I've read elsewhere on this forum that Al scored a "D" in his college science course.
At 18...Al’s worst subject was science, period. His physic’s SAT test...496. His chemistry SAT test...around 505. When he finally got pulled out of Nam with 144 days (not 365 as normal folks did)...he got sent to Divinity school in Nashville...to do two semesters. Out of eight classes...he failed five of them. The amusing part...one of the classes circled around the reading of a science-related book, and he merely had to write a book report on his view of the material of the book...whether he agreed or not. He failed to write the book report. Even if he had trashed the book...or just wrote a bunch of nothing...he would have gotten a “D” for effort. If he had wrote some quotes and did four hours of research...he probably would have gotten a minimum of a “C”. But he did nothing.
There is absolutely nothing related to science that this guy showed any talent at...until the vice-presidency. If you notice...there are no debates where he talks and discusses science with other people...even phony environmentalists. Al can’t even stand in the shadow of a first year University of Southern Alabama football player who has taken two basic “welcome to science” classes and barely passed.
So this is why the act of the Nobel makes him look bigger than a fool.