17-08-2016, 10:05 AM
Hi Rene,
in my opinion, that sort of things will never stop. We are facing a mysterious object and some people just can't accept this. They want to believe they have "cracked the code", positively proven that the manuscript says this or that, unequivocally understood everything. Some people are just not humble enough to accept that there are things they don't understand. I wouldn't be surprised to find out that they believe that this hobby will make their name famous through the centuries.
Delusions of grandeur, the sense of superiority by natural birth-right, attachment to personal pet-theories make them feel they are in danger every time their ideas are questioned. Feelings of this sort are not uncommon. I think the only way out is getting used to this state of affairs and avoiding wasting too much time because of it: a difficult but potentially useful exercise.
in my opinion, that sort of things will never stop. We are facing a mysterious object and some people just can't accept this. They want to believe they have "cracked the code", positively proven that the manuscript says this or that, unequivocally understood everything. Some people are just not humble enough to accept that there are things they don't understand. I wouldn't be surprised to find out that they believe that this hobby will make their name famous through the centuries.
Delusions of grandeur, the sense of superiority by natural birth-right, attachment to personal pet-theories make them feel they are in danger every time their ideas are questioned. Feelings of this sort are not uncommon. I think the only way out is getting used to this state of affairs and avoiding wasting too much time because of it: a difficult but potentially useful exercise.