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The Larouchites also have some - ah - "idiosyncratic" views on math and science. I met one once who denied the existence of irrational numbers and claimed that Newton hadn't invented differential calculus... Oh, and she implied rather forcefully that analytical geometry was a hoax.

Weird bunch. They seem mostly harmless, but never give them your phone number: You'll practically have to threaten them with restraining orders to get them to stop calling you.

- Jake

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by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Tue Sep 30th, 2008 at 11:58:22 AM EST
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I've read a funny about 15 year old report from the Swedish Security Service (the counter terror and counter espionage guys) about them.

They had had the Larouchites under surveillance for being suspected commies, and then had them under surveillance for being suspected neo-nazis, and then decided they were just a bunch of weird crackpots who could safely be ignored.

Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.

by Starvid (arvid.hallen at gmail.com) on Tue Sep 30th, 2008 at 02:24:42 PM EST
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