--- Robert <rkscience100(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
The problem with cranks is
that they
are ignorant of, or dismissive of, the very
open-minded
nature of the scientific community. Physics is very
open-minded; just consider the proliferation of well
written papers in highly regarded physics journals
on FTL, time travel, quantum computing, etc. Cranks,
by
contrast, are characterized by conspiracism and a
refusal >to allow inconvenient facts to enter into
their research.
This is very well said.
~S~
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