People like this are the worst. They'll say the most terrible thing ever said, then keep arguing for 20 minutes then when they are getting tired they just say they were joking and trolling and all that....
The people that are only goofing around get to wear the ass hat around the party and alley oop some setups at their own expense. The real assholes are confronted about their shit and end up either a little more enlightened from the experience or publically mocked about it. Not for nothing but I think it makes bullshitting with strangers more fun.
Edit: it helps to know the shittiest people especially don’t like being laughed at.
The main equation in arguably the most revolutionary and weird field of physics - quantum mechanics, is named after him. But of course people know about him via memes about his cat, which might not even be alive!