Apologies, I should have used a better phrase. Although I still think he fits the dictionary definition of the word ("an eccentric person, especially one who is

Apologies, I should have used a better phrase. Although I still think he fits the dictionary definition of the word ("an eccentric person, especially one who is obsessed by a particular subject or theory."), I can see how it might be interpreted as more demeaning than that. I stand by my opinion that the ideas expressed in this interview are bizarre and incoherent. Then again, many very well-educated and well-credentialed people have held weird ideas about the mind.