The Big Bang Theory: 10 Moments When Sheldon Cooper Was Wrong

2. Sheldon Is A Fraud

Episode: The Romance Resonance In a fairly recent episode, Sheldon's ground-breaking new discovery caused his ego to sky-rocket. Promising to be humble after his work was glorified in China, but of course, being Sheldon, chanting about his greatness and even stealing Leonard's cookie (who needs enemies?), he was devastated after he double checked his maths and the biggest accomplishment of his life turned out to be nothing more than a mere fluke. He dramatically proclaims that he is a fraud. All the praise, the growing fame and the grant he receives are, he believes, now worthless. When Amy tries to cheer him up by reassuring him that sometimes similar things happen in neurobiology, Sheldon merely gets offended €“ the only thing worse than being a fraud is being a biologist, after all...