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: The crackpot don't fail to understand that; they tout that reason as further evidence of how their revolutionary ideas could be ignored by the establishment. I also don't think it helps to say that the crackpot can be presumed to be wrong because he is too old. [[User:RSchlafly|RSchlafly]] 16:21, 28 May 2007 (EDT)
: The crackpot don't fail to understand that; they tout that reason as further evidence of how their revolutionary ideas could be ignored by the establishment. I also don't think it helps to say that the crackpot can be presumed to be wrong because he is too old. [[User:RSchlafly|RSchlafly]] 16:21, 28 May 2007 (EDT)
::(1) Yes but crackpots ''are'' generally older, embittered people who for years have been ignored. I was trying to make the difference between young turks with wild new ideas, who have not yet been accepted, and old stagers who have had their day, and had their ideas rejected.
::(2) I think the issue about paradigm shifts is well made. They are almost never in the time of the person making the claim, it's always after
::The kinds of crackpot I have in mind are well described in a Book called "Do you speak Venusian" by Patrick Moore, or David Icke (an ex-TV Presenter who claims the British Royal family are lizards( you couldn't make this up!). I do think age is an issue here, and the paragigm shift, as they often quote that as the reason for not being listened to. If I rewrite that bit, can I re-insert?
--[[User:AvengingAngel|AvengingAngel]] 16:29, 28 May 2007 (EDT)