I fail to grasp why he is so contentious, actually. Based on my reading, he's not extremely prominent in any of the fields he is involved in and he doesn't really done anything especially interesting or controversial in his career. I understand that he is a contentious figure but I don't really understand why there's so much rancor over him here. I have been studying the other discussions under this exemplar and they seem a little edgy and rancorous to me and it really doesn't seem warranted.