linkhyrule5 comments on The genie knows, but doesn't care - Less Wrong

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Comment author: linkhyrule5 10 September 2013 04:54:17PM *  4 points [-]

I advise against doing that. It is unlikely to change anyone's mind.

Point, but there's also the middle ground "I'm not sure if he's a crank or not, but I'm busy so I won't look unless there's some evidence he's not."

The big two I've come up with is a) he actually changes his mind about important things (though I need to find an actual post I can cite - didn't he reopen the question of the possibility of a hard takeoff, or something?) and b) TDT.