I think this strikes to the core of the problem with SSC. On most topics, the author was not educated on the topic, and yet still felt qualified to offer an opinion.

His writing was entitlement realized. Regardless of whether he understood a topic, he was more than willing to present and interpret facts as he selected then. Almost universally, his interpretations aligned with his world view, regardless of what experts and science suggested.

His site was a home and haven for fringe thinking, and fringe thought processes. Most problematically, his site was a place which encouraged people who were not educated in a topic to repeatedly offer opinions on things they did not understand, and often did not want to understand.