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"Crank" (or kook, crackpot, or quack) is a pejorative term for a person who writes or speaks in an authoritative fashion about a particular subject, often of a scientific or pseudo-scientific nature, but is perceived as holding false or even ludicrous beliefs. Crank is also used as a noun to describe the opinions of such people (see American Heritage Dictionary 2000 - noun definition 3). Usage of the label is often subjective, with proponents of competing theories labeling each other cranks, but the term pr ...

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Crank person - Physics computer science and mathematics. Claims to have produced solutions to problems which have been proven to be unsolvable, such as the geometric construction problems of squaring the circle, doubling the cube and trisecting the angle. (It should be noted that all of these problems have solutions if one is permitted tools beyond a straightedge and compass). producing unified Theories of Everything, and particularly doing so with high school or undergraduate level physics knowled ...

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"Kook" is a somewhat similar pejorative term that is usually used to describe a person whose areas of interest are perceived to be eccentric, fantastic, or insane. A person may be said to be a "kook" if they are seen to hold socially unacceptable beliefs, or perceptions that outrageously conflict with known scientific results, and appear to base their entire world views upon them. The term was coined in 1960 and originates from the word cuckoo, which is also the name of a bird, but which ...

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