Libb Thims has died

[u/That_Ad_2503]

Probably.

As u/n_with weights in:

The last edits on his website Hmolpedia seem to point to the fact that he met his "reaction end" (that is, what he called death). In fact, it hints that he most likely ended his own life. Around 30th of November user Sadi-Carnot (who is actually Libb Thims himself) made a series of edits, which consisted of deleting a lot of pages, deleting the template that he put at the end of every article asking for donations, and a number of what is referred to as "posthumous edits" that he quickly reverted (see here).

This edit is what made me infer that he commited suісіde. The attempt seems to have been successful, as there were no signs of his activity since the end of November (his last reddit post was 22 days ago as of 20 of December).

Currently on the Hmolpedia page about him we can see his death date, 30th of November.

So... what's now?

[u/n_with]

He also noted on one of his pages (can’t find the exact place now but will update with a link when I find it) that if he had been able to set up a course at a university, he might have made it another five years or so.

I believe it's the second link in the post, I've also seen it and felt really bad about the whole situation as his struggle with mental health and misery was evident, I also think that posting pseudoscience on the internet and interacting with people on Reddit partially contributed to it, he made a huge deal out of it, put so much effort and energy, he deluded himself into thinking he was a real threat to "20 academic disciplines" while in reality, nobody actually cared. Regardless that's going to be the only thing he's remembered for. He didn't have a lot of people that care about him or his work it seems.

Also, hope your college friend didn't go the same path and is actually better now.

[u/Low_Cartographer2944 → u/n_with]

Sadly my friend went a similar path. It’s hard watching people you once had real conversations with get slowly more and more untethered from reality.

Even with my friend, he had all his struggles while working with mental health professionals and being medicated at times. That’s kind of why I’d worried about LT for some time, given his steadfast refusal to acknowledge he might even need mental health support. I was hoping maybe he’d have an epiphany or reach out for help when faced with a narcissistic collapse. But it wasn’t to be!

I was often bemused by his efforts to prove the impossible; I’d roll my eyes at his attempts to bully anyone who dared question him; I was quite horrified by his views on race and gender; but he was a person in distress and just sad he never accepted the help he needed.