I ask, not to pooh-pooh your knowledge, but to find out if this is possible with such people.
I don’t really know the answer to that. I think it’s possible. This guy was very intelligent. I don’t know if schizophrenia wipes out intelligence or just twists it to irrational thoughts and acts through its delusions.
The Unabomber comes to mind.
Moments of brilliance mixed with a gigantic bag of crazy