Does he even know where he is??

Geez Tesman is slow. I've noticed it numerous times. but seriously. Seriously. He's totally oblivious to real life situations and innuendos and takes everything at face value. For example Act one when Juliana is asking about the trip and Hedda filling out and the mention of the empty rooms, he is completely oblivious to what Juliana is asking. He's all like-- yeah it can be used for books, or yeah we had a great time doing research-- stupid she was asking about your sex life/marriage life. I understand that we mentioned he was stuck in the past but even so he should be able to analyze what people say since historians/specialists analyze writings and come to conclusions about stuff. He should be the most open individual in this whole play... he should know all the dramatic irony. I mean come on.... in act 3 when Hedda asks about Lovborg's vine leaves, she really asking about whether he was drinking, etc, but Tesman thinks about it and tries to remember if he saw actual vine leaves in the guy's hair. Ha! What an idiot! Even more is in he believes all the bs about how Hedda destroyed the manuscript for him. Whatever, hopefully now that Hedda's gone (may she rest in peace), Thea can straighten that boy out.