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Interesting thing about Cousteau is that he wasn't/isn't held in high regard by oceanographers. When he visited SIO his arrogance and demanding demeanor caused him to be considered a royal PITA, but due to his public image and the fact that SIO isn't a private institution, he had to be coddled and catered to, much to the dismay of the scientists, tech.s and administration.
The oceanographers were peeved that, while he did bring an appreciation of the oceans to the public, he focused on topics and issues that they considered detracted from much more important topics and issues that they were devoted to studying, i.e., he put showmanship and profit over furthering the understanding and appreciation of the importance of oceanography.
I think it's interesting that neither Marlin Perkins nor Carl Sagan were percieved by their peers in that way.
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