It is axiomatic that if someone is sufficiently eager to disbelieve something, there is no Everest of evidence too large to be ignored.

In his book, “A Life on the Edge: Memoirs of Everest and Beyond,” Whittaker remembers a dinner party in Washington, D.C.:

At a screening of “The Judge,” Everest stretched his arms toward Robert Downey Jr. and gurgled, “Dada!”