I made no such claim about the author's beliefs. I posited that the author was pandering to an audience with such beliefs, an audience who loves these "tulip ma

I made no such claim about the author's beliefs. I posited that the author was pandering to an audience with such beliefs, an audience who loves these "tulip mania didn't happen" stories because in their logic they somehow serve as rebuttal to the possibility that crypto-currencies are experiencing a speculative mania of their own.