Originally Posted by cwatters
Personally I steer clear of all people that a) claim to have discovered some thing new to science AND b) state that "We accept cash, check, and wire transfer" on their web site. One or the other is just fine by me, but not both.
Being to some extent involved in the research business, I allow myself to be fairly open to apparently crank inventors. When I started doing this I predicted a ratio of 9 cranks to one good idea.
To my surprise, I was wrong. I'm currently running at better than 1:1 - although I should admit that the last inventor I had a meeting with, I suggested in frustration he join the flat earth society. I'm not as patient as I was in my youth!
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