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Which point would be enough by itself for you to discount him totally?

• exmadscientist 3y ago
  Honestly? His mannerisms was all we really needed. He was not well liked in his year, and that takes some doing to achieve these days. The smug "how could I be wrong" when he was, well, 26 orders of magnitude wrong, is special even by entitled scientist standards.
  • ajani 3y ago
    Yes, how we behave usually trumps how true/false our ideas are.
    • exmadscientist 3y ago
      I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not, but I strongly believe, based on my experiences with really successful people, that being open to being wrong absolutely does count for a lot more than the current truth value of your ideas.
      • ajani 3y ago
        Yes exactly. Behavior drives success. Not merit. Behavior is social. No sarcasm here, just acceptance of what is obvious.