What does whether he is a "crank" have to do with whether he is wrong? I stopped taking the author seriously when the ad hominem attacks started. Taleb may be a

What does whether he is a "crank" have to do with whether he is wrong? I stopped taking the author seriously when the ad hominem attacks started. Taleb may be a crank, he may be unsympathetic or inflammatory, but that has no bearing whatsoever on the state of his theories.