Wednesday, March 16, 2011

de Nier's Last Theorem

 -- by Horatio Algeranon

I have discovered
A marvelous proof
Global warming is bunk,
A mammoth goof!

But alas, this blog
Is simply too small
To contain the proof
So... that is all.

Pierre de Nier


de Nier's Last Theorem (prose form):
"On account of the Second Law of Thermometer-dynamics, it is impossible for a cooler object to make a warmer one hotter than it would be in the absence of the cooler object (the basis of the supposed Atmospheric Greenhouse Effect). I have discovered a truly marvelous demonstration of this proposition that this blog --and the minds of climate scientists -- are too narrow to contain."   
        — Pierre de Nier

Not to be confused with Fermat's Last Theorem:
"It is impossible for a cube to be the sum of two cubes, a fourth power to be the sum of two fourth powers, or in general for any number that is a power greater than the second to be the sum of two like powers. I have discovered a truly marvelous demonstration of this proposition that this margin is too narrow to contain." 
        — Pierre de Fermat

I have a theorem and it is mine