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I don't know (and don't need you to elaborate on) exactly what you're referring to in that last sentence, but I suspect you are confusing Eric W. Weisstein with Eric Weisstein.

More likely he's confusing the mathworld author with Stephen Wolfram

> A true shame that he went insane

Could you elaborate on your reasons for calling Eric Weisstein insane?

He probably intends to call Stephen Wolfram like that. But it's ridiculous to call him insane because he seems a little obsessed by cellular automatons.

Weisstein is amazing. Wolfram has the "unified theory of everything" disease. So much so that he sponsored dozens of youtube channels to talk about it.

> A true shame that he went insane

I assume you're referring to Stephen Wolfram, not Neil Sloane, but it seems many people would like clarification.

As to Wolfram, assuming this is your focus, nothing undermines one's sanity as reliably as complete success. Not to accept your premise, only to explain it.