I don't have particularly strong opinions and think you should do whatever you like with your name, but just as a datapoint I (1) didn't think "the gears to ascension" was either so cool a name as to demand respect or so stupid a name as to preclude it, and (2) don't think the "often wrong" in your name will make much difference to how I read your comments.
I don't think it ever occurred to me to think that calling yourself "the gears to ascension" amounted to claiming to be a key part of some transhumanist project or anything like that. The impression it g... (read more)
You are right that "Gears of Ascension" was memorable. I saw many of your comments and had a "yeah, their comments are good" vibe in my head. While I suspect there are people from whom I have seen a similar number of comments without recalling their names enough to even realise its a familiar face the next time I see them.
1Throwaway2367
I like this part of your comment a lot! If you don't want to periodically create new accounts, another possibility is regularly changing your name to something random.