Vladimir_Nesov comments on Open Thread: September 2009 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 02 September 2009 09:14:38AM *  5 points [-]

High-status serious people want to associate with high-status others. Allowing crackpots on the same venue dramatically decreases its attractiveness for quality participants.

You can't really give an elaborate justification for why in this particular case it's OK, because signals are shallow.