| He learns that Sheikh has a terrifying laugh, that he is a mythomaniac who uses pseudonyms, first telling Pearl that his name is Bashir, then Shabir. |
| But maybe there's something just a little bit mad about these people, a little bit mythomaniac about them. |
| More important, Wells presents the data that make the case that Ellsberg is a mythomaniac and a poseur. |
| Indeed, even though one may admire the usefulness of an invention, the inventor who originated such a concept is usually shown as an extravagant person, or even as a mythomaniac. |
| The mythomaniac, due to his inability to deal with facts, is eventually cured if you keep putting enough facts in front of him. |
| An illiterate and ignorant occultist, can become a mythomaniac or slanderer, and in the worst cases, an assassin. |
