today's assignment

Anybody who's ever wondered about the science behind global warming will want to check this out:

Aliens Cause Global Warming
A lecture by Michael Crichton

My topic today sounds humorous but unfortunately I am serious. I am going to argue that extraterrestrials lie behind global warming. Or to speak more precisely, I will argue that a belief in extraterrestrials has paved the way, in a progression of steps, to a belief in global warming. Charting this progression of belief will be my task today.

This is a really, really important matter. I urge you to read the whole thing.