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>nor does one's attitude have any bearing on ones' truth claims. Newton was famously an asshat I never said that it would. I have nothing bad to say about Newt
by prvc 6y ago
>nor does one's attitude have any bearing on ones' truth claims. Newton was famously an asshat
I never said that it would. I have nothing bad to say about Newton, either--- either personally or otherwise. I'm not sure about the exact meaning of the term, "asshat", and I don't care to research it, though.
- jariel 6y ago"Horrible attitude which puts him in crank territory, imho." You literally attributed his 'horrible attitude' to putting him in 'crank territory' i.e. 'Common synonyms for crank include crackpot and kook.' I'm in no position to comment on the nature of his work, but there's an unhealthy amount of ad-hominem here. Maybe it's fair to speculate a bit but I don't think we can just say 'bad attitude -> crap science' etc..
- prvc 6y agoTo clarify, regarding crankhood: it is the lack of details presented in the "theory", combined with his inaccurate view of how science is conducted ("others not doing all the work for me" == "it's being suppressed due a conspiracy"), not his attitude per sei (although that does comprehend the aforementioned facts in some sense), which does the trick.