uhhh, a scientist?


Val Kilmer's character is supposed to be a scientist (albiet a deranged one)?

And he thinks 'light-years' are a measure of time? (is a measure of distance)

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Yea!

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Of course this guy isn't a scientist!
He is delusional. Take a look at this definition of delusional from the DSM-IV:
Delusion. A false belief based on incorrect inference about external reality that is firmly sustained despite what almost everyone else believes and despite what constitutes incontrovertible and obvious proof or evidence to the contrary. The belief is not one ordinarily accepted by other members of the person's culture or subculture (e.g., it is not an article of religious faith). When a false belief involves a value judgment, it is regarded as a delusion only when the judgment is so extreme as to defy credibility.

If believing in climate change isn't a textbook definition of delusion, I do not know what is. A mere 90% of scientists with more than 10 climate-related peer-reviewed publications believe in anthropogenic climate change (http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es501998e). But, of the most intelligent among us, Republicans, whose lay voters have an extensive background in climate science, only 38% agree with anthropogenic climate change (http://www.gallup.com/poll/190010/concern-global-warming-eight-year-high.aspx). I'll be damned if I'm gonna let evidence from scientists who actually have the education and knowledge to investigate the climate and are not funded by fossil fuel companies influence my beliefs. This film is so prescient that anyone who believes in climate change has a delusional mental disorder and needs to be confined to a psychiatric hospital. Anyone who thinks that capitalists in the fossil fuel industry, who have billions of dollars at risk in terms of potential future profits/losses, would lie to us has obviously had a break with reality. Why can't these nut jobs let us destroy the planet in peace without constantly assaulting us with stupid things like "facts" and "science" and "critical thinking"?

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