He’s not smart. He’s the Barack Obama of physics - put in the place he is, given respect solely due to his status as a “Magic Negro”.
What he is in reality is a living incarnation of institutional scientific fraud.
He would be more accurately described as a mystic or a cultist priest than a scientist.
Unfortunately too true—which makes his smugness especially off-putting.
Agree. I tried to watch his Cosmos, but he couldn’t hold a candle to the previous show. I think his smugness and entitlement attitude should be embarrassing to him, but he’s not bright enough to recognize those traits in himself.
The affirmative action for mediocrities is not confined to racial minorities.
Consider Bill Nye, the Politicized Science Guy.