You don't have to do anything on HN. It's a message board, not Nature, and he's not defending his PhD thesis.

You're right, I should just lie and insist it's the truth like most people here, then double down when questioned.

Unfortunately my time machine is out of plutonium at the moment, so I'm unable to verify these obscure, useless facts from 33 years ago.

You should really upgrade to a Mr Fusion