So, if I read that correctly, you are claiming that you offered Rossi $ ten years ago, and Rossi declined. That’s primary evidence if so.
The part that convinced me that he was serious, wasn’t so much that he didn’t accept my offer but that he didn’t even inquire as to the qualifying restrictions on it. It was a flat — Thank you. I appreciate your confidence in me but no thank you. I want to do this one on my own.
That told me that he didn’t have any other outside supporters and he was confident that what he was doing was in the right direction. Looking at what I see today, I don’t think he knew how it worked or why it worked but that it did work and he was probably terrified that people would learn about what he was doing too soon. He may have been afraid that someone smarter than him would steal it. I don’t know what all was going through his mind. I’m just a bit saddened that he didn’t accept my offer.