I think that maybe if you read it really (like, really) literally, then it sounds okay: "one can be right, the rest can be wrong" could be a really literal (tho

I think that maybe if you read it really (like, really) literally, then it sounds okay: "one can be right, the rest can be wrong" could be a really literal (though somewhat wrongheaded) way of saying that the merit of scientific ideas rests on the process (experiments, logic, etc.) by which you get them, so if you (and only you) got the process right, and you can see an error in what everybody else did, then it's okay to say that. But that's only half the quote, and the populism half would throw that interpretation out. I think it would have been nice if the reporter asked him a little bit more about the scientific method and how he understands it.