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If they're flat wrong, they become known as crackheads

I disagree. You're not a crackpot just because you're wrong. You're a crackpot if

  • you make logically inconsistent statements and adhere to them after careful correction
  • you use thought experiments that contradict real experiments
  • you use works of fiction as if they were facts
From this situation it is easy to slide into the depths of crackpotness, where
  • you compare yourself favourably to Einstein, Newton or Feynman
  • you compare yourself to Galileo and your critics to the Inquisition


guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Jun 23rd, 2006 at 08:11:17 AM EST
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Thanks for a more thorough definition ;)
by Alex in Toulouse on Fri Jun 23rd, 2006 at 08:16:43 AM EST
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I think you're actually a crackhead if you smoke crack.

guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Jun 23rd, 2006 at 08:20:09 AM EST
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Ach, I was hoping you wouldn't notice that.
by Alex in Toulouse on Fri Jun 23rd, 2006 at 08:25:27 AM EST
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I disagree. You're not a crackpot just because you're wrong. You're a crackpot if

    * you make logically inconsistent statements and adhere to them after careful correction
    * you use thought experiments that contradict real experiments
    * you use works of fiction as if they were facts

It's lucky you'll never find anything like that happening in economics or politics.

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by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Fri Jun 23rd, 2006 at 11:21:33 AM EST
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In economics or politics, you're a crackpot for pointing out that's what the mainstream is doing </snark>

guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Jun 23rd, 2006 at 11:23:05 AM EST
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Nobody appreciates my genius.

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by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Fri Jun 23rd, 2006 at 11:27:17 AM EST
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