Oh wow, obviously he’s not a real scientist anymore. Unlike other people, I don’t look for likable personal qualities in public figures that I like. I like NDT because he’s smart, usually funny, and thoughtful. I don’t like him because I want to sit next to him in a theater. I don’t care about his moviegoing habits, just like I don’t care about John Lennon’s parenting, or Joan Rivers’ psychotic comments on the Obamas, or MLK’s womanizing. I appreciate talent, intelligence, and accomplishments when it comes to public figures, not their Twitter feed or their bad personal lives. As long as they don’t demonstrate Bill Cosby levels of maniacal behavior then I can pretty easily separate the personality from his or her contributions to society.