Say what you want about Wolfram, he's a brilliant guy. Brilliant people often have strange quirks and egos, but that's just a part of being them. Also, this account has only posted links about Wolfram. Is it him or an assistant?
It's understood that people who are exceptional smart aren't always socially pleasant, but Wolfram is trying to raise that bar by quite a bit.
;-)
By the way, he is in the annals of particle physics...
You are correct in that these are not the reasons they are impressive. It's the reason (in Linus and Wolframs case) they aren't particularly good people.
You should have to suffer brilliant assholes.
That was definitive. How is he objectively not? How are you defining the smartest person on the planet. By what criteria?