Though, as I also commented, there are some general structures that make me sit up and take note; probably the strongest is “These people have ignored their own carefully gathered experimental evidence for decades in favor of stuff that sounds more intuitive.” (Robyn Dawes/psychoanalysis, Robin Hanson/medical spending, Gary Taubes/dietary science, Eric Falkenstein/risk-return [...])
Eric Falkenstein wrote in 2016 that he converted to Christianity and doesn’t believe in evolution via natural selection. This doesn’t automatically mean that he was a crank in 1994, but to me it’s moderate evidence, plus a warning that we can’t trust people who have good excuses for contrarianism on some subject to have a good opinion on any other subject.
Eric Falkenstein wrote in 2016 that he converted to Christianity and doesn’t believe in evolution via natural selection. This doesn’t automatically mean that he was a crank in 1994, but to me it’s moderate evidence, plus a warning that we can’t trust people who have good excuses for contrarianism on some subject to have a good opinion on any other subject.