FYI: the author works for a right wing think tank whose stated goal is “to apply the riches of the Judeo-Christian tradition to contemporary questions of law, culture, and politics.” So no surprise that he wants to blame the supposed disappearance of absent-minded professors on… society not valorizing the women who devote their lives to supporting these men. How dare those women have their own ambitions!

Anyone who’s recently taken a STEM class at a university can verify that absent-minded eccentric professors absolutely still exist in reality. Go to any math department and look for a professor that doesn’t fit the bill (male or female by the way!).

My favorite part of this rant is when he claims that Galois would not last in grad school today because of his temper. The dude was killed in a duel at the age of 20. Apparently he wouldn’t have lasted long in his time either.