Sorry if I seem hostile; that's not the intent.
But you've effectively marginalized his opinion by calling him crazy/irrational/mad. I'm just trying to point out that there are other highly respected folks that have done exactly the same thing without the same stigma. In retrospect they're heros, but maybe that's the case of victors writing history.
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