There’s always one at every conference.
In 2013 the Times Higher Education Supplement published a list of the six conference questions every academic hears. Dr Mad appears to be going for either the “obstinate question” or the “display of superior knowledge” here.
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Panel 1.
"SCIENCEY TALK & Q&A"
Session Chair: Thank you for that detailed talk. Would anyone in the audience like to ask a question?
Dr Mad: Ooh! Me! Me! Me!
Panel 3.
SFX: SWIPE
Panel 4.
Dr Mad: Thank you. I'm sure it would have been a very interesting talk if I'd been listening. I know everyone here MUST want my opinion on this, so let me start a long monologue about my unrelated research.
"SCIENCEY TALK & Q&A"
Session Chair: Thank you for that detailed talk. Would anyone in the audience like to ask a question?
Dr Mad: Ooh! Me! Me! Me!
Panel 3.
SFX: SWIPE
Panel 4.
Dr Mad: Thank you. I'm sure it would have been a very interesting talk if I'd been listening. I know everyone here MUST want my opinion on this, so let me start a long monologue about my unrelated research.