This website is undergoing Big Changes. The Crackpot Rant has been replaced by The Weekly Oracle. Sad to say, that means the Crackpot Scale and the commentary of experts in three related fields are no more. But really, not needed. The difference between a Crackpot and an Oracle, after all, is that although both traffic in visions of reality, or, as I call them, Big Ideas, Oracles are never wrong.
That’s where Oracles have it all over scientists as well. Quantum physicist and Nobel Laureate Niels Bohr once said: “Prediction is difficult, especially about the future.” Sure, because scientists have to prove their Big Ideas. They have to run experiments and submit the results of those experiments to peer review. Not so Oracles. If you ask the Oracle a question and her prediction doesn’t come true, it’s not her fault, it’s yours: you mis-interpreted her. (keep reading)
