I remember someone telling me that Mullis stopped getting invited to do talks about science because he would throw in a bunch of non-science life advice that was not great and expressed in a very crude manner. I have no idea if this is true, but if he thought HIV didn't cause AIDS then it's plausible that he gave really bad advice about …
I remember someone telling me that Mullis stopped getting invited to do talks about science because he would throw in a bunch of non-science life advice that was not great and expressed in a very crude manner. I have no idea if this is true, but if he thought HIV didn't cause AIDS then it's plausible that he gave really bad advice about sex.
I also remember talking to professors who'd met him and it was clear that they found him unpleasant. But they respected his PCR work because PCR is f'ing amazing.
As for the Chinese nationals, I have met so many Chinese scientists who want to be American citizens. I knew one who was a member of an ethnic minority -- he didn't want to talk about it besides the fact that it wasn't great for him back in China -- and he was willing to put up with just about anything if it meant he became and American Citizen.
My brother in law went to one of Mullis' talks (it was to an academic audience). He said Mullis threw in slides of attractive women into random places in a scientific presentation. He came across as unprofessional.
I remember someone telling me that Mullis stopped getting invited to do talks about science because he would throw in a bunch of non-science life advice that was not great and expressed in a very crude manner. I have no idea if this is true, but if he thought HIV didn't cause AIDS then it's plausible that he gave really bad advice about sex.
I also remember talking to professors who'd met him and it was clear that they found him unpleasant. But they respected his PCR work because PCR is f'ing amazing.
As for the Chinese nationals, I have met so many Chinese scientists who want to be American citizens. I knew one who was a member of an ethnic minority -- he didn't want to talk about it besides the fact that it wasn't great for him back in China -- and he was willing to put up with just about anything if it meant he became and American Citizen.
My brother in law went to one of Mullis' talks (it was to an academic audience). He said Mullis threw in slides of attractive women into random places in a scientific presentation. He came across as unprofessional.