I'd be careful taking anything from "surely you're joking" as a fact btw.
There's a good popsci comms video on why here https://youtu.be/TwKpj2ISQAc?si=bpZOBy9WBGQzi6sk
There's a good popsci comms video on why here https://youtu.be/TwKpj2ISQAc?si=bpZOBy9WBGQzi6sk
I guess the same can be said about many other "fanboi", and have little to do with the facts in the book