Good summary of Farrell—I just wish the guy wrote more clearly—some of his stuff is very difficult reading.
From your comment #10 I suspected that you might be familiar with Farrell.
Yes, his writing style is bothersome. My imitation:
“Let’s talk about the work of Tesla, but to understand Tesla, we need to first examine the political situation in Serbia in the 19th century. Serbia itself must be understood within the context of the Ottoman invasions of Europe. So let us start with the Ottoman Empire. To understand the role of the Ottomans, we must first examine Islam’s sense of the self, which is derived from Zoroaster, whom I discussed in a previous book, which I will now summarize here ...”
What?