[xyzelement]

I'd think the thread between eccentricity and invention is the lack of fear (or ability to overcome it) about what society thinks and how it works.

Your guy down the street I guess is kinda weird, but to your point, today that level of weirdness doesn't require courage or innovative thought so probably wouldn't correlate to invention.

My hunch is that in the near future, brave "weirdness" is going to be people who dare to not be woke.