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I tried to argue with a crackpot once and even recommended psychiatric help if needed and all it did was make me feel terrible, it did not convince the crackpot
by bitJericho 11y ago
I tried to argue with a crackpot once and even recommended psychiatric help if needed and all it did was make me feel terrible, it did not convince the crackpot. Needless to say I've now resigned to just ignoring them altogether.
- vixen99 11y agoNice segue from 'a crackpot' to 'them'. They have labels pasted all over them so no difficulty in crossing to the other side of the street.
- bitJericho 11y agoWell crackpots are different from me, in that I don't believe I'm one, so yes there is indeed a difference between myself and "them". Sorry if I'm not politically correct enough for you. Just to clarify, I have no issue with crackpots, mentally ill people, whatever you want to call them. My only point is that trying to convince someone that they are a crackpot is not going to work, at least over the internet!
- JadeNB 11y agoI think the claim is not so much that you are or might be a crackpot, as that it's too easy to misdiagnose a genuine revolutionary as a crackpot. The canonical example for mathematicians is Ramanujan (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Srinivasa_Ramanujan); https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Srinivasa_Ramanujan); Hardy would have been perfectly justified in thinking him a crackpot and throwing away his letters, and one of the most valuable collaborations in number theory would never have happened.
- EGreg 11y agoI love something about this comment. But what!