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Originally Posted by bojan
Why would that be?
He was saying those things before...
And, he has a much more reason for letting his own ego a bit more open than a bunch of others who will try to slam his ideas  |
Because I'm not convinced that they are his ideas to start with (hence the 'Ego' comment). Fair enough he's famous so he can act as a spokesman but he never seems to credit others in his statements and they are the guys doing to 'hard yakka'.
There's heaps of other scientists in Science who have examined the initial instances of the BBT.
Cheers
PS: His statements are designed to create hype to sell his books. Others have made them in quieter and yet less inflamatory ways in media which can contribute to furthering mainstream science. Mass media hype does whip up the religious zealots. This may also however, result in public support of funding (by using politics), I suppose.