[ANN] UNBABTIZED - The language

[phil hunt]

On Mon, 11 Mar 2002 22:25:46 -0800, David Eppstein <eppstein at ics.uci.edu> wrote:
>In article <3C8D9956.5920AA52 at engcorp.com>,
> Peter Hansen <peter at engcorp.com> wrote:
>
>> Resulting in a grand total Crackpot Index of about 3471, surely
>> an all-time record.
>
>I guess you haven't seen some of the more persistent math and physics 
>crackpots.  This guy came, didn't get a lot of support, and went 
>quickly, without destroying the newsgroup for months or years.  Much 
>less of a waste of bits...

I wonder what it is about maths and physics that attracts crackpots.

Python people are (mostly) more sensible.

-- 
<"><"><"> Philip Hunt <philh at comuno.freeserve.co.uk> <"><"><">
"I would guess that he really believes whatever is politically 
advantageous for him to believe." 
                        -- Alison Brooks, referring to Michael
                              Portillo, on soc.history.what-if