Anytime you hear the phrase “The science is settled” you are dealing with an imbecile.
On the plus side, now the entire world knows what a REAL hockey stick looks like.
What a brilliant observation! And well said!
I spent sixteen years in the ivory towers of academia, in some of America's greatest universities, and worked for countless years with some of America's most highly credentialed people. I developed a keen sense of who among them are intelligent and who are versions of the idiot savant.
Some in academia are truly wise and brilliant.
Some are stupid but excel in a specific area of accomplishment.
Some are somewhere in between.
There are some really stupid people in academia. Some of them are praised and lauded. Some have impressive credentials. They are too stupid to know they're stupid.
bkmk
When it is muttered in my presence, my response - with a straight, stern face - is “Are you stupid?”
Right you are...I’m not a scientist, but was taught that at the essence of the scientific method lies the idea that science is NOT settled, but always remains subject to new data from new experiments...
Recall the thankfully short-lived notion from the late 90s that science had learned about all that could be learned about our natural world, and all that remained was to refine our knowledge...Classic example of IYI...