[TomGuy]

Perry could apply to the science of global warming, as well.

Perry's position on global warming goads the Lefties more than anything.

How dare he imply that it is a hoax? Doesn't he know what 'a consensus of scientists' means?

[Didn't a consensus of scientists a few centuries ago claim that the world was flat and one would fall off the edge if one ventured out in the ocean too far?]

[agere_contra]

[Didn't a consensus of scientists a few centuries ago claim that the world was flat and one would fall off the edge if one ventured out in the ocean too far?]

No: this is a common misconception.

In Columbus's day most educated people knew that the world was round. They also knew the size of the world and also knew that China was way too far away for Columbus to get to.

What they didn't know was that there was a whole Continent waiting to be discovered.