I honestly have no idea why he's so widely viewed as hyper-intelligent. Maybe because he's an astrophysicist and there's a strong "maths/physics knowledge = all-round genius" mindset among non maths/physics types?
But listening to him talk about pretty much any topic, especially when it's off the cuff and not related to his specific field…
I honestly have no idea why he's so widely viewed as hyper-intelligent. Maybe because he's an astrophysicist and there's a strong "maths/physics knowledge = all-round genius" mindset among non maths/physics types?
But listening to him talk about pretty much any topic, especially when it's off the cuff and not related to his specific field, is excruciating. I'm not sure there's anybody alive more unjustifiably impressed with themselves.
Speaking of someone undervedly viewed as smart, I endured the Musk/Carlson interview a few months ago, and while Carlson is a yapping moron, I was not impressed with Musk at all. It was easy to take his measure; his thoughts were poorly sequenced, he rambled and groped for words, it was, classically, the kid doing a report on a book he hadn't read.
It was only in finance that he was at all linear. The guy is no genius.
Tyson doesn't strike me as much of an astrophysicist. I haven't read his papers but there have been so many like Feynman who could explain a topic in lay terms and make it illuminating, Tyson completely lacks that. And Feynman was by all accounts a humble man.
I honestly have no idea why he's so widely viewed as hyper-intelligent. Maybe because he's an astrophysicist and there's a strong "maths/physics knowledge = all-round genius" mindset among non maths/physics types?
But listening to him talk about pretty much any topic, especially when it's off the cuff and not related to his specific field, is excruciating. I'm not sure there's anybody alive more unjustifiably impressed with themselves.
Speaking of someone undervedly viewed as smart, I endured the Musk/Carlson interview a few months ago, and while Carlson is a yapping moron, I was not impressed with Musk at all. It was easy to take his measure; his thoughts were poorly sequenced, he rambled and groped for words, it was, classically, the kid doing a report on a book he hadn't read.
It was only in finance that he was at all linear. The guy is no genius.
Tyson doesn't strike me as much of an astrophysicist. I haven't read his papers but there have been so many like Feynman who could explain a topic in lay terms and make it illuminating, Tyson completely lacks that. And Feynman was by all accounts a humble man.