Econtalk note on John Nash

David Henderson at Econtalk quotes John Nash - the Nobel winner who was also recognized in the movie A Beautiful Mind.

Nash commented - "Then gradually I began to intellectually reject some of the delusionally influenced lines of thinking which had been characteristic of my orientation. This began, most recognizably, with the rejection of politically-oriented thinking as essentially a hopeless waste of intellectual effort."

As someone who has spent a good part of the last 40 years on political activity and "politically oriented thinking" it sounds about right to me!