You can see the same kind of psychology in those that claim they've created free-energy machines and also the "Einstein was wrong" crowd. It's peculiar kind of

You can see the same kind of psychology in those that claim they've created free-energy machines and also the "Einstein was wrong" crowd. It's peculiar kind of chip-on-the-shoulder combining a sense of under-dog angst with a large heap of obfuscation to counter attempts at understanding. Some are better at this kind of stuff than others, and remain as high-functioning members of society. The Bogdanov affair comes to mind as well Eric Weinstein's mathless and paperless "Geometric Unity" theory.