What I’ve gathered from other discussions on here, in his time, he was perfectly fine, but he kinda stayed put while the rest of the scientific world marched on without him.

a tendency toward cultish hero worship focused on an individual and their ideas: Velikovsky, Billy Meiers, et al

Don’t forget Halton Arp, though I guess the et al catches him.

- They apparently expend great efforts to master their particular bugaboo, but cannot be bothered or are incapable of mastering even the basics of real science. Evidently it is much easier to become an instant expert in quackery than to toil away at being even an average scientist.

Check out pretty much any of the UFO/aliens threads on Dr. BA’s blog and you’ll see the exact same behavior. Certain traits seem to be common:

- a fervant belief that they are right and all others are wrong
- little or no evidence to back up their beliefs, other than copious quotes from flako websites or books (which in turn have little or no evidence backing them up)
- a tendency toward paranoia (people don’t just disagree with them, they are out to get them)
- they are lone voices of sanity in a sea of misguided “scientists” or “skeptics” (which are terms of derision)
- there is a conspiracy to hide their “truth” (see paranoia)
- they eventually come to the conclusion that “you will never get it” and thus leave, usually right after they’ve been confronted with evidence counter to their beliefs, or have been pressured repeatedly to deliver evidence in support of their beliefs
- a tendency toward cultish hero worship focused on an individual and their ideas: Velikovsky, Billy Meiers, et al

I don’t know if these traits come about because their mums dropped them all on the head, but something definitely seems off-kilter.

But the pencil is still falling down and it does according to Newton’s basic formula F=ma. Strange. And even more: no plasma involved. I don’t get it. What the hell happend since 1950? And Schrödinger’s equation is wrong, too. And Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle. And, and, and…. all wrong. *sniff*

…Phil, I need your picture with that chocolate from your trip to the Galapagos island:

ORLY?

OilIsMastery, you don’t have a clue what science is about, I suggest you go away and get an education.

I fully expect BA to delete this comment, but that’s fine by me.

Thomas, I think you should be OK with this. After all, the BA’s policy is, basically, “don’t be a jerk”, and your statement is entirely factual. OiM has clearly demonstrated a severe lack of anything remotely resembling an understanding of science.

Next thing you know, (s)he’ll start posting in ALL CAPS, because that will obviously convince people where lower-case text does not.

OilIsMastery Said: “Indeed almost all pre-Space Age so-called “science” is wrong.
The only things we’re keeping are elliptical orbits (Kepler), eletromagnetism (Oersted, Faraday, and Maxwell), and plasma (Birkeland, Velikovsky, Alfven, Bostick).”

OilIsMastery, you don’t have a clue what science is about, I suggest you go away and get an education.

I fully expect BA to delete this comment, but that’s fine by me.

1. Cranks overestimate their own knowledge and ability, and underestimate that of acknowledged experts.

2. Cranks insist that their alleged discoveries are urgently important.

3. Cranks rarely if ever acknowledge any error, no matter how trivial.

4. Cranks love to talk about their own beliefs, often in inappropriate social situations, but they tend to be bad listeners, and often appear to be uninterested in anyone else’s experience or opinions.

The only things we’re keeping are elliptical orbits (Kepler), eletromagnetism (Oersted, Faraday, and Maxwell), and plasma (Birkeland, Velikovsky, Alfven, Bostick).