7th October 2004, 7:20 AM
O'Reilly is what you call a "total jerk". I'm not sure how anyone can't see that. He constantly belittles everyone that goes on his show, refuses to acknowledge any good points the other person made (he just calls them an idiot) and even after saying "I'll let you have the last word", he just interrupts them in the middle of it to say "that's stupid, YOU are stupid". He reminds me of someone actually...
In general, scientists avoid this guy because he just won't let logic through. Someone there to show the moon landing happened would most likely be attacked constantly, not able to get any points out, and even after the guy somehow manages to get in enough words to proove each and every little point the conspiracy theorists have wrong, he's say "well you gotta admit it's at least questionable", which if the guy had listened he'd see that if every single point the conspiracy theorists have is shown wrong, then it's NOT questionable any more is it.
He's a stubborn jackarse.
In general, scientists avoid this guy because he just won't let logic through. Someone there to show the moon landing happened would most likely be attacked constantly, not able to get any points out, and even after the guy somehow manages to get in enough words to proove each and every little point the conspiracy theorists have wrong, he's say "well you gotta admit it's at least questionable", which if the guy had listened he'd see that if every single point the conspiracy theorists have is shown wrong, then it's NOT questionable any more is it.
He's a stubborn jackarse.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)