06-02-2026, 03:48 PM
(06-02-2026, 03:12 PM)JustAnotherTheory wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Can you give an example where someone from academia had a more successful career because of "showmanship" than without?
How am I supposed to do that? Get an identical clone of a successful academic and strip them of the showmanship and see what happens?
If the question was to give an example of successful academics who certainly possess(ed) some showmanship skills, then it's easy, take any academic that is known and popular outside of academia. Feynman, Einstein, Russel, Sapolsky, Hawking (which is truly remarkable, giving all the physical limitations). Showmanship is about engaging the audience. It's unlikely one can be a successful lecturer without some showmanship.