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Thanks for the sleuthing work. And by “crank” do you mean a recluse? Or someone off of the grid?
by j_bum 2y ago
Thanks for the sleuthing work.
And by “crank” do you mean a recluse? Or someone off of the grid?
- koito17 2y agoThe first definition in [0], that is: a person who has strange or unusual ideas and beliefs [0] https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/crank https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/crank
- duskwuff 2y agoAnother term for it would be "fringe science". The paper is an amusing thought experiment based on some baseless assumptions; it would be foolish to assume that it describes any kind of physical reality.