I don’t blame you for thinking the way you are. I used to as well..
Until I got a job at a huge and famous Hospital campus with 20,000 employees.
We had every manner of scientific research, engineering, therapies, surgeries and support staff imaginable.
That’s when I realized the cast of characters involved in medicine are not all the image of a geeky, shorn, well dressed “professional.”
The people that deal with the public are that way, sure. The people that work in labs, run the machines, perform experiments. The bio engineers, etc., include a lot of “colorful” people.
They get paid based on what they know. Not how they look. Lots of eccentric people.
And, why not? Their big brains afford them the latitude and luxury of expressing whatever counterculture style they want.
JJ Couey’s look and manner may not be mainstream but it’s tame compared to the guys I saw on a daily basis.
Judge him not by the superficial but by his work because his work has been a step ahead of everyone else’s for a long time.
Hi GLK. I'm not sure exactly what you mean, but it seems you're making some unfounded assumptions about me.
I have worked with a fair diversity of eccentric intellectual people, within and without the walls of academia, with varying degrees of brilliance -- some of whom are fit to interface effectively with business/leadership types or the general public, some not no much. I am not "judging" JJ's content by his style, only remarking on the effectiveness of that style with regard to influencing the public conversation.
I don't doubt that he's a smart cookie. Some of his theories may well be more accurate than more popular competitor theories. But for whatever reason, he's kept his "college lecturer" schtick despite becoming unemployable as such, and doesn't care to write things down, let alone in an organized and accessible way. That's limited my own engagement with his work, simply because I don't have time for two-hour videos.
I don’t blame you for thinking the way you are. I used to as well..
Until I got a job at a huge and famous Hospital campus with 20,000 employees.
We had every manner of scientific research, engineering, therapies, surgeries and support staff imaginable.
That’s when I realized the cast of characters involved in medicine are not all the image of a geeky, shorn, well dressed “professional.”
The people that deal with the public are that way, sure. The people that work in labs, run the machines, perform experiments. The bio engineers, etc., include a lot of “colorful” people.
They get paid based on what they know. Not how they look. Lots of eccentric people.
And, why not? Their big brains afford them the latitude and luxury of expressing whatever counterculture style they want.
JJ Couey’s look and manner may not be mainstream but it’s tame compared to the guys I saw on a daily basis.
Judge him not by the superficial but by his work because his work has been a step ahead of everyone else’s for a long time.
Hi GLK. I'm not sure exactly what you mean, but it seems you're making some unfounded assumptions about me.
I have worked with a fair diversity of eccentric intellectual people, within and without the walls of academia, with varying degrees of brilliance -- some of whom are fit to interface effectively with business/leadership types or the general public, some not no much. I am not "judging" JJ's content by his style, only remarking on the effectiveness of that style with regard to influencing the public conversation.
I don't doubt that he's a smart cookie. Some of his theories may well be more accurate than more popular competitor theories. But for whatever reason, he's kept his "college lecturer" schtick despite becoming unemployable as such, and doesn't care to write things down, let alone in an organized and accessible way. That's limited my own engagement with his work, simply because I don't have time for two-hour videos.
To illustrate my point, here's a great recent example of somebody taking the effort to summarize a lengthy and unconstrained verbal exchange with a subject matter expert. It shouldn't take more than five minutes to read: https://wherearethenumbers.substack.com/p/an-explosive-discussion-with-ex-cdc
Maybe you could do that for JJ? The world would thank you!