[dang]

I personally vouch that this isn't fake. (But anyone familiar with Alan's work could tell that just from reading his comments here—who could possibly fake these?)

We detached this comment from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11940227 and marked it off-topic.

[olantonan]

"who could possibly fake these?"

Copying from other sources. I'm not saying it's fake, just curious about verification as someone claimed so.

For instance, your "vouch", are you an official HN account. How can I tell?

[dang]

HN has always worked informally. We don't have 'processes'; it isn't clear that we need them, and the thought of having to set them up makes my soul cry. But anyone who has concerns about fakes, abuses, and the like can always get an answer by emailing [e-mail]. We appreciate such emails because occasionally they point out actual abuses that we need to take care of!

[olantonan]

Thanks for the input

[jsprogrammer]

Are we viewing from the detachment pile? Or did the detachment not work? Why does the link in this thread refer to a different thread?

[olantonan]

It did not work

[BrutallyHonest]

If an answer could be confused with a "real" one then it's as good.

[Retra]

This is assuming the real one wouldn't have articulated anything unique and contextually valuable. (Unless you've got some sure-fire method to determine which statements are objectively so and that's what's getting confused.)

[olantonan]

No

[coldtea]

That's an ongoing issue in philosophy though -- you can't just say "no" as if it's a solved issue.

[olantonan]

Yes