey stick” graph, as well as Michael Mann’s BS of “it wasn’t warmer everywhere, it was actually cooler.” After that statement it cites what the particular studies show for each region, and (surprise) the data for each and every region showed it was significantly warmer during the Medieval Warm Period than it is today.

“Global Warming” will not take into account that we are actually still in an ice age, and that permanent ice as found in Greenland and Antartica has actually existed only for about 5% of Earth’s geologic history. In addition, the Global Warming Pharisees are painfully sensitive about the “Medieval Warm Period.”

[Sporke]

I am not versed in the finer points of Science, so let me just say, Thank you for posting! I found the speech fascinating. :)

[TigersEye]

Hear! Hear!