I've met Oriel's twin!

On Thursday, 29 May 2014 10:37:36 UTC+2, wrote:
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There is, according to him, a global conspiracy to prevent his "earth-shattering" discoveries from even being discussed, never mind accepted.

Deluded paranoia. There has never been a better time in all human history for any PUV (person with a unique viewpoint) to share his (or her) privately held "wisdom." Only in North Korea might the PUV struggle to be heard above the cries of hunger, beatings and torture. No doubt the pedants here can add a few more countries where the PUV lacks access to a free internet connection to publish their drivel far and wide. 400 pages sounds like a good dose of OCD just waiting to be "shared" with a gob-smacked and adoring public.

The difference between the deluded PUV and the autistic genius is the quality of the PUV's theories. The deluded are two a penny and their unsubstantiated theories worth even less. Newtons and Einsteins pop up far more rarely and their work can be checked for validity and context in repeatedly testable reality. There is no free lunch in the science lab's canteen for deluded fools.

I now know from speaking to his family that he is significantly autistic. At one time he had a wife and a job - alas no more as his refusal to ever change his mind on any issue made him "almost impossible to live or work with".

That sounds like many people with a superstition invented by other PUVs back in the bronze age. Try talking to a religious nut who answers every single utterance with chapter and verse from their well-thumbed collection of raving delusions. None of which can ever be tested because it bears absolutely no relationship to reality. Yet any toothless, uneducated, unwashed halfwit from the barren, flyblown, intellectual desert can pass the death sentence on the entire population of the earth. For simply (sic) failing to follow his or her own religious insanity down the plughole into the swirling darkness.