He's Korean (even worse for some). I do agree with the time travel as literary device. Much like that holodeck - that's some lazy, lazy writing!

Remember too that, in the ST timeline, the initial progress (warp drive) came about AFTER a decades long global genetic war (remember Khan?), which resulted in a much reduced, and humbled, planetary population.

Buckle up, suckers!

at least there is a conversation now, sans some of the smugness

It's nice to see the pendulum swinging (finally). This time a year ago, the comments would have been 95% pro AGW, as espoused by judgemental, self made armchair climatologists.

remember folks - cpu models do not equal scientific evidence! dur ... I could make a cpu model which "proves", given enough time, that a monkey will fly out of every polar bears butt! now that would be something!