It's not clear what the accident was. (?)
It's also not clear why they included a picture of him playing guitar with a caption about his band...
It's also not clear why they included a picture of him playing guitar with a caption about his band...
There is a bit of a push at the moment, and has been for a while, to show that scientists and other technical types are normal people too, not just the stereotype anal retentive hyper-dedicated socially disconnected Asperger afflicted geniuses. You'll often see a little bit of information about the people in question that is ultimately completely irrelevant to the science/tech being discussed.
If it does help break down the stereotype a bit then it is a good thing: many kids are put off science in part because of such things.
> it's actually cool to be geeky or into tech
Is this satire?
"the political people who are nimble in the art of writing government grants have gradually displaced the eccentric and idiosyncratic people who typically make the best scientists. The eccentric university professor is a species that is going extinct fast"