Trump Adviser: Global Warming Could Be Disproven Just Like Flat Earth Theory

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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/anthony-scaramucci-global-warming-flat-earth-theory

By MATT SHUHAM Published DECEMBER 14, 2016, 10:57 AM EDT

An adviser to President-elect Donald Trump compared the scientific consensus that human beings contribute to global warming to old scientific theories that were proven to be incorrect, including flat earth theory and geocentrism.

During an interview on CNN’s “New Day” Wednesday morning, Anthony Scaramucci was asked why Trump’s transition team, on which he is a member of the executive committee, sent a lengthy questionnaire asking for the names of individuals working on climate change to employees at the Department of Energy.

Scaramucci evaded host Chris Cuomo's question, but eventually implied that belief in human-related climate change was a partisan concern on which scientists shouldn't be trusted, rather than the overwhelming consensus of the scientific community.

“Look, I know that the current president believes that human beings are affecting the climate. There are scientists that believe that that's not happening,” Scaramucci began, before Cuomo interrupted him."

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[exboyfil]

1. Idiot doesn't even have a grade school

understanding of science.

Round earth and its diameter was documented by Eratosthenes in the 3rd century BC (and probably known about even before then).

Columbus chose to ignore his estimate and go with one that was 1/3 the actual size (only lucking out by having an intervening land mass).

Heliocentrism was held back by the Church and not scientists. The theory existed since about the 3rd century as well.

[impeachtrumpquick]

2. Jackass. It was the NON Scientists who said the Earth was flat.

It was the Scientists who knew it was effing round. And they proved it.

[barbtries]

3. the "science" of a flat earth?!

omigawd.

remember the gw admin, where you couldn't get a job if you were a democrat or someone labeled you as liberal? i think they're planning to purge the department of all the scientists who agree with the actual science on climate change.

WTF is their end game? if this was sarah palin doing this, i'd figure she was trying to hasten the apocalypse. but trump i don't get. greed does not seem to cover it. maybe it's just revenge on all of the millions of people who hate his guts and see through his constant bullshit. i do not know.