ToSeek, as usual, has put his finger on a very important aspect ...

Arrogant when talking to (or pontificating at) an audience which is not comprised of PhDs in {insert your favourite discipline here} with a minimum of 25 years' of research papers under each's belt is one thing*; humility when confronted with good observational or experimental results which are inconsistent with their favourite theories, at the many sigma level, is quite another ...

FWIW, the calibre of the tilts taken at the windmills of (most) astronomy, these past decades or six, is quite reasonable (objective) grounds for pontification.

Arrogance is a beast of a different hue; its relationship to pride?

Question for the particle physicists: how did you greet the news of the research results showing neutrino oscillations? Well before then, did you feel that astronomers had simply not done enough work (or, worse, done sloppy research)? or did you feel that the 'solar neutrino problem' might reveal something truly wonderous about particle physics?

*and yes, there are quite a few, very notable exceptions.