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I'm quite aware there's no operational distinction between delusion and trolling, but thanks for confirming.
edit: really, I get it. The difference between trolling and sincere attention-seeking for a crackpot theory is one of motivation rather than action. I updated based on some self-awareness in some of your comments, and shouldn't have because those comments could as easily have come from a semi-amused crackpot just as easily as an above-average troll.
No, trolling implies psychopathy, narcissism and sadism. I don't think I qualify in any of those categories. Being delusional is not a choice, one chooses to troll. If all you want to contribute is showing your inability to make a prediction of a collective, ad hominem fallacy, then I invite you to read the Sequences. I don't want to clutter this forum with irrationality by "opponent". Else, you can read and do the exercise and replace your value of validation with the consistency that has brought us about.
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