Isn't this about a group of people who are way above their peers in brain capacity or just plain malignant, throwing some utter nonsense into the mix and watch in awe as their not so bright fellows jump on it like flies on rotten meat?
that seems to imply bad faith or malice. I'm out of my depth here, but it figuring out the true nature of reality does seem properly hard and it's not obvious what the next steps are.