the telling thing is

Steven Fry only found one person who wanted the condition to be removed. Everyone else saw it as part of who they were and indeed part of their success - he has made a lot of money out of his wackiness.

The show was his attempt to understand it - and by inferrence have the power to control it - thereby keeping his source of inspiration and staunching the penalties thereof. Most of his interviewees seemed to be on the same lines.

Good luck to him.