Programming often makes you feel powerful and in control. Humans love that feeling and it’s intoxicating. But I think that feeling of power and control gets easily conflated with being right all the time. If we’re wrong then it’s like we have to admit we’re not in control anymore.
Source: my ass / own opinion
Here’s a dump of the full email. It’s a bunch of accusations about his affairs with young girls, and possible rape. https://pastebin.com/raw/3DRZpzDP