They think Yud is a world-historical intellect (I’ve seen claims on twitter he has a iq of 190 - yeah really) and by emulation a little of the old smartness can rub off on them.
The Palladium/Bismarck Analysis e-magazine guys who push space colonization used to known as Phalanx back in the day, just an fyi in case you guys didn't know.
I keep meaning to reread it and report back on zeerust aspects!