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The tell tale signs of a quack theory is hiding behind "it's for entertainment" legalese while portraying it as anything but. If only we could collectively agre
by okamiueru 5y ago
The tell tale signs of a quack theory is hiding behind "it's for entertainment" legalese while portraying it as anything but. If only we could collectively agree to not make such an effort at giving these people megaphones.
- weimerica 5y ago> The tell tale signs of a quack theory is hiding behind "it's for entertainment" More interesting and perfectly valid are his critiques of broken incentives in the Academic realm. Taking away his "megaphone" because of a flawed mathematical paper is something of an overcorrection.
- lukifer 5y agoIt's less "legalese" than Eric's open contempt for academic insiders, and tongue-in-cheek rebel spirit (he literally released it on April Fool's Day, on the premise of repurposing the holiday for outsider/heterodox proposals [0]). [0] https://twitter.com/ericrweinstein/status/979379894978150400 https://twitter.com/ericrweinstein/status/979379894978150400