"I'm sure Jim could make up a post of completely irrational ideas, and maybe a few stocks that subsequently plummet, and the board would go all in."

I've generally found that these kinds of insults, and this general way of viewing the world, say more about the author than the world around them.

There are plenty of intelligent people on this board, with a capacity for critical thinking and reflection. Jim has raised quite a few ideas over the years. Some turned out well, others didn't. Some ideas appear to have gained a lot of traction, others didn't (as best I can tell). I've picked up two or three non-BRK ideas from Jim over the years, and entered into them after my own due diligence. My returns to date on these Jim-inspired holdings are market-beating -- I'm not complaining.

You're unwillingness or inability to see the board as a multi-faceted forum with real, intelligent human beings on the other end isn't a Jim problem, or a problem of a bunch of dim bulbs following a leader. It's a you problem. And it's a far greater intellectual failing than the one you think you see in others.