An adviser to Donald Trump today gave a new argument against the scientific consensus on anthropogenic climate change:
There was an overwhelming science that the Earth was flat. And there was an overwhelming science that we were the center of the world.
In case there was any doubt about the source of his independent scientific perspective, he summarised his argument
I’m saying people have gotten things wrong throughout the 5,500-year history of our planet.
(5500 is a remarkably precise number by the way. My intuitive response was to think he was a young-Earth creationist, but their best researchers invariably give the Earth an age above 6000 years. Perhaps he’s a moderate Omphalist?)
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