Comment on Neil deGrasse Tyson reads his peer review of Terrence Howard's mathematics theories
danc4498@lemmy.world 3 months agoI’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 3 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 3 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.
nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
Sure. Just not while remaining honest and on topic.
danc4498@lemmy.world 3 months ago
There’s a wide range of reactions that are not douchey while being both honest and on topic.