You don't think that maybe people are just insecure about it? How does one display that they are smarter! Usually through conversation. So I think that is natural.
No, I don't think that maybe people are just insecure about it, because there are more intelligent people than him who are less pompous. If you were right, that wouldn't be possible.
What does intimidation have to do with anything? He's just pompous. He's smart and educated, but that doesn't mean he's not full of himself. And I don't find him particularly entertaining.
I used to be a fan of Neil until I saw how he conducts himself in person. He is not only arrogant but also needlessly cruel. I watched him make a girl break down and cry in front of an auditorium full of hundreds of people by ridiculing her and the question she asked during the q and a part of his visit. It was intentional and unnecessary. And he even made condescending remarks referring back to her after later questions so it wasn't like he was accidentally too heavy handed with his initial dismissal of her.
I don't know him and never met him so my opinion is colored purely by the content of his I have seen, and I get the same impression. For someone being poised as Sagan's successor, I'm not convinced he's got the right approach.
Are you intimidated by it or something? He's a smart guy that entertains.
His intelligence makes him arrogant. Just cause you're smarter than most people, doesn't mean that you have to be a dick about it. Yet here we are.
You can be intelligent without being arrogant. Otherwise, completely agree.
Like, just look at Brian Cox. He's a smart man. And he seems really nice. Stephen Hawking was a genius, and I've never heard a bad thing about him.
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You don't think that maybe people are just insecure about it? How does one display that they are smarter! Usually through conversation. So I think that is natural.
No, I don't think that maybe people are just insecure about it, because there are more intelligent people than him who are less pompous. If you were right, that wouldn't be possible.
https://youtu.be/xIarrG9ZO4I?si=NFYDICWqRhbkZ9Ie
What does intimidation have to do with anything? He's just pompous. He's smart and educated, but that doesn't mean he's not full of himself. And I don't find him particularly entertaining.
I used to be a fan of Neil until I saw how he conducts himself in person. He is not only arrogant but also needlessly cruel. I watched him make a girl break down and cry in front of an auditorium full of hundreds of people by ridiculing her and the question she asked during the q and a part of his visit. It was intentional and unnecessary. And he even made condescending remarks referring back to her after later questions so it wasn't like he was accidentally too heavy handed with his initial dismissal of her.
I don't know him and never met him so my opinion is colored purely by the content of his I have seen, and I get the same impression. For someone being poised as Sagan's successor, I'm not convinced he's got the right approach.
He sure as hell is no successor to Sagan.
I guess his portrayal in Stargate Atlantis was actually pretty accurate.