Yes, you are definitely right. My point is that people refer to being scientific or philosophic as being detached from ordinary people, as if scientists or phi

Yes, you are definitely right. My point is that people refer to being scientific or philosophic as being detached from ordinary people, as if scientists or philosophers would purposely want to be seen as different and hard to understand. ( e.g., see the critique on the Deep Learning academic community by Jeremy Howard during the Fastai DL courses - an example that pops up quite often here on HN). I meant that Alan doesn't have an arrogant attitude, but I could've phrased my sentence in a better way. Thanks for the feedback.