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Gödel was very mentally unwell (what seems like severe hypochondria and probably other things as well) but he definitely was not a crank.

• jjgreen 5y ago
  This, crankery (in mathematics) has a rather specific meaning, there's even a book: https://bookstore.ams.org/spec-4 https://bookstore.ams.org/spec-4
  • masklinn 5y ago
    Crankery is crankery. The book you link to talks about mathemathical crankery, but a mathematician would most likely be a non-mathematics crank, as crankery usually requires a lack of / limited understanding of the field and subject. Although there are some strange cases e.g. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_de_Branges_de_Bourcia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_de_Branges_de_Bourcia
    • Trasmatta 5y ago
      The point still stands that Gödel was not a crank. He was mentally ill, but his scientific and mathematical work was about as far removed from crankery as possible.