# I pit DrDeth **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 28, 2021, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971 "2021-02-28T19:52:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 19
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2021, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/19 "2021-02-28T22:34:59Z")
I first encountered him in a thread about Pleistocene mass extinctions and whether they were due to hunting. He had read some of the scientific literature from decades ago, and quoted those articles. I cited some more recent literature that had a broader view. Ever after that, when someone posted about Pleistocene extinctions, he would pop in and make exactly the same arguments as before. Sometimes he would cite the article I had originally cited to him as if I might not have seen it to refute me, but completely misunderstanding the point. Eventually I just gave up. I would just state my points and that I wouldn’t discuss it with him anymore. He’s also extremely credulous. [Here he persistently defends a crackpot “translator” of the Voynich Manuscript](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voynich-manuscript-finally-deciphered/821113/142) despite knowing nothing about the subject. He also has never learned to quote properly. You can recognize his posts by extremely long quotations in italics instead of a quote box which are usually irrelevant. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971)._