My Grandfather Thought He Solved a Cosmic Mystery
You can go astray without really becoming a crank. A true crank that can&#x27;t let the crankery go develops delusions of persecution and conspiracy to keep the truth out.<p>Going astray may be as simple as not being able to provide the necessary clarity, the clear road map that leads from what is familiar, to those in the field, to the novel thing you are proposing.<p>I am talking of course of heavily mathematical fields. Not going to comment on the murkier situation outside of that.