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From: Francisco Lopez <d005734c@dcfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us>
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 14:17:13 -0500 (EST)
Fwd Date: Thu, 12 Dec 1996 10:48:15 -0500
Subject: Cracked Pots?


From: ns@laban.astro.uu.se (Nils)
Organization: Uppsala University

Methods of Dealing With Crackpots:
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1)  Ignore them.

2)  Sympathize.  "I once believed that the sun orbited the Earth, but
the Big Bad Scientific Establishment crushed me"

3)  Suggest alternate venues.  "I don't know enough to criticize, but
you might want to talk to my good friend, who you can reach at
someone@unknown.edu, who'd just _love_ to hear about your ideas..."

(Note that "someone@unknown.edu" should NOT be the address of someone
 you want to remain friends with.)

4)  Plead insanity.  "No, no, no, that's all wrong.  The sun is moved
by Smurfs.  You can't see them, because they're blue, and blend into
the sky,..."

5)  Send them elsewhere.  "I hear Congress is looking for projects
that defy all known science; they'd be very interested in hearing what
you have to say."

6)  Dazzle them.  "Oh, I see, you've resurrected the
Mitscherlich-Obermenschen-Mayer theory.  You know, there was a very
interesting article in Scientific Bulgarian, sometime during the
1950s, or was it the 1960s, about the very same thing.  If I remember,
though, they had to take into account the Terching-Quidley effect,
which you've neglected.  You might want to read it; they come to the
same conclusions you do..."