Sentences with phrase «crackpot theories»

It is also possible that your pet theories are crackpot theories.

Most crackpot theories are not simply made up out of nothing.

You confuse intolerance for crackpot theories and politically motivated attacks on the science with «intolerance for disagreement and dissent».

Even those crackpot theories that eventually pass the test of time, like plate tectonics, quasicrystals, and many other examples, might not pass that test before the signer comes up for tenure.

Given that there are 8 + commenters from Australia on this site with crackpot theories (and some other questionably unbalanced such as Beth), and given that the USA has almost 14 times the population of Australia, then statistically you might imagine that there would be at least 100 American crackpots commenting here.

On the one hand is the global scientific consensus, and on the other — given equal weight — are the crackpot theories of industry - financed deniers.

You tried to peddle lies, irrelevancies, pseudoscience, the crackpot theories of cranks, and industry - funded propaganda misrepresented as «skepticism», to people who know better.

With actual fake news inspiring more suspicion and crackpot theories, «The «Burbs» has lost none of its freshness.

We also explored another round of Crackpot Theories and gave away our final mini-poster!

Crackpot Theories: Was Prim's name planted in the Reaping by rebels who knew that Katniss would volunteer to take her place?

On the plus side, the film is gifted with a smart and appealing central performance from David Tennant, who trades in a very nice line of ticks, stammers and hesitations as he intones Laing's crackpot theories.

Added a page of links to crackpot theories about human evolution.

Let's teach kids that we never landed on the moon, that 9/11 was an inside job, that the Earth is flat, that germs aren't real, that HIV doesn't cause AIDS, and all the other crackpot theories out there in the world.

Besides that crackpot theory, the general consensus among them is that this is some kind of scam.

Science eventually proved those theories to be correct, but that doesn't mean that every crackpot theory is just as valid as any other because some of them were proved correct — that's stupid reasoning!!!

Muslims have a similar crackpot theory based on the number 19.

Anecdotal crap has always been used to support one crackpot theory or another.

For those of you inclined to think this is some crackpot theory, Nintendo has been stoking the fire, too.

One crackpot theory, one confused between aerosols and GHGs.

The statistical origins of the people writing crackpot theory is heavily weighted to Australia.

Signing on to a crackpot theory by someone not even in the business would almost certainly be a terrible career move.

It's not crackpot theory in the sense that the paper is based on correct physics fundamentals.

I'm just saying, assuming it is not simply a «crackpot theory» (which I do not believe has been shown here), that it should be tested (models and empirically).

But, from all I have read here (especially the comments by our hostess), I do not believe that it has been demonstrated that this is a «crackpot theory».

Who so far has claimed this is a «crackpot theory?»

I can not judge the correctness of the equations, etc. (as I have previously stated), but, since it is not a crackpot theory, it deserves to be tested.

It's a crackpot theory that excludes to a very great extent, overwhelmingly powerful natural phenomena in favor of a trace gas necessary to life.

And for neurophysiology I recommend William H. Calvin (the popularizer of my favorite crackpot theory: The Throwing Madonna), although I have reservations about using biological analogies in the physical sciences.

Not exact matches

But Comey's invective will now feed the crackpot conspiracy theory of Trump partisans who are convinced that an organization made up primarily of conservative, white, middle - aged male cops is out to get a Republican president.

Is also the mantra of flat earthers, 9/11 truthers, birthers, moon landing deniers, and all other purveyors of crackpot conspiracy theories like «he baited her into being violent towards him because he knew a passerby would call the police and get an investigation started that would lead to charges being considered against her in order to get her fired from her job with the endgame goal of, I don't know, making her jointhe lizard people or something?»

They are still devoted to the crackpot economic theories based on market fundamentalism that got us in this mess but which has in truth made the UK a cesspit for the last 30 years.

Bruce Dern (Coming Home, The «burbs) gives us another memorable crackpot performance, except in this one, he is sympathetically portrayed, and even though he commits some acts that most people would constitute as despicable in theory, Dern imbues his character with enough vulnerability to make it work.

Some people can't look at the series of photos that provide the visual backdrop of evolution theory, and see it for what it is proof of, either, and believe Darwin to be a crackpot.

I do like the fact that plain vanilla «AGW uncertainty» skeptics such as punksta are starting to grow weary of all the crackpots that infest this site with their oddball theories.

If these musings had been received for what they actually were — the wacky theories of a crackpot academic — all would have been well.

By last count there are 40 + crackpots that place comments on this blog who have just as odd theories concerning AGW and climate science as Myrrhh does.

Like the original Luddites and their countless descendants through history, they resist technological progress because it makes them feel scared and insecure, clinging to any theory, no matter how crackpot, that helps to justify their position.

So that means some crackpot creationist can say they are a scientist that's proven the Theory of Evolution wrong.

Look at it like this: some crackpot can come with any theory he wants, but say he gets really lucky and in reality it's 100 % true.

Only in fields with political impact do people go around collecting up the crackpots and issuing books of, say, seven theories.

I pointed out the Goddard / Marcott analogy on the 24th, twice, and was roundly attacked for it since my name isn't McIntyre, attacked for my nefarious motives that are merely to strongly shun mistakes, outlandish conspiracy theories and outspoken crackpot comments on mainstream skeptical blogs that afford the usual hockey stick team members newfound media attention with very lasting damage to skepticism and also strongly hinder my ability to reach out to reasonable people who are strongly averse to extremism as nearly all normal people happen to be for very good reason.

In reality, the victims of Fox News who turn red - faced with rage and begin spouting crackpot conspiracy theories about the IPCC at the mere mention of «Al Gore» are actually a miniscule minority compared to «global» public opinion.

A barrage of lies, insults, slander, the dissemination of doctored photos and crackpot conspiracy theories seems to be all the rebuttal the crazies can muster against the Parkland kids.