Had to start a new topic as he deleted my posts in his topic. This is just a reminder to those who might have forgotten or those who are new to bitcoin.
Rpietila is shouting doom and gloom all over the forum, but until the beginning of the year he was predicting a bitcoin valuation of several hundred thousand USD. That was whilst he was in a manic phase, during which his behavior on these forums, as well as in real life caused much sensation and is well documented for those interested in using the search function.
He was subsequently involuntarily hospitalized in a psychiatric facility, diagnosed with Bipolar Affective Disorder, with multiple delusions of grandeur. He now seems to be in a depressive phase of his illness and is spreading doom and gloom on the speculation forums. Either that, or he has sold just before we hit 1000 and is now regretting his mistake.
Either way, thread carefully with him
Most of us who have been in Bitcoin for a few years have been called lunatics. It seems to me that securities traders are a "type" and a lot of them do have manic depressive episodes. Does the work attract that type of person or is that type of person better at it than the rest of us? Who knows? In either case, its a little unfair and illogical to say someone is wrong because they were sick.