Re: Are There Any Actual Physicists/Scientists Here?

In article <1123428944.145447.139980@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
<john_ramsden@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>the softrat wrote:
>>
>> Is there a guide to the current flock of trolls, kooks,
>> and nut cases so that I may exercise my killfile?
>
>A few are listed at http://www.crank.net; but if you know
>anything about physics can't you trust your own judgement?
>Most kooks aren't exactly hard to spot.
>
>I should add that there's a whole spectrum ranging from the
>persistent and hopelessly incorrigible kooks to people just
>airing (albeit perhaps largely in ignorance) speculative
>ideas and receptive in varying degrees to argument and
>correction.

But it is true that some of our participants are a little crackpotty in
the other direction. That is, they may be working as perfectly competent
scientists, but when someone airs speculative ideas they're a little quick
on the draw in calling that person an idiot. That's unfortunate.

--
"A nice adaptation of conditions will make almost any hypothesis agree
with the phenomena. This will please the imagination but does not advance
our knowledge." -- J. Black, 1803.
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