I'm 99% sure I've told stories of this guy before. He's a pompus ass. And a Biologist--full Prof. And he manages to condescend to peple enough that he successfully encourages people to be scared to learn things.
So, yesterday, there was a bat in our building.
People freaked out, there was screaming, it was eventually shooed outside. All is well.
One of the people who was freaked out and screamed is a normally level-headed secretary. This person is NOT a scientist and doesn't normally fluster this much--either it was drama-whoring (possible) or winged rodents really freak her out (possible) or a combination of the 2 (likely).
So I walk through her office area and 2 Profs are discussing bats and why they aren't a huge rabies risk, they get a bad rap, etc.
Secretary asks what purpose they serve.
Both Profs laugh a little bit, the nicer prof starts to say someting about misquitos/bugs--ya know, the good bat PR. Prof Asshole talks over him, and I quote "well, that's a PROFOUND misunderstanding of evolution. Things, animals, they don't serve a purpose, they just are...*blah blah blah blah blah*" And monopolized the discussin and killed any discussion of why we shouldn't wipe out bats and criticized the desire to see bats as something beneficial/attractive/cute/whatever.
Way to discourage people from asking questions. And people wonder why I work so hard to keep him away from my middle-school-groups.