How do I explain a man who was probably one of the brightest intellects medical sociology has ever seen, but who still suffered from a deep sense of insecurity that it made him paranoid?How do I explain a man who was so incredibly generous yet would cut you off at the knees with a malevolent violence if he smelled any semblance of potential disloyalty?
How do I explain a man who needed love so badly that it made him imminently human yet would never tell you how he really felt?
You can't explain him, and for someone that desperately desired explanation both as a scientist and as a man, it's somewhat poetic.
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yeah, he was something else. i remember the breakfasts we had together when he was spewing vitriol towards some form of professional stupidity or other (but always smiling impishly while doing so), and then would break off in the middle laughing and very warmly engage me on some other topic.
i think humans in general defy explanation, or at least easy, straightforward explanation. we're all made of many, many parts, including the social, biological, and so on...
he looks good with a moustache.
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