Multiple PhD recipient Leonard Coldwell makes a fool of himself again.

For a man with one, five or nine PhDs Not-A-Doctor Leonard Coldwell doesn't seem to know much about anything and particularly not chemistry... Or internet culture...

Over on his Eyn Rand Facebook page he posted this...

 

Eagle eyed readers may have noticed the use of the word 'Dihydrogenmonoxid' but we'll come back to that... Here's the story link (via Google Translate) to from the apparently trustworthy Wetteronline website... That's weather online if you're not German... 

There it is again... Dihydrogen Monoxide... But wait!!!! What was the date of this story? Ah... April 1st... Hmmmm...

Here's the edit from the article...

"Contrails and chemtrails

Addendum: As you have noticed immediately, of course, this message is an April Fool's joke: Oxidan or dihydrogen monoxide (DHMO) is nothing more than the chemical name for water. And, of course, it is a truism that the vapor trails from jets mostly consist of water vapor and that water plays a crucial role in weather forecasting. Only the research society UEGSD we have invented freely. We ask you to look into this little april-flyer. :-)"

And here's the first paragraph from the Wikipedia Dihydrogen Monoxide page...

"The dihydrogen monoxide hoax involves calling water by the unfamiliar chemical name "dihydrogen monoxide" (DHMO), and listing some of water's effects in a particularly alarming manner, such as accelerating corrosion and causing suffocation. The hoax often calls for dihydrogen monoxide to be banned, regulated, and labeled as hazardous. It illustrates how a lack of scientific literacy and an exaggerated analysis can lead to misplaced fears."

And so there we have it... Further proof the Not-A-Doctor Leonard Codlwell is scientifically illiterate at a very basic level but also proof that he doesn't even read the webpages he links to.

Let me leave you with a seasonally appropriate song...

"♫Oh the weather outside is frightful♫
♫But the fire is so delightful♫
♫And since we've no place to go♫
♫Let it precipitate solid dihydrogen monoxide! Let it precipitate solid dihydrogen monoxide! Let it precipitate solid dihydrogen monoxide!♫"