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by nikofeyn 3608 days ago
i actually find him unlistenable. he says "uh" every two words and has a very choppy way of speaking. he caries a certain amount of arrogance in his speaking as well. it is authorative but too much so.
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I won't comment on the arrogance, but trust me, many scientists have verbal tics or habits that are distracting, including me. We aren't the best at public speaking, we are the best at science.

EDIT: wrote "visual" when I meant "verbal"

well i was mainly commenting on the comment that he's an "amazing speaker". that has a pretty strong connotation. haha.
I take it you're a physicist ;-)
mathematician moonlighting as a software engineer. ;)