What is your I.Q.?
I have no idea. People who boast about their I.Q. are losers.
How can we know if you qualify as a genius physicist, as you are invariably described?
The media need superheroes in science just as in every sphere of life, but there is really a continuous range of abilities with no clear dividing line.
Are you saying you are not a genius?
I hope I’m near the upper end of the range.
With all your intense erudition, why do you bother writing pop-science books about the universe, the latest of which is the illustrated version of ”On the Shoulders of Giants”?
I want my books sold on airport bookstalls.
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