Scientific, accomplished, proud, and goofy. Is there anything wrong with this combination?

Apparently so, considering scientist Matt Taylor, who recently made the news for landing a spacecraft on a comet that was 300 million miles away, was criticized harshly based on his “sexist” shirt (which was created by his female friend).

Okay, sure the shirt is what people notice, but what about the fact he has a beard, tattoos everywhere and mismatched clothes?

No, just the shirt.

Seems to make sense.

Honestly, a brilliant man helps accomplish something important to scientific research and his shirt is what everyone cares about. Okay, let’s move away from the Matt Taylor example.

How about Albert Einstein? His hair was a disaster almost all of the time. Did people whine and complain? No, because he accomplished a fundamental formula used in science that even helped create the atomic bomb.

Both managed to achieve greatness but there were different reactions from the viewing people. Why? Perhaps over time expectations and priorities have changed.

Or it could be the reason that Einstein wore the usual formal and nerdy attire and only had the lack of combed hair versus an entire wardrobe that was strange for a scientist like Taylor.

There are many reasons that could be the cause of why these people acted the way they did.

Maybe it was due to him straying from the normal scientist in a lab coat and other nerdy apparel, or perhaps it was just the content of his shirt, but none of that should matter if he can achieve greatness, even if in strange attire.

It never has made sense on how people feel the need to dress a certain way in order to stand for something.
Taylor was able to be the kind of guy who dresses completely different than the norm. Just because he’s a scientist doesn’t mean he should have to wear a lab coat.

Is there a rule of “dress in the attire that’s been labeled as fitting for your job?” As far as I’ve known, it’s freedom of expression and yet he was shunned for expressing his friend’s creation.

Unfortunately, there’s a cycle that has started with this case of Matt Taylor. Not only did he get attacked by feminists, but now the feminists are being frowned upon for “bullying” Taylor.

All this time is being wasted on what? Harassing different people for having opinions?

The time spent on how a person looks, what a person believes, or other needless things could be the time spent on developing a cure for something or who knows what.

No, not everyone has to be a scientist, but they should at least have the courtesy to be decent human beings and try to accomplish something in their day other than, “Did you see that girl’s dress?”

At the end of a day, all the comments and disapproval about others’ choices means absolutely nothing because they’ll carry on and continue to do what they enjoy.