This article reads more like an attack on any researcher outside the traditional scientific establishment than anything else. It occurs to me that a skeptic sh

This article reads more like an attack on any researcher outside the traditional scientific establishment than anything else. It occurs to me that a skeptic should not predicate his skepticism on someone's background or how "crazy" they are. A skeptic ought to thoroughly consider something solely on its merits. Consider, for a moment, that instead of saying that cranks are usually antisocial we said that cranks are usually black. Supposing that is true, would it be fair to say we should be more skeptical of black scientists? Of course not. This is just prejudiced trash.