Richard Garriott, Peter Molineux, Chris Roberts there's a long list of similar "Don't give money to your childhood heroes" stories
It's a shame, I love detailed simulator type games, but the execution leaves a lot to be desired.
Very nice orbital simulator, tho lacks maneuvering computer, hence it's hard if you haven't played KSP (have to wing it to make RV with stations and such).
Demo version and a gamepad are enough to do the most fun thing in the game. Atmospheric re-entry at orbital speed and disintegrating at 30-40km.
Game's called Flight of Nova and it's super chill. Executing the burn correctly and then coasting for 12min to get to a station, watching the views.
Linus Pauling and "Megadoses of vitamin C will cure all diseases!" is the classic example, to me.
As opposed to pure charlatanism, this at least (presumably) has a good-faith actor - who is incompetent at their current task.