Met a Cornell PhD student (ABO). Saw him telling another person how much he liked the person's paper, then hours later he was trashing the author. Don't think his name is PW though.
PW from Cornell is legit.
Who are the top behavioral candidates? Anyone from Cornell or UT?
You've basically just described not-uncommon behavior for 90% of the profession.
Though at least we're better than econ or finance in this regard...