Did you also get hold of a billion dollars at some point? For some reason, those of us who work for a living seem less inclined to such psychosis

The historian in the article I don't think has a billion dollars either. She still seems pretty inclined to that type of thinking. Lots of cherry-picking and very little data. I think its a lack of consequences for bad decisions and ideas that is what is in common here. When that happens, people go off the rails and fall for this type of magical thinking.