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Old 10-04-2010, 08:43 PM
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Unfortunately, the 'crackpots' who define original 'real' science breakthroughs are very few and far between. They are far outweighed in number by the true crackpot who will usually mix real science with quasi science (and fantasy) to justify themselves. Unfortunately there are few, perhaps very few people on this list who could come up with real arguments against their science - and in any case, arguing/discussing/reasoning with these people is typically a waste of time in any case!

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Good point.

Those crackpots are the likes of Witten, Einstein, Hawking, Tesla etc...they have the ability to look beyond the horizon and see things clearly that most of us can't even contemplate.
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