A capable person who keeps a low profile for too long is often perceived as someone with a mysterious identity and ulterior purposes. Alhaitham himself is a powerful rebuttal to all these cliché views: He is brilliant and people who work with the man are perplexed by Alhaitham due to his unwillingness to aspire for higher job opportunities in spite of his egocentricity, and many have been at odds with him for his uncompromising view on rationality and the truth.