Comment on Neil deGrasse Tyson reads his peer review of Terrence Howard's mathematics theories
danc4498@lemmy.world 6 months agoIt still comes off a bit douchey. He kept saying that his bluntness of the peer review would be th same as if it was a friend or colleague requesting a peer review. I didn’t get the impression that Howard was a friend or a colleague and certainly did not request a peer review. Or even understand the process of a peer review for that matter.
With that said, I do find the video interesting from the perspective of a person that also doesn’t know anything about a peer review.
Moneo@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Terrence sent his “paper” to NDT. Idk whether or not he was requesting a peer review but he spouts this stuff publicly constantly, he can’t be upset that people are refuting him publicly.
danc4498@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I’m not saying Terrence has any legs to stand on, he doesn’t.
I’m just saying it seems a little douchey to get a paper from someone that is in no way a colleague or friend and go to town on that paper. He should have treated it like an amateur that needs encouragement not a colleague that needs the hard truth.
nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
There is no way of saying “your fundamental method of understanding the world is faulty” in a way that someone won’t describe as “douchey”.
danc4498@lemmy.world 6 months ago
So we’re in agreement that what he did was douchey.
There’s many things he could have done that weren’t douchey.