I guess I should have been clearer, maybe that combination leads one to be more susceptible to that kind of condescension.

I hear it about NDT too. I wonder if the combination of fame and science educator combine to a particularly volatile condescension?

I’ve gotten that vibe for the last decade or so, but do you have a particular reason?

A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.

My name is Buck, something something

Not just the words, I need to know every instrument’s part by heart.

Literally a scene from James and the Giant Peach