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He's a senior researcher at the Geological Survey of Finland.. His conclusions may or may not be correct, but surely "kook" is unfair.
by fallingfrog 4y ago
He's a senior researcher at the Geological Survey of Finland.. His conclusions may or may not be correct, but surely "kook" is unfair.
- legitster 4y agoI mean, if they can't 1 out of 5 dentists to recommend brushing your teeth, surely there can be kooks in academia.
- ZeroGravitas 4y agoIt's possible, some might even say easy, to be both an academic and a kook, particularly so when you dive into areas that aren't your speciality and are 'political' like evolution, or climate change. I'm sure he knows lots about mining, but he has a Fox News level of understanding about renewables.
- scottLobster 4y agoPlenty of academics fall into the category of "unbalanced". That being they're amazing at one hyper-specialization that gives them a huge ego, and then they assume they're equally amazing at everything else and end up making complete fools of themselves. I wouldn't presume anything based solely on a credential. Intelligence is not correlated with wisdom or humility.