It’s not just that he’s neophyte who proclaims with impunity that he’s done FA research, it’s that, after being flattered and complimented as an invited guest on a public forum he can’t even pretend to not be a dick: he can’t even pretend to be pleasant. Brings to mind a favorite quote:
“The characteristic note of our time is the dire truth that, the mediocre soul, the commonplace mind, knowing itself to be mediocre, has the gall to assert its right to mediocrity, and goes on to impose itself where it can.”
? Jose Ortega y Gasset