It’s always fun when right wing bloggers encounter a story about scientists doing what scientists do, and promptly turn into a mob of shrieking monkeys flinging poo at something they don’t understand.

Today, nearly the entire right wing blogosphere is moronically piling onto a story from the Guardian about a research study examining the possible effects of human contact with alien life, mocking and hooting like a bunch of total hicks. There’s a reason why this particular study attracted their ignorant derision; it combines two of the most-hated right wing boogeymen, egghead ivory tower scientists and global warming.

One of the possible scenarios — out of many — envisioned by the researchers is that aliens might see our failure to deal with climate change as a sign of a civilization out of control, and attack to prevent us from becoming a more serious threat.

This has led to a right wing blogosphere preemptive attack of outrageously outrageous proportions, as they spring into action to make sure their echo chamber audience knows what a bunch of useless wankers these scientists are. And of course, they’re all ranting about the liberal agenda of NASA, because one of the scientists involved is affiliated with NASA; it isn’t an official NASA project, but that isn’t stopping most of them from making the connection anyway.

Kicked off by Salem Communications shill Allahpundit at Hot Air: Bad news from NASA: If we don’t reduce carbon emissions, the aliens might come and kill us; Update: Not a NASA report « Hot Air.

The right wing’s ignorant, self-destructive antipathy toward science and research is one of the primary reasons why I had to make such a public break with these idiots.

Here’s the paper at the Cornell library: [1104.4462] Would contact with extraterrestrials benefit or harm humanity? A scenario analysis. It’s actually interesting reading — and notice that the bit about global warming is a tiny part of the study.