I'm not slandering him. I don't know anything about him personally - but then again - neither do you. You only know what's on the Net. I've given just now 4 examples of men, whom I have personally worked with, whose private demeanor and reputation was exceedingly different than anything you'd see about them on the Net. What you find on-line isn't necessarily all there is.
I guess what I take exception to here is excessive reverence towards degrees, honors, etc. because as someone who's worked in institutions like MIT, Harvard, etc, I've seen what the other side of some of these guys is. I don't put too much stock in the pretty CV.
Are you series? Can you possibly be THAT dense?
If it's out there, it's ON the internet.
"I've given just now 4 examples of men, whom I have personally worked with, whose private demeanor and reputation was exceedingly different than anything you'd see about them on the Net. "
... and NOTHING you have said about their private demeanor and reputation has anything to do with their professional expertise or competance.
I'm aware of a person, let's call them, "BB" who likes to post slanderous stuff on the internet, claiming to work at different well respected universities, but only likes to gossip in an evil way. Do you believe ME? WHY? Because I said so? Or, because you believe I have PROOF?