Re: Is it possible to be an important and influential amateur physicist?

In article <1151504198.819686.168620@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, actionintegral@xxxxxxxxx writes:

Having followed these forums for a few months now, it appears to me
that
"crackpots" and "cranks" are people that are unable to find the errors
in their own logic.
Just my humble observation.

It goes further than this. "Unable to find" seems to indicate that
they check for errors, just fail to find any. But as I can see they
don't check since the idea that they may be wrong just won't cross
their mind. They "know" that they're right:-)

Mati Meron | "When you argue with a fool,
meron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | chances are he is doing just the same"
.

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