Shared here and elsewhere so I can find it later - the making of cranks. Money quote:
1) Cranks tend to be isolated from the scientific community.
2) Cranks tend to be paranoids with delusions of grandeur.
3) Cranks almost never settle for a single eccentric belief.
1) Cranks tend to be isolated from the scientific community.
2) Cranks tend to be paranoids with delusions of grandeur.
3) Cranks almost never settle for a single eccentric belief.