An interesting theory, but I'm not sure I buy it. One thing you can say about geeks is that we're detail-oriented. Tolkien hallucinated an entire universe in rococo detail, which is catnip to the geek mind. I once read a short story by him, "Leaf by Niggle", about a main who paints leaves in exquisite detail but can't seem to paint a whole tree. I think he was writing about himself. One Of Us.
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