Al Gore, who was called by a Washington reporter friend of mine in 1988 “the smartest man in the Senate,” shows monumental ignorance on a subject about which he’s supposed to be the world’s foremost expert. He asserts that the core of the Earth is “several million degrees, as opposed to its actual temp of 5,000-9,000 degrees Celcius:
p.s. I’ve never had much respect for that reporter’s opinions since.
