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- From: markrose@spss.com (Mark Rosenfelder)
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- Subject: Re: "The Universe of MOTION" (crackpot index)
- Message-ID: <1992Oct14.212707.12950@spss.com>
- Date: 14 Oct 92 21:27:07 GMT
- Article-I.D.: spss.1992Oct14.212707.12950
- References: <1992Oct13.191813.1751@cnsvax.uwec.edu> <1992Oct14.193139.8517@galois.mit.edu> <1992Oct14.194338.8696@galois.mit.edu>
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- In article <1992Oct14.194338.8696@galois.mit.edu> jbaez@riesz.mit.edu
- (John C. Baez) writes:
- >By the way, I welcome suggestions as to how to make this index more
- >accurate. Of course, I'm not taking any of this too seriously, so
- >please spare paroxysms of philosophical agony about the definition of
- >a cracked pot. Also, I only welcome suggestions from those whose
- >current crackpot index averages below 30 per post.
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- I think any description of scientists in general as "atheistic" should be
- worth 5 points, at least-- "atheistical", 10 points.
-
- How about people who begin numbering lists with -1? Ha ha! Just kidding.
-