On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 11:42:21AM -0400, John Clark wrote: > > I think that the sensitivity might be set too high on your crackpot > > meter. ;-) > > > > Better to set that meter too high than too low because it is a well known > law of science that for every unappreciated Galileo or Einstein there are > 6.02 *10^23 crackpots. > > John K Clark >
I would imagine we would adjust this sensitivity according to how busy we are. On idle days, it can be fun to listen to crackpots, whether for sport (practice in demolishing ridiculous arguments), or because occasionly they might have a germ of an great idea. But when the boss is breathing down your neck to get the next software release done, or next paper written, then it is time to ignore the crackpots, just so you can get work done. Just as one probably needs to ignore this list, for the same reason :). The crackpot index can be a useful tool for getting the crackpot to shut up (provided it fits, of course). Its not actually a serious diagnostic otherwise. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) Principal, High Performance Coders Visiting Professor of Mathematics hpco...@hpcoders.com.au University of New South Wales http://www.hpcoders.com.au ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
