Global Warming: The Cold, Hard Smack-Down

There are three steps to the scientific method:
1) Observation
2) Hypothesis
3) Experimentation

The last step is intended to prove or disprove what is derived from step two.

Global warming alarmists, of course, don't need to be bothered with that pesky third step in asserting the validity of their half-baked hypothesis. Consensus is good enough for them. A leading climatologist who has not been assimiliated elaborates:

Since I obtained my doctorate in climatology from the University of London, Queen Mary College, England my career has spanned two climate cycles. Temperatures declined from 1940 to 1980 and in the early 1970's global cooling became the consensus. This proves that consensus is not a scientific fact. By the 1990's temperatures appeared to have reversed and Global Warming became the consensus. It appears I'll witness another cycle before retiring, as the major mechanisms and the global temperature trends now indicate a cooling.

Now, the truncated version of the scientific method should not be confused with the three-stage business plan of the Underpants Gnomes, but the lack of inherent logic in both is strikingly similar.