# In the history of the SDMB has anyone ever been wrong about more things than adaher? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 31, 2013, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-history-of-the-sdmb-has-anyone-ever-been-wrong-about-more-things-than-adaher/667639 "2013-08-31T04:55:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 25
**Author:** ![John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_stamos_left_ear/32/3198_2.png) [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2014, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-history-of-the-sdmb-has-anyone-ever-been-wrong-about-more-things-than-adaher/667639/481 "2014-05-27T06:33:50Z")
I would like to use this thread to mention that adaher’s blatherings made what I was hoping would be a good discussion on Thomas Picketty’s new book [instead turned out](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=721543) to be hundreds of posts of adaher saying wrong things and not understanding the correction. Dozens of posts about his weaselly and mostly incorrect use of “in the margins” makes me wish he gets a margin lodged up his ass. ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2014, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-history-of-the-sdmb-has-anyone-ever-been-wrong-about-more-things-than-adaher/667639/482 "2014-05-27T06:41:07Z")
Yes the man is a walking [Dunning-Kruger effect](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect). It doesn’t occur to him that his incompetence is correlated with the speed of his posting. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2014, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-history-of-the-sdmb-has-anyone-ever-been-wrong-about-more-things-than-adaher/667639/483 "2014-05-27T07:01:11Z")
When I hear the word “metacognitive”, I reach for my revolver… ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2014, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-history-of-the-sdmb-has-anyone-ever-been-wrong-about-more-things-than-adaher/667639/484 "2014-05-27T07:16:09Z")
Oh man, I love that word. So exquisitely irritating, so euphemistic, such a polite way of calling someone a dumbass. * * * _One of the painful things about our time is that those who feel certainty are stupid, and those with any imagination and understanding are filled with doubt and indecision._ --Bertrand Russell ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2014, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-history-of-the-sdmb-has-anyone-ever-been-wrong-about-more-things-than-adaher/667639/485 "2014-05-27T11:02:55Z")
I’ve been enjoying [documenting](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=17394357#post17394357) just a small fraction of the serial wrongness of **adaher** ’s posts in the Pit thread he started. I quickly realized it would be a full time job. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2014, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-history-of-the-sdmb-has-anyone-ever-been-wrong-about-more-things-than-adaher/667639/486 "2014-05-27T17:05:53Z")
I have often thought that if adaher posted that that the sky was blue, it would\* cease to be true\*. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2014, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-history-of-the-sdmb-has-anyone-ever-been-wrong-about-more-things-than-adaher/667639/487 "2014-05-27T17:08:56Z")
> [@Measure\_for\_Measure](#): > > **Meh. Ta.** > > Oh man, I love that word. So exquisitely irritating, so euphemistic, such a polite way of calling someone a dumbass. [You take that back!](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zubin_Mehta) ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2014, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-history-of-the-sdmb-has-anyone-ever-been-wrong-about-more-things-than-adaher/667639/488 "2014-05-27T17:27:30Z")
Since this thread started, the Dopers of the climate-change-denial community, **FXMastermind** and **brazil84** and so on, have been giving **adaher** some reason to fear for his title. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-history-of-the-sdmb-has-anyone-ever-been-wrong-about-more-things-than-adaher/667639/489 "2014-05-28T19:43:15Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Since this thread started, the Dopers of the climate-change-denial community, **FXMastermind** and **brazil84** and so on, have been giving **adaher** some reason to fear for his title. [**Chief Pedant** is also a contender.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=722731&page=3) ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-history-of-the-sdmb-has-anyone-ever-been-wrong-about-more-things-than-adaher/667639/490 "2014-05-29T00:57:05Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Since this thread started, the Dopers of the climate-change-denial community, **FXMastermind** and **brazil84** and so on, have been giving **adaher** some reason to fear for his title. > [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [**Chief Pedant** is also a contender.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=722731&page=3) **adaher** seems to concentrate on partisan positions that are so extreme that the universe seems to plot against them; however, I have seen very little racism from him (like when he swallowed the efforts of nativist groups behind the ones suing the government against the Dreamers) not at the ugly levels I have seen coming from the Chief and brazil, the extra woo woo in FX’s case is in the nuclear and medical fields. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=717960&page=3](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=717960&page=3) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f8ce5/32.png) [@The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Peyote_Coyote)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-history-of-the-sdmb-has-anyone-ever-been-wrong-about-more-things-than-adaher/667639/491 "2014-05-29T01:13:59Z")
> [@](#): > > While I am well aware of the ineptitude, inaccuracy and ignorance of adaher, has it actually been established that he has set the gold standard for such on the SDMB? Surely there have been others in the past who have evinced such remarkable behavioral characteristics. > > Are there other candidates that the old-timers here might present for competition for this vaunted title? > > * * * I think there are, Gagundathar, but they were far more entertaining. To me, adaher, is just infinitely tiresome. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-history-of-the-sdmb-has-anyone-ever-been-wrong-about-more-things-than-adaher/667639/492 "2014-05-29T01:22:54Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > I have often thought that if adaher posted that that the sky was blue, it would\* cease to be true\*. At the very least you could be sure wherever adaher lives was currently in the middle of the worst thunderstorm in its history. ---
**Author:** ![Randolph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Randolph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randolph)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2015, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-history-of-the-sdmb-has-anyone-ever-been-wrong-about-more-things-than-adaher/667639/493 "2015-02-12T02:25:43Z")
The guy’s annoying the hell out of me. He throws so much chaff into otherwise-interesting political debates as to render the threads unreadable and pointless. And while I do on some level admire the people who keep engaging him intellectually, with integrity and goodwill, it’s become a real DNFTT situation, with the T being blissfully unaware of his limitations. He’s the exemplar of the Dunning-Kruger Effect. At some point in debate, mockery and ridicule are valid options. It’s disappointing when it sinks to that level, but if logic and reason are disrespected and disregarded, what else is there? Unfortunately, the board rules themselves don’t allow this level of engagement in forums other than the BBQ Pit, so we’re stuck with him _explaining everything_ to us in every political thread, with no awareness of the self-serving nature of his critical thinking skills. How do we solve a problem like **adaher**? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2015, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-history-of-the-sdmb-has-anyone-ever-been-wrong-about-more-things-than-adaher/667639/494 "2015-02-12T02:35:40Z")
> [@Randolph](#): > > How do we solve a problem like **adaher**? How do you catch a clown and pin him down? ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2015, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-history-of-the-sdmb-has-anyone-ever-been-wrong-about-more-things-than-adaher/667639/495 "2015-02-12T02:35:59Z")
> [@Randolph](#): > > How do we solve a problem like **adaher**? I have him on ignore and I report threads that he hijacks. The moderators will act if you tell them what’s happening. Elections is unreadable when he’s just allowed to run wild. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Anconia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2015, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-history-of-the-sdmb-has-anyone-ever-been-wrong-about-more-things-than-adaher/667639/496 "2015-02-12T02:48:42Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > Elections is unreadable when he’s just allowed to run wild. Don’t you really mean that it’s unreadable when people post things that you don’t agree with? ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2015, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-history-of-the-sdmb-has-anyone-ever-been-wrong-about-more-things-than-adaher/667639/497 "2015-02-12T02:49:39Z")
He’s a decent enough fellow. He’s like the little boy who happily wades though a pile of horseshit, knowing there must be a pony in there somewhere. He’s the GOP version of Baghdad Bob. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2015, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-history-of-the-sdmb-has-anyone-ever-been-wrong-about-more-things-than-adaher/667639/498 "2015-02-12T03:04:31Z")
> [@D\_Anconia](#): > > Don’t you really mean that it’s unreadable when people post things that you don’t agree with? Thank you for an excellent example of Trolling. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2015, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-history-of-the-sdmb-has-anyone-ever-been-wrong-about-more-things-than-adaher/667639/499 "2015-02-12T03:09:44Z")
> [@D\_Anconia](#): > > Don’t you really mean that it’s unreadable when people post things that you don’t agree with? No, people over here do think it is unreadable when usually no cites are produced by him to support the bullshit he pushes. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2015, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-history-of-the-sdmb-has-anyone-ever-been-wrong-about-more-things-than-adaher/667639/500 "2015-02-12T03:13:36Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > I have him on ignore and I report threads that he hijacks. The moderators will act if you tell them what’s happening. Elections is unreadable when he’s just allowed to run wild. Adaher is responsible for somewhere between 15 and 20 percent of _all current posts_ in the Elections forum. Has anyone in the history of this board ever shitted up a single forum so completely before? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-history-of-the-sdmb-has-anyone-ever-been-wrong-about-more-things-than-adaher/667639.md?page=24) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-history-of-the-sdmb-has-anyone-ever-been-wrong-about-more-things-than-adaher/667639.md?page=26)