Way to quote out of context, in an effort to paint Tom in the worst possible light. Did you even read the part that I have underlined for you? Read it a couple of times, and then read the paragraph again. Read what Tom was replying to. You'll realize that Tom was completely correct:
If a bear speaks in the forest, and there's nobody in the forest to hear the bear, it doesn't really matter that the bear can talk.
(Did I mangle that enough?)
That doesn't really change the context of the quote actually, egamma.