Are John Wheeler's Unconventional Theories Scientifically Valid?

[SeventhSigma]

He seems very influential but at the same time a lot of his ideas seem inherently unfalsifiable and a bit on the crackpot side (it from bit, PAP, delayed choice, etc). Is this accurate on the whole?

 

[Naty1]

no...no

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Archibald_Wheeler

 

[SteveL27]

no...no

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Archibald_Wheeler

Linus Pauling won two Nobel prizes. He also took 3 grams of vitamin C a day and said it would prevent or cure cancer.

Thought question: Does winning two Nobel prizes prove that you are not a crackpot?

 

[sophiecentaur]

I have met a large number of people who are quite brilliant in their field but who can hardly tie their own shoelaces, let alone make a sensible decision about which car to buy or when to change their socks. There is not a 'very strong' correlation between brilliance and common sense.