When you come at the king, you better not miss. The same goes for popular science icons, too.
One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts has committed a flagrant self-own by attempting to argue about climate science with Dr Karl bloody Kruszelnicki, and he’s been swiftly rebuffed by your favourite Hawaiian-shirted boffin.
The thing is, Roberts doesn’t have much time for any of the actual experts in this field, including the poor ol’ NOAA. Read: he legitimately reckons they have fudged the numbers.
@sircrankset the surface temp has been upwardly manipulated so unscientific. It is also not evidence of causation. @doctorkarl
— Sen. Malcolm Roberts (@SenatorMRoberts) February 3, 2017
1)Incorrect 2)Incorrect https://t.co/lW7lDqewT5
— Dr Karl (@DoctorKarl) February 3, 2017
@DoctorKarl How is a temperature trend (manipulated or not) evidence of human causation?
— Sen. Malcolm Roberts (@SenatorMRoberts) February 3, 2017
@MackayIM @DoctorKarl The kind doctor just claimed temperature is a human causation of temperature!!
— Sen. Malcolm Roberts (@SenatorMRoberts) February 3, 2017
Incorrect (again). https://t.co/3Nemy2iwZH
— Dr Karl (@DoctorKarl) February 3, 2017
TBH, Dr Karl never actually made any comment on the video. He just asked people to check it out. With that in mind, this one is a pretty clear L for Roberts, whose distrust of legitimate science has veered into full-blown conspiracy mode.
@DoctorKarl When are we going to debate Karl?
— Sen. Malcolm Roberts (@SenatorMRoberts) February 3, 2017
If Dr Karl can win an Ig Nobel for his work on discovering how lint winds up in bellybuttons, perhaps he can find out how this bloke made it into parliament.
Source: @DoctorKarl / Twitter.
Photo: @doctor_karl / Instagram.