If the judges were random disinterested people, maybe, but the judges are people sympathetic to the stated position of the panel; they’re less likely to be fooled by someone parroting a stereotype of themselves. I think that to cryonicists, someone trying to fulfill a stereotype of a cryonicists among a panel of genuine cryonicists would stick out like a sore thumb.
If the judges were random disinterested people, maybe, but the judges are people sympathetic to the stated position of the panel; they’re less likely to be fooled by someone parroting a stereotype of themselves. I think that to cryonicists, someone trying to fulfill a stereotype of a cryonicists among a panel of genuine cryonicists would stick out like a sore thumb.
Depends on the position. Remember Poe’s Law—there are some positions where it’s impossible to distinguish a parody from the real thing.