Possessing profound scientific intuition and open-minded rigour, he usually ended up challenging the cherished assumptions of others and, to the discomfiture of the scientific establishment, often found them wanting.
Prior to organized data archiving, researchers wanting to evaluate or replicate a paper would have to request data and methods information from the author.
Worse than non-verbal, the director is singularly anti-verbal, seemingly incapable of uttering anything in the way of self-analysis or of even wanting to.