I was in the fist or second year of college and I asked for A New Kind of Science book as a gift. I believed the book, not knowing much about the history of the

I was in the fist or second year of college and I asked for A New Kind of Science book as a gift. I believed the book, not knowing much about the history of the related fields NKS supposedly compelely revolutionized. That's how cult following starts, isn't it? But then as years rolled by I realized that stuff is too far out of the ordinary, with the claims which are too lofty. Even as far as style goes, at first phrases like "I discovered this...", "I did that.." seems impressive, excuded confidence, but then, they started to sound grating and excessively arrogant. I just couldn't stand to read it anymore. The book collected dust for a few years, then I gave it away to someone.