text_combined: terry w colvin fortean1mindspringcom material appended comes martin gardners book _fads fallacies name science_ revised expanded edition published 1957 dover publications inc new york city bill bennetta _________________________________________________ pseudoscientists number characteristics common first important traits cranks work almost total isolation sense fruitful contacts fellow researchers modern crank insists isolation desired part due claims prejudice established scientific groups new ideas modern pseudoscientist stands entirely outside closely integrated channels new ideas introduced evaluated works isolation send findings recognized journals rejected reasons vast majority cases excellent cases crank well enough informed write paper even surface resemblance significant study consequence finds excluded journals societies almost universally ignored competent workers field fact reputable scientist even know cranks existence unless work given widespread publicity nonacademic channels unless scientist makes hobby collecting crank literature eccentric forced therefore tread lonely way speaks organizations founded contributes journals may edit recently publishes books followers raise sufficient funds printed privately second characteristic pseudo scientist greatly strengthens isolation tendency toward paranoia five ways sincere pseudo scientists paranoid tendencies likely exhibited 1 considers genius 2 regards colleagues without exception ignorant blockheads everyone step except frequently insults opponents accusing stupidity dishonesty base motives ignore takes mean arguments unanswerable retaliate kind strengthens delusion battling scoundrels 3 believes unjustly persecuted discriminated 4 strong compulsion focus attacks greatest scientists best established theories newton outstanding name physics eccentric works science violently anti newton today einstein father symbol authority crank theory physics likely attack einstein name newton 5 often tendency write complex jargon many cases making use terms phrases coined terry w colvin sierra vista arizona usa fortean1mindspringcom alternate fortean1msncom home page httpwwwgeocitiescomarea51stargate8958indexhtml sites fortean times mystics tlcb us message text formatting usmtf program member thailandlaoscambodia brotherhood tlcb mailing list tlcb web site httpwwwtlcbrotherhoodorg vietnam veterans allies ciansa steenkeen contractors welcome unsubscribe group send email forteanaunsubscribeegroupscom use yahoo groups subject httpdocsyahoocominfoterms sun 01 dec 2002 165810 0700 zzzzteana fwd sk quotation wanted pseudoscience skeptics view