Frankly, when working around many excitable, brilliant, bullish people, one often finds that one must start a conversation loudly in order to clear the floor, o

Frankly, when working around many excitable, brilliant, bullish people, one often finds that one must start a conversation loudly in order to clear the floor, or else one runs the very real risk of getting interrupted and having a bunch of time wasted. [0] If you look carefully, you'll see that this is what Feynman does in this little clip. [0] I understand that there are people who find this style of conversation off-putting. Thing is, just as there is a protocol for taking the floor, there is also a protocol for retaking the floor if your colleague is seriously going off the rails.