I'm certainly no psychologist, but my impression from his Joe Rogan interview is that his story is fiction that he might believe. That possibly it's a story he came to believe about himself as some sort of coping mechanism to protect his ego in some way.
I know some people who watched that video and concluded that he seems genuine, but for me it gave me a strong impression, a gut instinct, that he's been lying to himself for years.
> that his story is fiction that he might believe.
Could also be a psychosis. I had a brilliant friend in college that had a psychosis.
He kept looking normal but the stories he told were completely detached from reality. Over night he had several conspiracy like theories, contact with famous business CEO's, conversations with politicians, and was asked to run secret projects. When I saw Bob at Joe Rogan I immediately had to think of that friend back in the day.
I know some people who watched that video and concluded that he seems genuine, but for me it gave me a strong impression, a gut instinct, that he's been lying to himself for years.