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From: Athel Cornish-Bowden <me@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: Wikipedia crackpottey
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2024 12:29:15 +0100
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On 2024-11-14 10:51:43 +0000, J. J. Lodder said:

> ProkaryoticCaspaseHomolog <tomyee3@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Wed, 13 Nov 2024 22:26:35 +0000, J. J. Lodder wrote:
>> 
>>> ProkaryoticCaspaseHomolog wrote:
>> 
>>>> I find it interesting that the majority of crackpots are crackpots in
>>>> only a limited range of topics. They can be quite competent in other
>>>> areas. Examples abound, even among Nobelists: Montagnier, Mullis,
>>>> Shockley, Pauling etc. come quickly to mind.
>>> 
>>> Why is that interesting? It is the definition of a crackpot.
>>> Great pot, if only...
>> 
>> Touché!
> 
> Thanks! But you are right too.
> Nobel has great cracking powers, even posthumously,
> 
> Jan
> 
> PS, you forgot Niko Tinbergen, who even demonstated it
> even in his acceptance speech.

Can you expand on that?

-- 
Athel cb