But he is also a lifetimeskeptic who began to collect these bizarre machines so that hecould expose the trickery of quacks, fake healers, and con men andwomen.

• 他从小到大都是一个爱怀疑的人，他开始收集这些怪异的机器是为了能够揭露江湖郎中、冒牌大夫及各种骗子的骗人伎俩。