I'm not basing the comparison to A-O-C on the content of the article, I'm basing it on the pervasiveness of Michio Kaku in popularized science and the intellectual (or pseudo-intellectual) world.
The central axis of my comparison was that — like A-O-C — this guy inserts himself into every subject and acts like he has something important to say, and the MSM amplifies his opinions and pronouncements so they sound like they're the Holy Writ and no one in their right mind would disagree.
I don't really care one way or another. He can make a buck any way he wants, and if he's figured out how to become an oracle of popular science, more power to him. He's no more harmful than Deepak Chopra, I suppose.
I'm just curious about the process by which these more or less ordinary shlubs get picked to be the go-to guy for science in general.
“I’m just curious about the process by which these more or less ordinary shlubs get picked to be the go-to guy for science in general.”
I understand what you’re saying and agree.