I did not, as you claim, "sidestep good arguments." Nor do I share your experience that "a lot of brilliant people" are not articulate. However, I am not a Ivy Graduate, so my proletarian experience is probably different than yours. Finally, I have not read Rajiv's work. I did not know that was a prerequisite for a comment. I have no view on his written contributions, great though they might be.
Hucksters and con men can be very articulate too. Sometimes people who are too quick on their feet and easy with words should rouse suspicion. Glenn and Rajiv were having a conversation about complex topics, and conversations like that rarely happen in a nice and clean manner. Have you listened to the series Glenn did with Daniel Bessner, or Nikita? There were times when Glenn too had to pause for long periods of time and use verbal tics like "you know" and "etc,etc". If he had canned answers to difficult questions, the answers wouldn't be enlightening. I'm sure that didn't lower Glenn in your estimation. Perhaps there are other biases regarding Rajiv you're not confronting here.
I did not, as you claim, "sidestep good arguments." Nor do I share your experience that "a lot of brilliant people" are not articulate. However, I am not a Ivy Graduate, so my proletarian experience is probably different than yours. Finally, I have not read Rajiv's work. I did not know that was a prerequisite for a comment. I have no view on his written contributions, great though they might be.
Hucksters and con men can be very articulate too. Sometimes people who are too quick on their feet and easy with words should rouse suspicion. Glenn and Rajiv were having a conversation about complex topics, and conversations like that rarely happen in a nice and clean manner. Have you listened to the series Glenn did with Daniel Bessner, or Nikita? There were times when Glenn too had to pause for long periods of time and use verbal tics like "you know" and "etc,etc". If he had canned answers to difficult questions, the answers wouldn't be enlightening. I'm sure that didn't lower Glenn in your estimation. Perhaps there are other biases regarding Rajiv you're not confronting here.