Yes, we've really sunk to this: a rebel theoretical physicist feels the need to debate a guy who claims 1 × 1 = 2, presumably just to get some more publicity.

Yes, we've really sunk to this: a rebel theoretical physicist feels the need to debate a guy who claims 1 × 1 = 2, presumably just to get some more publicity. Howard's Wikipedia page hints at how he became this confused: "He has been married four times to three women". So one times one was two.