Actually yes. I question his credentials for questioning modern risk analysis theory. Expertise in physics gives one no special expertise in any other area of human intellectual endeavor. And there's nothing wrong with being a geek, in itself. Heck, it's downright fashionable these days to be a geek. That wasn't intended as an insult. If I wanted to insult Dr. Ellis, I would have called him a "nerd" instead. Nevertheless, geekness carries with it a certain not-the-most-worldly connotation that I did intend to convey. There is a lot more than mere physics to this whole LHC story.