not only did he reject any opinion which went against his desired outcome The issue here is: if the surgery had not been successful---or if he lacked the resou

not only did he reject any opinion which went against his desired outcome The issue here is: if the surgery had not been successful---or if he lacked the resources to pursue this so thoroughly and still be productive and successful---we might very well be looking at that same trait as a lamentable irrationality and out-of-touchnesss. We might even look at it as the least hackerlike of traits. Right now we can view it as an admirably entrepreneurial spirit.