#cranks — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #cranks, aggregated by home.social.
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https://www.evshift.com/453940/want-more-speed-new-motor-cranks-it-to-max-cybervelo-ebike-foryou-offroad-ek9-electricbike/ Want more speed? New motor cranks it to max. #cybervelo #ebike #foryou #offroad #ek9 #electricbike #cranks #cybervelo #ebike #ek9 #ElectricBikes #ElectricMotorcycles #ElectricVehicles #electricbike #EV #foryou #Max #motor #motorcycles #offroad #speed
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Realised the #Playdate cover has a big old magnet on the back of it 🧲 so can store the console in the most unlikely places, like just having it stuck on the wall 🤷
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I've spent the last hour-plus going through more of the "stuff" he links from the overview, and (a) I still have no way to tell if it makes sense or if it's just LLM-generated physics drivel, and (b) I get more and more concerned that "one self-educated non-physicist overturns all of modern physics and solves all outstanding problems", while hypothetically tenable, strains credulity.
I mean, a long history of cranks "disproving" Einstein (dunno why they all hated relativity so much) and Dirac and everything else just screams "This guy is a nutter". The alarm bells are ringing. I really want people who actually understand this stuff to read it and tell me whether I can write this guy off as such a crank.
But weirder things have happened. Einstein was just a clerk in a patent office who no one had heard of when he demonstrated the then-new and completely unsupported-by-evidence quantum theory, which had only been proposed to solve the (ultra)violet catastrophe, could actually explain the completely unrelated and then-unexplained photoelectric effect. He won the Nobel in physics for that - not relativity - and cemented quantum theory in place, even if he never liked it. A nobody who single-handedly stamped the dividing line between classical physics and modern physics.
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I've spent the last hour-plus going through more of the "stuff" he links from the overview, and (a) I still have no way to tell if it makes sense or if it's just LLM-generated physics drivel, and (b) I get more and more concerned that "one self-educated non-physicist overturns all of modern physics and solves all outstanding problems", while hypothetically tenable, strains credulity.
I mean, a long history of cranks "disproving" Einstein (dunno why they all hated relativity so much) and Dirac and everything else just screams "This guy is a nutter". The alarm bells are ringing. I really want people who actually understand this stuff to read it and tell me whether I can write this guy off as such a crank.
But weirder things have happened. Einstein was just a clerk in a patent office who no one had heard of when he demonstrated the then-new and completely unsupported-by-evidence quantum theory, which had only been proposed to solve the (ultra)violet catastrophe, could actually explain the completely unrelated and then-unexplained photoelectric effect. He won the Nobel in physics for that - not relativity - and cemented quantum theory in place, even if he never liked it. A nobody who single-handedly stamped the dividing line between classical physics and modern physics.
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I've spent the last hour-plus going through more of the "stuff" he links from the overview, and (a) I still have no way to tell if it makes sense or if it's just LLM-generated physics drivel, and (b) I get more and more concerned that "one self-educated non-physicist overturns all of modern physics and solves all outstanding problems", while hypothetically tenable, strains credulity.
I mean, a long history of cranks "disproving" Einstein (dunno why they all hated relativity so much) and Dirac and everything else just screams "This guy is a nutter". The alarm bells are ringing. I really want people who actually understand this stuff to read it and tell me whether I can write this guy off as such a crank.
But weirder things have happened. Einstein was just a clerk in a patent office who no one had heard of when he demonstrated the then-new and completely unsupported-by-evidence quantum theory, which had only been proposed to solve the (ultra)violet catastrophe, could actually explain the completely unrelated and then-unexplained photoelectric effect. He won the Nobel in physics for that - not relativity - and cemented quantum theory in place, even if he never liked it. A nobody who single-handedly stamped the dividing line between classical physics and modern physics.
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I've spent the last hour-plus going through more of the "stuff" he links from the overview, and (a) I still have no way to tell if it makes sense or if it's just LLM-generated physics drivel, and (b) I get more and more concerned that "one self-educated non-physicist overturns all of modern physics and solves all outstanding problems", while hypothetically tenable, strains credulity.
I mean, a long history of cranks "disproving" Einstein (dunno why they all hated relativity so much) and Dirac and everything else just screams "This guy is a nutter". The alarm bells are ringing. I really want people who actually understand this stuff to read it and tell me whether I can write this guy off as such a crank.
But weirder things have happened. Einstein was just a clerk in a patent office who no one had heard of when he demonstrated the then-new and completely unsupported-by-evidence quantum theory, which had only been proposed to solve the (ultra)violet catastrophe, could actually explain the completely unrelated and then-unexplained photoelectric effect. He won the Nobel in physics for that - not relativity - and cemented quantum theory in place, even if he never liked it. A nobody who single-handedly stamped the dividing line between classical physics and modern physics.
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I've spent the last hour-plus going through more of the "stuff" he links from the overview, and (a) I still have no way to tell if it makes sense or if it's just LLM-generated physics drivel, and (b) I get more and more concerned that "one self-educated non-physicist overturns all of modern physics and solves all outstanding problems", while hypothetically tenable, strains credulity.
I mean, a long history of cranks "disproving" Einstein (dunno why they all hated relativity so much) and Dirac and everything else just screams "This guy is a nutter". The alarm bells are ringing. I really want people who actually understand this stuff to read it and tell me whether I can write this guy off as such a crank.
But weirder things have happened. Einstein was just a clerk in a patent office who no one had heard of when he demonstrated the then-new and completely unsupported-by-evidence quantum theory, which had only been proposed to solve the (ultra)violet catastrophe, could actually explain the completely unrelated and then-unexplained photoelectric effect. He won the Nobel in physics for that - not relativity - and cemented quantum theory in place, even if he never liked it. A nobody who single-handedly stamped the dividing line between classical physics and modern physics.
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The never-ending cult of victimization and faux-colonialist grievances.
"St-Pierre Plamondon sharply criticized Carney on Friday, accusing him of being part of a “long tradition of colonialism” dating back to Lord Durham. “This tradition is one of falsifying facts and history and constantly feeding us lies through federal institutions,” he said. “We will break with British colonialism and create our own country.”"
#Canada #Quebec #politics #separatists #PQ #cranks
https://www.thestar.com/politics/pq-leader-paul-st-pierre-plamondon-says-qc-referendum-campaign-is-already-underway/article_1f021897-1e35-572c-9d96-3d630c673874.html -
What happens to an organization when a few cranks get to make all the decisions? The entire USA is now doing that experiment. (Now, the entire USA *Is* that experiment.) https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/october-6-2025 #Cranks #Experiment #Management
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Lawyers who have no scientific background or skill set in research, would like you to know that the High Priests know more than scientists about science.
"The justices sided with the Trump administration, which argued that the research was unscientific, did not improve health, provided little return on investment, and went against the president’s efforts to root out initiatives related to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI)."
#fascism #authoritarianism #cranks #fools https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/21/supreme-court-nih-grants-diversity-equity-inclusion-trump/ -
A curious thing about being a mathematics person is that I (and lots of others) get unsolicited emails from people who believe they have solved some very difficult problem but have nobody to discuss or share it with, and they ask for my help, either in suggesting what they should do with their work or in actually giving feedback about. I never reply to these emails, because it is always the case that the writers seem quite delusional, so, frankly, I don't know what I would say to them.
Today, I got an email with this sentence: "I believe and have the basics of proof that 1,2 and 3 explain gravity and
the fundamental building blocks to our perceived 3 dimensional universe." Yes, they mean the integers, 1, 2, and 3.The person sounds sincere: they even share some personal information (their age and where they live). But this claim is so outlandish, how could one possibly reply with anything useful and without prompting more difficult emails? I imagine that they may have sent this same email to many people. Maybe someone else will have a better idea of what to say (and, anyway, I don't know the first thing about gravity, really, and only a few things about 1, 2, and 3...)
It makes me feel bad that there are people so delusional. I was talking to my therapist about how problem-solving is so tied up with my sense of self-worth that I even use it as a coping mechanism: when I feel bad (anxious, scared), I often intentionally set a problem for myself to solve. It helps! So I can appreciate that thinking one has "explained gravity" could make one feel at least a little better about oneself.
Have you ever replied to such an email?
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Good look at a bad problem. The author is a friend from grad schol at the #University of #Colorado, where she was a faculty member when I was a grad student. She’s since gone on to bigger and better things, and I’ve gone on to … well, things.
Anyway. I’ve never been particularly worried about #Cylons, #Skynet, etc. Humans doing stupid human tricks, and using #AI to do them much faster, OTOH, yeah.
The internet community of anti-science #cranks is an example of #model #collapse happening at human speed. #Antivaxers, #creationists, #climate change #deniers et al. prey on people with legitimate questions about some particular aspect of the broad #consensus. Those people often go down an increasingly loony rabbit hole, and end up propagating the absurdity, sometimes adding their own bizarre spin which their new-found colleagues happily add to the ideology.
If this becomes part of the #academic ecosystem, with AI reviewers approving AI-generated #papers and no human checks on the process, the scholarly corpus will become hopelessly contaminated. I have no idea what to do about that.
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Good look at a bad problem. The author is a friend from grad schol at the #University of #Colorado, where she was a faculty member when I was a grad student. She’s since gone on to bigger and better things, and I’ve gone on to … well, things.
Anyway. I’ve never been particularly worried about #Cylons, #Skynet, etc. Humans doing stupid human tricks, and using #AI to do them much faster, OTOH, yeah.
The internet community of anti-science #cranks is an example of #model #collapse happening at human speed. #Antivaxers, #creationists, #climate change #deniers et al. prey on people with legitimate questions about some particular aspect of the broad #consensus. Those people often go down an increasingly loony rabbit hole, and end up propagating the absurdity, sometimes adding their own bizarre spin which their new-found colleagues happily add to the ideology.
If this becomes part of the #academic ecosystem, with AI reviewers approving AI-generated #papers and no human checks on the process, the scholarly corpus will become hopelessly contaminated. I have no idea what to do about that.
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Good look at a bad problem. The author is a friend from grad schol at the #University of #Colorado, where she was a faculty member when I was a grad student. She’s since gone on to bigger and better things, and I’ve gone on to … well, things.
Anyway. I’ve never been particularly worried about #Cylons, #Skynet, etc. Humans doing stupid human tricks, and using #AI to do them much faster, OTOH, yeah.
The internet community of anti-science #cranks is an example of #model #collapse happening at human speed. #Antivaxers, #creationists, #climate change #deniers et al. prey on people with legitimate questions about some particular aspect of the broad #consensus. Those people often go down an increasingly loony rabbit hole, and end up propagating the absurdity, sometimes adding their own bizarre spin which their new-found colleagues happily add to the ideology.
If this becomes part of the #academic ecosystem, with AI reviewers approving AI-generated #papers and no human checks on the process, the scholarly corpus will become hopelessly contaminated. I have no idea what to do about that.
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Good look at a bad problem. The author is a friend from grad schol at the #University of #Colorado, where she was a faculty member when I was a grad student. She’s since gone on to bigger and better things, and I’ve gone on to … well, things.
Anyway. I’ve never been particularly worried about #Cylons, #Skynet, etc. Humans doing stupid human tricks, and using #AI to do them much faster, OTOH, yeah.
The internet community of anti-science #cranks is an example of #model #collapse happening at human speed. #Antivaxers, #creationists, #climate change #deniers et al. prey on people with legitimate questions about some particular aspect of the broad #consensus. Those people often go down an increasingly loony rabbit hole, and end up propagating the absurdity, sometimes adding their own bizarre spin which their new-found colleagues happily add to the ideology.
If this becomes part of the #academic ecosystem, with AI reviewers approving AI-generated #papers and no human checks on the process, the scholarly corpus will become hopelessly contaminated. I have no idea what to do about that.
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"Extremist calls for acts of vandalism against the State"
#ReformUK #London #ULEZ #Cranks
https://www.mylondon.news/news/transport/reform-uk-london-mayor-candidate-28863920
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Be Not Afraid: All Glory to #God, #Trump, #Newsmax and #Bigots
#CPAC is back! #Weirder, #shriller, #fringier, more #paranoid than ever, with many empty seats but #God allegedly still on the side of the #cranks, #nazis, #racists and #religiouszealots.
https://www.commondreams.org/further/be-not-afraid-all-glory-to-god-trump-and-bigots
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Be Not Afraid: All Glory to #God, #Trump, #Newsmax and #Bigots
#CPAC is back! #Weirder, #shriller, #fringier, more #paranoid than ever, with many empty seats but #God allegedly still on the side of the #cranks, #nazis, #racists and #religiouszealots.
https://www.commondreams.org/further/be-not-afraid-all-glory-to-god-trump-and-bigots
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Be Not Afraid: All Glory to #God, #Trump, #Newsmax and #Bigots
#CPAC is back! #Weirder, #shriller, #fringier, more #paranoid than ever, with many empty seats but #God allegedly still on the side of the #cranks, #nazis, #racists and #religiouszealots.
https://www.commondreams.org/further/be-not-afraid-all-glory-to-god-trump-and-bigots
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Be Not Afraid: All Glory to #God, #Trump, #Newsmax and #Bigots
#CPAC is back! #Weirder, #shriller, #fringier, more #paranoid than ever, with many empty seats but #God allegedly still on the side of the #cranks, #nazis, #racists and #religiouszealots.
https://www.commondreams.org/further/be-not-afraid-all-glory-to-god-trump-and-bigots
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Be Not Afraid: All Glory to #God, #Trump, #Newsmax and #Bigots
#CPAC is back! #Weirder, #shriller, #fringier, more #paranoid than ever, with many empty seats but #God allegedly still on the side of the #cranks, #nazis, #racists and #religiouszealots.
https://www.commondreams.org/further/be-not-afraid-all-glory-to-god-trump-and-bigots
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Telltale Signs of Bad Research No. 1763:
Any scholar who posts online asking how to self-publish their next book, because they disliked the "push back" from publishers and colleagues on their last book, is probably a "maverick" (AKA a quack or crank).
#scicomm #scicom #science #sciencecommunication #quacks #cranks #theufoscene
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"I have put together some work that connects Theology, Mortality and Cognitive Theory with a corresponding connection to Multidimensional Theory, all of which may be of interest to you and/or your colleagues."
Why do people write to me instead of talking to their therapist. My "cranks" folder grows steadily.
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Check out this bizarre homemade license plate from the “Texas Republic.” My wife asked how it’s possible this guy doesn’t get pulled over by the cops all the time. I speculated that a cop seeing this knows the driver will be more trouble than he’s worth, and also armed.
You’d expect to see this on a pickup, but no, this is a newish Honda Insight.
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The #dramatic #story of the “#exgay” #industry’s #implosion.
The following is an #excerpt from #LieswithaStraightFace: Exposing the #Cranks and #Cons Inside the ‘#ExGay’ #Industry by #WayneRBesen out October 11, 2023. All #proceeds from #book #sales will go to #TruthWinsOut, to help #efforts to #fight the “#exgay” #industry.
https://www.queerty.com/the-definitive-dramatic-story-of-the-ex-gay-industrys-implosion-20231011
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The #dramatic #story of the “#exgay” #industry’s #implosion.
The following is an #excerpt from #LieswithaStraightFace: Exposing the #Cranks and #Cons Inside the ‘#ExGay’ #Industry by #WayneRBesen out October 11, 2023. All #proceeds from #book #sales will go to #TruthWinsOut, to help #efforts to #fight the “#exgay” #industry.
https://www.queerty.com/the-definitive-dramatic-story-of-the-ex-gay-industrys-implosion-20231011
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The #dramatic #story of the “#exgay” #industry’s #implosion.
The following is an #excerpt from #LieswithaStraightFace: Exposing the #Cranks and #Cons Inside the ‘#ExGay’ #Industry by #WayneRBesen out October 11, 2023. All #proceeds from #book #sales will go to #TruthWinsOut, to help #efforts to #fight the “#exgay” #industry.
https://www.queerty.com/the-definitive-dramatic-story-of-the-ex-gay-industrys-implosion-20231011
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The #dramatic #story of the “#exgay” #industry’s #implosion.
The following is an #excerpt from #LieswithaStraightFace: Exposing the #Cranks and #Cons Inside the ‘#ExGay’ #Industry by #WayneRBesen out October 11, 2023. All #proceeds from #book #sales will go to #TruthWinsOut, to help #efforts to #fight the “#exgay” #industry.
https://www.queerty.com/the-definitive-dramatic-story-of-the-ex-gay-industrys-implosion-20231011
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The #dramatic #story of the “#exgay” #industry’s #implosion.
The following is an #excerpt from #LieswithaStraightFace: Exposing the #Cranks and #Cons Inside the ‘#ExGay’ #Industry by #WayneRBesen out October 11, 2023. All #proceeds from #book #sales will go to #TruthWinsOut, to help #efforts to #fight the “#exgay” #industry.
https://www.queerty.com/the-definitive-dramatic-story-of-the-ex-gay-industrys-implosion-20231011
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Dear friends of #intermittantfasting
My last meal is usually #soup at approximate 5pm, then nothing but liquid till #breakfast. This is the easiest form of #fasting. It works for me with #healthy gradual weight loss, disciplining raving cravings, shaves money. Drinks does not include alcohol. Sorry #addicts.
Luckily we are also gradually:
- becoming more #vegetarian, with #veganism the goal
- buying healthier food :ablobcatpopcorn:
- home #cooking
Use some favoured, flavourings such as a Japanese #soya sauce, virgin #olive oil (made with real virgins - oh Popeye!), garam masala etc. :ablobcatcoffee:
Who is to responsible for this good fortune? My mother, recently ashed, who made us eat #wholewheat #bread and took me to #Cranks a #vegan restaurant in central #London. We paid with #luncheon #vouchers.
If your parents are wyrde, won day you will realise how #precious an up bringing that was. No #Parents? Even badder/better … :firefish_love_happy:
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Dear friends of #intermittantfasting
My last meal is usually #soup at approximate 5pm, then nothing but liquid till #breakfast. This is the easiest form of #fasting. It works for me with #healthy gradual weight loss, disciplining raving cravings, shaves money. Drinks does not include alcohol. Sorry #addicts.
Luckily we are also gradually:
- becoming more #vegetarian, with #veganism the goal
- buying healthier food :ablobcatpopcorn:
- home #cooking
Use some favoured, flavourings such as a Japanese #soya sauce, virgin #olive oil (made with real virgins - oh Popeye!), garam masala etc. :ablobcatcoffee:
Who is to responsible for this good fortune? My mother, recently ashed, who made us eat #wholewheat #bread and took me to #Cranks a #vegan restaurant in central #London. We paid with #luncheon #vouchers.
If your parents are wyrde, won day you will realise how #precious an up bringing that was. No #Parents? Even badder/better … :firefish_love_happy:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermittent_fasting -
Dear friends of #intermittantfasting
My last meal is usually #soup at approximate 5pm, then nothing but liquid till #breakfast. This is the easiest form of #fasting. It works for me with #healthy gradual weight loss, disciplining raving cravings, shaves money. Drinks does not include alcohol. Sorry #addicts.
Luckily we are also gradually:
- becoming more #vegetarian, with #veganism the goal
- buying healthier food :ablobcatpopcorn:
- home #cooking
Use some favoured, flavourings such as a Japanese #soya sauce, virgin #olive oil (made with real virgins - oh Popeye!), garam masala etc. :ablobcatcoffee:
Who is to responsible for this good fortune? My mother, recently ashed, who made us eat #wholewheat #bread and took me to #Cranks a #vegan restaurant in central #London. We paid with #luncheon #vouchers.
If your parents are wyrde, won day you will realise how #precious an up bringing that was. No #Parents? Even badder/better … :firefish_love_happy:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermittent_fasting -
Dear friends of #intermittantfasting
My last meal is usually #soup at approximate 5pm, then nothing but liquid till #breakfast. This is the easiest form of #fasting. It works for me with #healthy gradual weight loss, disciplining raving cravings, shaves money. Drinks does not include alcohol. Sorry #addicts.
Luckily we are also gradually:
- becoming more #vegetarian, with #veganism the goal
- buying healthier food :ablobcatpopcorn:
- home #cooking
Use some favoured, flavourings such as a Japanese #soya sauce, virgin #olive oil (made with real virgins - oh Popeye!), garam masala etc. :ablobcatcoffee:
Who is to responsible for this good fortune? My mother, recently ashed, who made us eat #wholewheat #bread and took me to #Cranks a #vegan restaurant in central #London. We paid with #luncheon #vouchers.
If your parents are wyrde, won day you will realise how #precious an up bringing that was. No #Parents? Even badder/better … :firefish_love_happy:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermittent_fasting -
Dear friends of #intermittantfasting
My last meal is usually #soup at approximate 5pm, then nothing but liquid till #breakfast. This is the easiest form of #fasting. It works for me with #healthy gradual weight loss, disciplining raving cravings, shaves money. Drinks does not include alcohol. Sorry #addicts.
Luckily we are also gradually:
- becoming more #vegetarian, with #veganism the goal
- buying healthier food :ablobcatpopcorn:
- home #cooking
Use some favoured, flavourings such as a Japanese #soya sauce, virgin #olive oil (made with real virgins - oh Popeye!), garam masala etc. :ablobcatcoffee:
Who is to responsible for this good fortune? My mother, recently ashed, who made us eat #wholewheat #bread and took me to #Cranks a #vegan restaurant in central #London. We paid with #luncheon #vouchers.
If your parents are wyrde, won day you will realise how #precious an up bringing that was. No #Parents? Even badder/better … :firefish_love_happy:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermittent_fasting -
Jewish Labour chief called out over false claims about Keir Starmer and racism | Vox Political
https://voxpoliticalonline.com/2023/05/20/jewish-labour-chief-called-out-over-false-claims-about-keir-starmer-and-racism/#Mike #Katz #tweet #Twitter #Jewish #Labour #Movement #National #Conservatives #cranks #racists #extremists #Rishi #Sunak #Keir #Starmer
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#Cranks who don't believe in science or engineering are able to exploit platforms built by #scientists and #engineers. Please check out my free weekly essay here: https://sharpenyouraxe.substack.com/p/crackpots-piggyback-on-the-work-of
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#Sex in Space (Victorianly), and Listed #Cranks, and High-Tech #Coffee-Sniffing (my column this week in New Scientist) https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25834380-900-scientists-wonder-if-space-tourists-will-want-to-have-sex-in-orbit/
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I have a special folder labelled "cranks" where I stash all the emails from those who think they've solved how the brain works, or want to pitch their pet theory in a completely ungrounded way. After our recent publication in a journal that is really, really good at PR, the number of emails landing into the "cranks" folder has seen quite the surge. Might be the best argument ever for publishing in non-PR aware journals. After all, members of the committees in funding bodies read the papers they ask us to select "from the last 5 years", right? Right?
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#Comet C/2010 X1 (Elenin), a.k.a. Comet #Elenin to the media and everyone who doesn't know how to read the IAU's designations, was a comet discovered in the end of 2010 that reached its first known perihelion (closest point to the Sun in its orbit) in September 2011, disintegrating shortly afterwards. It's notable mostly for being the first comet discovered by a Russian in the last 20 years. Oh, and the fact that an assortment of #cranks, conspiracy theorists and/or End Times/Rapture believers latched onto it for a variety of reasons. Due to the latter, it can be used as a case study in how #doomsday conspiracy theories originate, develop and spread.
#RationalWiki #conspiracytheories #endtimes #rapture
https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Comet_Elenin
