Linus Pauling received two Nobel Prizes. Later, he advocated for "mega-vitamin therapies," which wasn't backed up by science. Elon Musk could be exceptionally

Linus Pauling received two Nobel Prizes. Later, he advocated for "mega-vitamin therapies," which wasn't backed up by science. Elon Musk could be exceptionally brilliant and crazy at the same time. (Probably not as brilliant as Pauling, though.)