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My evaluation is that he is enormously intelligent. And like many people of enormous intelligence he suffers from something like an over-connected brain. He is
by reedf1 5y ago
My evaluation is that he is enormously intelligent. And like many people of enormous intelligence he suffers from something like an over-connected brain. He is too good at spotting connections between things, connections that potentially do not exist. The result is everything is a conspiracy - or some grand paradigm waiting to be unlocked. Definitely an interesting character and those sorts can push boundaries, but you should be careful about their conclusions.
- gizmo 5y agoThis "over-connectedness" is also extremely common for brilliant people in finance. When you're surrounded by people playing dirty and things not being as they seem you develop a level of paranoia as a survival/coping mechanism. Michael Burry, Ray Dalio, Eric Weinstein and the like are not usually paranoid or conspiratorial or contrarian, they're just more outspoken than most.
- kreetx 5y agoI think the important part for these kinds of people is to weed out the false positives. But perhaps talking about all the connections is a social way, i.e have other people do it.