>>14125166reddit and the gang loves and reveres him just as much as they do carl sagan or neil degrasse tyson.
they substitute celebrity worship for religion while lying to themselves about being rational atheists.
he is low hanging fruit, a science celebrity that everyone learns about in high school. math and numerology, a popular an widely held superstition, are also intrinsically linked. did you see the thread about ascii triangles the other day? most of the board seemed to be convinced that it was significant for no reason other than "omg triangle", a superstition with no rational basis.