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Re: Updated crackpot index?

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Am 18.12.2022 um 20:53 schrieb Volney:
> On 12/8/2022 2:46 PM, Volney wrote:
>
> Several proposed additions to John Baez's Crackpot Index.
> (I have not yet decided whether to add to his excellent list or rewrite
> it. For now treat these as additions)


> 38. X points for stating people who agree with a theory promoted by an
> expert are "worshiping" him.
> Or stating "Physics is a religion/cult!"


Your method is wrong to begin with, because you should not plug in, what 
you try to find out.

Here your 'error' is, that you consider certain topics as 'crackpottery'.

But before you could possibly do that, a discussion of the validity of 
your claim is required.

For instance: here you need to discuss the question first, whether 
physicst build a sect or cult prior to claiming, that mentioning this is 
'crackpottery'.

But it is very difficult to proove impossibility and the absense of 
something hidden (like secret cults, for instance).

Such open questions are therefore not settled by your decision to place 
them in such a list. And other solutions are also difficult, because 
secret cults are actually hidden.


...

TH

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Re: Updated crackpot index? Volney <volney@invalid.invalid> - 2022-12-18 14:53 -0500
  Re: Updated crackpot index? Vitaliy Bazzoli <zvt@viavzl.oi> - 2022-12-18 20:41 +0000
  Re: Updated crackpot index? Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de> - 2022-12-22 09:29 +0100
    Re: Updated crackpot index? Volney <volney@invalid.invalid> - 2022-12-23 02:00 -0500
      Re: Updated crackpot index? Arindam Banerjee <banerjeeadda1234@gmail.com> - 2022-12-23 02:56 -0800
      Re: Updated crackpot index? Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de> - 2022-12-24 09:57 +0100
        Re: Updated crackpot index? Volney <volney@invalid.invalid> - 2022-12-24 15:32 -0500
          Re: Updated crackpot index? Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de> - 2022-12-25 11:17 +0100
            Re: Updated crackpot index? Volney <volney@invalid.invalid> - 2022-12-26 14:10 -0500
              Re: Updated crackpot index? Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de> - 2022-12-27 09:36 +0100
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