Yes, I agree, Kevin, that the way he dealt with that issue was particularly poor.

As I said at the time, I would have had more respect for him if he'd said "Go away and mind your own business - I don't share that information".

I remain, however, one of the people commenting that however badly he's dealt with that specific issue, we don't have to pay back to anyone the income we've made from learning and following what Brooks teaches. And I offer respectfully the observation that there do seem to be rather a lot of us, in rather a lot of places, saying that.