laughingstock was a not a perfect choice of words. People will still loosely refer to his more well known ideas casually. Some could be said to respect him to s

laughingstock was a not a perfect choice of words. People will still loosely refer to his more well known ideas casually. Some could be said to respect him to some degree, others not. But hardly anyone is confused about exactly how scientific his output was, and neither would any textbook published in the last 40 years.