Agreed. I met him briefly in 2013 after a public talk he gave. He was nice enough for the half a minute we introduced each other. But he's a total arrogant prick online. He's a legitimate astrophysicist, but he went the route of the social justice warriors and put science "communication" and money over doing his trained job. That's definitely not for me.
A scientist by nature should always take every opportunity to explain his science to the public, as he is almost always on the public dole. Every scientist is thus a science communicator by heart. This has been bastardized by money and turned into a job. Further, it is enhanced by the fact that most lefties love "science porn" which is equal in degeneracy to real porn.
He went full maskhole in a Facebook post and told all us "science deniers" to follow the science, he didn't seem amused when I reminded him that he had an entire episode of "Cosmos" that involved scientists paid off to say that lead in gasoline was safe so why does he assume that Fauci and co. are totally legit?
Agreed. I met him briefly in 2013 after a public talk he gave. He was nice enough for the half a minute we introduced each other. But he's a total arrogant prick online. He's a legitimate astrophysicist, but he went the route of the social justice warriors and put science "communication" and money over doing his trained job. That's definitely not for me.
A scientist by nature should always take every opportunity to explain his science to the public, as he is almost always on the public dole. Every scientist is thus a science communicator by heart. This has been bastardized by money and turned into a job. Further, it is enhanced by the fact that most lefties love "science porn" which is equal in degeneracy to real porn.
I have no plan to meet him again.
He went full maskhole in a Facebook post and told all us "science deniers" to follow the science, he didn't seem amused when I reminded him that he had an entire episode of "Cosmos" that involved scientists paid off to say that lead in gasoline was safe so why does he assume that Fauci and co. are totally legit?
That's the problem with leftism -- all their opinions are based on feelings, even the lefty scientists.
"I feel that masks help, so I want all of you to wear one."
"No."
"REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE"
His cosmos was so inferior to Sagans. Orders of MAGAtude worse. Sagan would hate what he became.