This is some disturbing, or annoying, or both, stuff. I sort of what to just slap the guy.

To accept science, or somebody's choices on what direction to take in scientific discovery, or how to spend public money on someone's choices for how to use science, to expect society to just accept this on faith is disturbing. Let's not forget that science can be used for some very bad things. It's agnostic. It's not good in and of itself.

So this arrogance is ... yeah... just wanna slap the guy.

And then there's the power trip he's clearly on, and the political and financial angles.