[mixologic]

Just from reading his wikipedia bio, whatever gravitas he may have once had seems to have been traded for conspiracy theories and pseudoscience.

This looks like idea laundering.

[ekianjo]

> wikipedia bio

You should know better than blindly trust wikipedia. It's written by humans, too, who are not devoid of bias.

[eesmith]

Nor should one blindly trust a Nobel Prize winner.

cft (who, like us all, is not devoid of bias) linked to Wikipedia as support for the importance of this letter. I think it's only fair to examine that page to check if that support is appropriate.