[Article] A Ardıç - "The Code Is Deciphered. The Answer Is Evident! How Does AI..." 28/04

[Koen G]

Indeed, one should not feed the troll.

Words of wisdom.

For the average solver though, I don't think there is any malicious intent involved. I still like to see the person behind the theory and keep in mind that they are more than likely regular people who have been misled (by their own inventions, but still misled). Call me naive, but with each individual, it might be worthwhile to try if reason works. I believe many of us tried to see if we could solve the MS early on, and it may have been our interactions with others (or reading the work of others) that steered us in a more productive way. The people on Tavi's list are usually those who don't change their (mutually exclusive) views, but there might be others who course corrected before being on the list. For that reason, I think some communication with theorists might still be beneficial to the study, as long as it can happen in a constructive way.

That said, some cases are not quite average and their proponents make it hard, if not impossible, to maintain civil discourse (or any discourse, for that matter). I don't need to name examples.