If something an obviously intelligent person says sounds preposterous, maybe you should question your own reading before assuming malice? Confirming the recept

If something an obviously intelligent person says sounds preposterous, maybe you should question your own reading before assuming malice? Confirming the reception of an unpublished paper is basic scientific courteousness, and citing these confirmations establishes priority that it was in fact him who first distributed this paper in a small circle before someone else put it up on the web. Move on, this is not the conspiracy you are looking for.