[johnforbes]

So young Elkin reads Huff Post.

Without the slightest education in the field of climate science, Elkin pretends he knows all about it.

But Elkin has never heard of Galileo, or Copernicus.

He has no idea whether Mendel's work was promptly accepted.

Elkin has no clue whether the work of Freud and Planck was widely known before being translated into English.

In short, Elkin is short -- both in stature and in intellect.