Re: Wikipedia crackpottey

ProkaryoticCaspaseHomolog <tomyee3@gmail.com> wrote:

On Wed, 13 Nov 2024 22:26:35 +0000, J. J. Lodder wrote:
 

ProkaryoticCaspaseHomolog wrote:

 

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.

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

 
Touché!

Thanks! But you are right too.
Nobel has great cracking powers, even posthumously,

Jan

PS, you forgot Niko Tinbergen, who even demonstated it
even in his acceptance speech.