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> In some sense, labeling somebody a "crackpot" assigns a sort of malicious wrongness to them. The naive enthusiasm, self directed exploration, and passion man
by dahdum 5y ago
> In some sense, labeling somebody a "crackpot" assigns a sort of malicious wrongness to them.
The naive enthusiasm, self directed exploration, and passion many of these crackpots have are winning traits in many pursuits. Just a bit of poor luck they picked an especially high wall to scale with theoretical physics.
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- XorNot 5y agoIt's closer to "none of them are good at math, and aren't trying to learn". It's why they rage at people not taking them seriously - if anyone tries to show something mathematically they can't understand it, don't want to admit it, and either wander off or ignore it and go back to the extensive prose.