I agree "if it is true," but the interview makes him look like a fairly smart sort of fellow and he has obviously been considering this for a long time (5+ year

I agree "if it is true," but the interview makes him look like a fairly smart sort of fellow and he has obviously been considering this for a long time (5+ years), so at the very least he's probably thought through the details more than anyone currently discovering this story via Hacker News.