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Comment author: CarlShulman 02 June 2012 11:15:10PM *  20 points [-]

He has also been a visiting fellow at the SI, which means obvious crackpottery should have been filtered.

To defend the repute of the visiting fellows program, please note that his crackpot score has skyrocketed since that time and he would almost certainly not have been accepted had he applied then as he is today.

Comment author: Alicorn 03 June 2012 06:48:28AM 10 points [-]

Also, I think his crackpot score skyrocketed mostly after he left - so if it was something we did, it was a delayed effect.

Comment author: Will_Newsome 03 June 2012 05:35:31AM 7 points [-]

Also worth noting is that I was made a Fellow sort of off the cuff without any real input from anyone in the organization. Anna's absence led to much disorganization in the program. And yes, when I first volunteered I was more or less a typical LWer, with one strange thing being my high school drop out status.

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