We talked a bit about scieate scientists and their professional image and how they present themselves to the world.

And they were until this century pretty much pursuing an obscure and arcane science. Then people like Al Gore propelled them to the center of a global debate with serious ramifications for the world economy.

And yet these guys continued being geeky scientists and did not brace themselves for the onslaught of scrutiny and criticism that came with their new role as soothsayers of World Catastrophe.