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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: The joy of actual numbers, was Democracy
Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2024 20:45:01 -0000 (UTC)
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On 1 Nov 2024 18:06:27 GMT, rbowman wrote:

> Goddard was dismissed as a crank ...

The problem was, he was extremely possessive of his “intellectual 
property” and wanted to patent everything (following in the footsteps of 
the Wright Brothers, no doubt). So he didn’t collaborate with other 
researchers, and his work ended up being a dead end.