Myers can usually get away with it because he's right, but also because he's often arguing with nutjobs who nobody feels sympathy for. When he's telling off so

Myers can usually get away with it because he's right, but also because he's often arguing with nutjobs who nobody feels sympathy for. When he's telling off some guy who thinks Genesis 1 is scientifically useful, there's a sense that the other guy deserves to be taken down a few notches, and we're willing to tolerate his abrasive personality in the process. He comes off a lot worse in this circumstance. Kurzweil may in fact be wrong, but not in a way that makes him deserve the Wrath of Myers. Myers' method of "getting personal" simply isn't appropriate in this case.