How about an apology from the global warming fraudsters?
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that’s not funny!
Some readers were not amused, of course:
'Coming from a scientific research director, it's quite inappropriate to share this type of thing without specifying from the 1st tweet that it is false information when you know the speed at which a false information spreads,' came one indignant reply.
Not there was any need for him to apologize to the humorless idiots, but his explanation was spot-on:
Klein acknowledged that many users had not understood his joke which he said was simply aimed at encouraging people to question and not automatically accept 'eloquent images' from people in positions of authority.
On Wednesday he wrote his apology.
'In view of some comments, I feel compelled to clarify that this tweet showing an alleged snapshot of Proxima Centauri was a form of amusement,' he tweeted to his 89,200 followers.
'Let us learn to be wary of arguments from authority as much as of the spontaneous eloquence of certain images….'
Etienne Klein, a renowned philosopher and research director at the French Atomic Energy Commission, informed his followers that 'no object belonging to Spanish charcuterie exists anywhere but on Earth.'
