Comment by alphazard
3 days ago
> The most generous take I can muster is that he's discovered evidence of stupidity amongst the wealthy on this world and that they'll throw money at him if he says, "I'm saying it's aliens." The least generous is that he's become an outright crank.
One way to tell the difference is to offer him a bet.
Cranks/scammers can not in general be trusted to honor bets, that tends to be a waste of time.