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