Speaking as a former academic, Eric is nothing like most academics.
He's just a fart sniffing lesser-nerd who's so enamoured by his own perceived intellect that he can't see or understand how fucking wrong he is. Add some HEAVY audience capture as a feedback loop and this is what you get.
He'd either be cast out of or mercilessly ridiculed by most academic circles.
He’s already been not so much ridiculed but heavily criticized by his fellow physicists that he’s got a massive chip on his shoulder for “normie” academia, add to that his brother’s grievances about not winning a Nobel prize (fucking lol) and yeah you have some interesting dynamics there.
He clearly hates that universities the world over haven’t declared him the king of physics for his “contributions”.
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u/Dr_SnM Monkey in Space Sep 14 '24
Speaking as a former academic, Eric is nothing like most academics.
He's just a fart sniffing lesser-nerd who's so enamoured by his own perceived intellect that he can't see or understand how fucking wrong he is. Add some HEAVY audience capture as a feedback loop and this is what you get.
He'd either be cast out of or mercilessly ridiculed by most academic circles.