Complaint What counts as crackpottery?

mfb

Quote by Graniar

If a salesman come to your house, and says: "I offer you a brand new pill, nobody sells before. It will make you fly" Would you buy it?

Some would, otherwise I cannot see how some ideas get followers.
This is not just the typical "Einstein was wrong, all scientists are too stupid to see it"-crackpot idea, it also applies to most conspiracy theories and religious groups.

micromass

Quote by Graniar

Would be, IE Plank perceived as a crackpot? This would depend of his behavior.
If he would yelling: "There is nothing determinable, wave is the particle! I, and only I know the truth!" - definetly.
More likely he would post: "There is an inconsistency in Bohr atom model, I can't understand"

Please not that neither post would be allowed on this forum. Even if it turned out to be correct.

danR

How does one differentiate crackpottery, obvious crackpottery, and facetious crackpottery? There's a great deal of the latter, even among senior posters.

Since obvious crackpottery can receive an infraction, it might be well to understand the subtext of the rules.

russ_watters

Facetious crackpottery would not be allowed either and I don't know what you mean when you say there is a lot of it here.

danR

Quote by russ_watters

Facetious crackpottery would not be allowed either and I don't know what you mean when you say there is a lot of it here.

Let's say since 'facetious' crackpottery is not allowed, there is not only not a lot of it, there is virtually none whatsoever. It would be quickly deleted on sight or report.

berkeman

Quote by danR

Let's say since 'facetious' crackpottery is not allowed, there is not only not a lot of it, there is virtually none whatsoever. It would be quickly deleted on sight or report.

Correct. Crackpot posts of any kind are not allowed here. Are you requesting a 10-day vacation from the PF for some reason?

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danR	How does one differentiate crackpottery, obvious crackpottery, and facetious crackpottery? There's a great deal of the latter, even among senior posters. Since obvious crackpottery can receive an infraction, it might be well to understand the subtext of the rules.

russ_watters Mentor	Facetious crackpottery would not be allowed either and I don't know what you mean when you say there is a lot of it here.