Do you understand what powers the VP has? Do you realize that changing one's mind on new evidence is a sign of intelligence? Do you understand what he's pitch

Do you understand what powers the VP has? Do you realize that changing one's mind on new evidence is a sign of intelligence? Do you understand what he's pitching and that the TED talk was just a focus on the fundamentals of the problem (e.g., fossil fuels are a problem and we need to get off them)? Do you know what an ad-hominem attack is, and why they are used?