"Out of touch with reality" has connotations of hallucinations or psychotic episodes, which I don't think he's demonstrating. This guy is simply not doing appr

"Out of touch with reality" has connotations of hallucinations or psychotic episodes, which I don't think he's demonstrating. This guy is simply not doing appropriate levels of prior art/background information/competitive research before embarking on a project. At some level, that's good, because for something that's not been done yet research can be interpreted to suggest it can't be done. But yeah, he takes it much too far.