He was a celebrity - he'd been on the Simpsons and Star Trek. People were curious to hear him speak. That doesn't mean he was deified, or was self aggrandising

He was a celebrity - he'd been on the Simpsons and Star Trek. People were curious to hear him speak. That doesn't mean he was deified, or was self aggrandising, or that he stood for the 'mystification of science' - whatever you mean by that.