# simple poll: Is ivan astikov full of sh\*t?

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**Created:** [June 9, 2010, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-poll-is-ivan-astikov-full-of-sh-t/542553 "2010-06-09T16:49:09Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-poll-is-ivan-astikov-full-of-sh-t/542553/17 "2010-06-09T17:27:56Z")

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Meh. I think he’s like everyone else in regards to that particular subject. He has some beliefs that he can’t logically defend. Everyone does. But at least he knows what some of them are. Crazy people don’t generally know they’re crazy.

> [@What types of threads do you find most interesting?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-types-of-threads-do-you-find-most-interesting/542402/3):
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> I might lean towards a bit of “woo” on occasion, but I’m not that far down the rabbit hole that it is impinging on my life, as some on here would love to believe. I’m know I’m not a dummy, despite what my detractors on this site would like others to think( It seems obvious they want to influence the thoughts of others, otherwise, they’d be keeping their own thoughts to themself, and ignoring the alleged troll in their midst, rather than feeding it.), so people can try and insult my intelligence, but they find out I can give just as good as I get very quickly.

As to the charge of trolling put out by **Shodan** , I couldn’t say.

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