Sometimes, A Graphic Helps

The Intersection
By Chris Mooney
Aug 4, 2011 7:10 AMNov 19, 2019 8:58 PM

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In my DeSmog post that is getting a lot of traction right now, I talk about conservative white males' "smart idiocy" when it comes to thinking they're equipped to overturn modern climate science. Now, I learn that xkcd beat me to the punch with respect to this particular type of hubris:

Um, yeah. That says it all. Dudes, I know you want to argue and everything, but Einstein still wins. And so do the climate scientists.

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