There’s a difference between holding high standards for newcomers who want to become community members, and discouraging new people from joining the community. If we flip legitimate heuristics for filtering cranks from reasonable thinkers, we’re liable to filter out people who would be valuable community members. I don’t think we want that.
There’s a difference between holding high standards for newcomers who want to become community members, and discouraging new people from joining the community. If we flip legitimate heuristics for filtering cranks from reasonable thinkers, we’re liable to filter out people who would be valuable community members. I don’t think we want that.