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Perhaps part of the issue with people keeping silent about their private research is the world today is full of very vocal quacks and cranks. The last thing you
by varjag 8y ago
Perhaps part of the issue with people keeping silent about their private research is the world today is full of very vocal quacks and cranks. The last thing you want is to be taken for a crackpot.
- mikhailfranco 8y ago... the things to avoid: http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/crackpot.html http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/crackpot.html
- varjag 8y agoOldie but goodie. Jokes aside, lacking significant result, there's no big incentive to publish filler and "Towards.." type papers if you do something as a hobby. If one does feel so inclined, it's definitely inching towards crackpot territory. Very likely countless amateur projects quietly start and die every year without making a peep.