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Had a CEO that had a grand vision of abstractions. 3 years and no one could figure out what on earth his vision was. But he was very passionate about it.

Was a really nice guy, seemed fully functional, yet he completely sank his business from whatever he was taking.

If you mean they fried their brain then sure, that's bad and that's definitely one of the risks. But if it's just the Steve Jobs style "I see the world differently now" then to me it seems okay for the PhD to realign their goals because their values have changed. Of course, you can make the same argument that a heroin addicts values have changed, but the LSD isn't going to make you rob your family for your next hit.

What kind of gibberish? What did he say?

He believed in every conspiracy theory, including political and medical. That aliens built the pyramids, that kind of stuff. Normally this kind of stuff comes from a different kind of person.