I don't think @Howard was trying to say "This is what academics" are like, I know I wasn't (wee brother isn't remotely an academic). I saw it as more surprise at encountering people with that level of incapacity in an area known (stereotyped, even) for above avergage mental ability. Nor was anybody trying to make it an excuse for Starkey, they/we were just wandering off at a tangent. Well, hello webforum.
I don't think @Howard was trying to say "This is what academics" are like, I know I wasn't (wee brother isn't remotely an academic). I saw it as more surprise at encountering people with that level of incapacity in an area known (stereotyped, even) for above avergage mental ability. Nor was anybody trying to make it an excuse for Starkey, they/we were just wandering off at a tangent. Well, hello webforum.
#NotAllAcademics