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He deleted this post and several others from his thread. He's just trying to manipulate peoples mind.

everyone's always doing that. I think individuals have a responsibility to themselves to think independently. Often they choose not to, ironically so they have someone else to blame for their mistakes.

or "stupid is as stupid does"

me, I'm just runnin'

If he is a massive troll, don't feed him.
If he has bipolar disease, especially don't feed him.

He's not a troll. Just an investor.

Which means you should trust his prophecies exactly as much as everyone else's around here: Not at all.

He's very mentally ill. That's what he is.

Biggest troll and manipulator is also option. :-)

He has every right to delete off-topic posts on a self-moderated thread. Just because the Haikko episode caused too much stress and resulted in mental breakdown, doesn't mean he is not mathematically gifted.

Wow. Some ignorance in here. If any one of you thinks you are 'sane' then I have news for you.

I have never read anything interesting from you. From him, I have.

With Siegfried on this one

I like reading his stuff

Of Course he has an agenda. Everyone on this forum does.

Up to you to exercise judgment

As it happens, rpietila has made an interesting contribution with his posts.  But for the sake of argument, lets assume the guy never made any contribution at all.  He still deserves to be treated with the same kindness we treat anyone who gets sick. 

Instead we have two threads abusing someone for being sick in 1 day.  Its almost like girls at school picking on the nerdy kid isn't it? 

You have a right to say what you like and hold your own opinions, but I don't think bringing up people's illnesses and creating a thread to discredit someone (no matter how foolish, or 'manipulative' their posts) is neither worthwhile, or honourable.

There are plenty of people here who are not necessarily what the majority of people would describe 'normal', and they are what makes this forum interesting.  

If you dislike someone's opinions or views you can ignore them.

Don't get me wrong - there people here who piss me off.  However, I would not sink to this level and encourage the discussion of their personal health issues in this way.

I have found rpietila occasionally arrogant, sometimes laughable, but also very informative at times. I take a lot of it with a pinch of salt, sure - but I don't like seeing him picked out for vilification.

Live and let live - ignore and debate, but why bother with this sort of public attack?

+1

He might be peculiar or arrogant at times, or come up with rather extreme predictions, but many of his posts have been worth reading much more than the  majority of other posts you can find here. You don't need to agree with what he's saying, and he might have an agenda for some of the things he's posting here -- but who hasn't? We're in a trader forum! Manipulate and be manipulated. Always better to be very cautious when reading other people's trading recommendations.

I'm glad to see that his health has improved over the last months. No reason to pick on him.

Edit: Anyway, a thread that has a username in its title is wrong by default.

Risto has made many thought-provoking contributions to bitcoin, including his SSS divestment plan, his real-bills concept, and the interesting super-node idea.  I always look forward to reading his posts and following his threads. 

Risto is walking the steep mountain ridge of genius: below to his left lay the mundane valleys of conformist-sanity, and a few strides to his right--the cliffs of insanity.  From his elevation I think he can sometimes see things that were blocked from my view.  I appreciate the opportunity to listen to his argument and then debate politely on the wide range of topics he is able to discuss. 

[cross-posted from the other rpietila attack thread :( ]

Everybody's always trying to 'manipulate minds.'

These personal attacks are kinda disheartening, no?

Protip: don't argue with someone in a thread they moderate.

Rpietila frequently admits to trolling.

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