Re: Wikipedia crackpottey

ProkaryoticCaspaseHomolog <tomyee3@gmail.com> wrote:

On Wed, 13 Nov 2024 9:26:34 +0000, Athel Cornish-Bowden wrote:
 

You may all be interested in an article at
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Problems_with_Einstein%27s_general_theory_of_r

elativity

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that presents some of the ideas we hear from the crackpots here. It's
signed with a pseudonym, but I don't think it's the work of one of our
local crackpots because it's better written. It's currently under
consideration for deletion:
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Problems_with_

Einstein%27s_general_theory_of_relativity

 
Thank you! I'm already somewhat familiar with this editor (who appears
reasonably reliable when NOT editing relativity articles) and added my
delete vote.
 
I find it interesting that the majority of crackpots are crackpots in
only a limited range of topics. They can be quite competent in other
areas. Examples abound, even among Nobelists: Montagnier, Mullis,
Shockley, Pauling etc. come quickly to mind.

Why is that interesting? It is the definition of a crackpot.
Great pot, if only...

Jan