Saturday, January 30, 2010

Global warming and chaos theory

Here’s the latest headline from the global warming front:

UN climate change panel based claims on student dissertation and magazine article [Link]

I remember when I first heard of chaos theory that what grabbed my interest was the “butterfly effect” hypothesis that a wind current generated by the flap of a butterfly’s wing could set off a chain reaction resulting in a hurricane. It was a fascinating idea, but today I think it’s about as silly as the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) wanting to reorder the world economic system based on anecdotal evidence from one student’s science paper and a couple of mountain climbers.  That certainly is a formula for chaos!

 

1 comment:

Cliff Raymond said...

Good one! The term "environazi" couldn't be illustrated any better. This is at least the fourth spoof I've seen that uses the Hitler rage scene from the movie 'Downfall'. That probably says something about the power of the performance.