As he expected, exactly 811 people chose to stay.
Ethan Evans, Chris Owen, and Samantha were already close to Harrison Clark, familiar with his character, and well-acquainted with his abilities, even bordering on superstition.
Even if he said the sun was square, these people would first look up to check the sky. So convincing them only required a Black Hole Paper from Harrison Clark.
However, these unfamiliar scholars were different. They knew some of Harrison Clark's achievements, but not enough to be certain.
Their understanding of Harrison Clark was superficial, solely derived from news reports and other people's descriptions.
Their first reaction to the Black Hole Paper was to doubt, and then have their doubts gradually shattered throughout Harrison Clark's explanation.