Some had an internal logic she could follow. “The Big Bang theory accepted by a majority of scientists constitutes the greatest blunder and misinterpretation in the history of cosmology.” The universe is a “12 lobed Raspberry in a dodecahedral configuration.” And oh so many more.
But years ago, the physicist-turned-science-writer Margaret Wertheim decided to pay attention to the fringe theories that came her way. I occasionally get those emails, and I almost always ignore them. Most scientists and science writers consider them a nuisance, as they often clog up our inboxes and even (shudder) voicemails with their wacky theories, desperate for validation. You might know them by other names: loons, kooks, crackpots. This is the hallmark of people I’ve come to think of as outsider physicists.
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