Before capital-S science we had dilettantes that did it for pure joy and curiosity -- not some misguided sense of true belief and absolutist, self-serving non-sense.

Andrew Kahng has credentials, numerous published papers, and held various positions that other people deem to be prestigious -- but what has the man done?

To me, academia and Kahng look like middle-managers endlessly jerking each other off, while other people are out actually accomplishing things.