TLDR: close this page’s browser tab, and stop reading.
As for explorer, as the breaker of the chains, human has to be delusional enough to execute towards what they wanted, delusional enough to abandon everything that might stop them towards their goal.
That delusional spirit is essential. that was the rocket fuel. it might the holy grail of going extra miles. Philippa Langley might was not an academic professor, but she keep insisted, and found The King.
Those scene make us think that we need to be delusional enough to harness the force of those rocket fuel. either 100% real mad or stubbornly delusional, was not important. hopefully we can bring ourselves get as far as possible. or to be delusionally smart (academically sound, calculated enough) then we stir our mind, yakin haqqul yakin, and then be delusionally right.
(i might forgot who Philippa is. oh, she was the woman behind “The Lost King”. This is aftertaste yapping writing right after watching the film.)