Casual wisdom

I heard an interesting analogy at a do last night. Referring to the gangs of climate change gurus who are scoffing from the taxpayer’s trough, my sceptical informant said what they’re up to has parallels with the situation that would arise if Scotty were hauled out of Engineering on the Starship Enterprise and a know-it-all six-year-old were installed in his place – one with an infinite capacity for uninformed meddling and unchallengeable authority.