> Which makes me think the reason biology or sociology doesn't have crackpots ...either that they just are not interesting to the retired engineer, or they dont

> Which makes me think the reason biology or sociology doesn't have crackpots ...either that they just are not interesting to the retired engineer, or they dont take as many years of intense study. An alternative, cynical interpretation is that crackpots are indistinguishable from the ordinary output of some fields.