Reference :- A semi - articulate Andy Bolt once again interviewed the charismatic Mark Latham .

 Reference : -  Andy Bolt and Mark Latham equated belief in climate change to medieval superstition. 

Well done chaps . That was a brilliant observation . It's just a shame that you didn't explore the analogy more completely . 

Thankfully the team here at The Sky Reply has done some research for you , and has produced further evidence to support your assertion .  The advent of modern technology has encouraged us to arrogantly assume that we don't make irrational conclusions .   Yet we are no more clever than our forebears , and possibly even less sagacious.   You are welcome to use the following on your show , free of consideration for copyright . 

In medieval times Hieromancy was practiced . This involved removing the entrails of a sacrificed creature and examining them to divine the future .  Today scientists drill two miles into the bowels of the earth with tungsten carbide drills to extract thousands of ice core samples which are examined using Microspectrophotometry  .  It is obviously the modern equivalent of Hieromancy , and doubtless as unreliable . 

Medieval folk also looked to the sky to forecast  the future . Comets and eclipses , for example , were seen as portents . Today we also look to the sky . We use  geosynchronous satellites and high altitude helium balloons to make predictions about the weather and measure changes in the atmosphere .  What is the difference ?

 Tyromancy was popular in the middle ages . This technique involved predicting the future by examining the holes in cheeses .    Today we use digital photography and ultraviolet radiation measurements  to measure the extent of holes in the ozone layer , and holes in the polar ice caps , to predict global trends in climate change .  Obviously that is just the same idea , updated somewhat , but just as foolish . 

 In the middle ages , women would throw Herring fat at the wall , and by looking at the pattern produced they would predict the future .    Today we do biochemical analyses of fish flesh to measure their uptake of heavy metals and toxic chemicals in an attempt to understand the world wide depletion of fish stocks and the spread of environmental pollution .   I ask you , does this make more sense than a splatter of fat on a cottage wall ?   

 These days scientists  may have a lot of technological data  at their  disposal ,  but really , as you say chaps , are they any less superstitious  than Macbeth's witches ? 

 Your comrade , Ken .    

PS   The solution to yesterday's mathematics problem will be released soon .