The Crackpot Index

Do you have a theory that's going to revolutionize the world of physics? Do you think your work might just put Einstein's little Theory of Relativity to shame? You may want to follow this (hilarious) point system for figuring out if it's a crackpot theory. Some excerpts:

• 5 points for using a thought experiment that contradicts the results of a widely accepted real experiment.
• 10 points for beginning the description of your theory by saying how long you have been working on it. (10 more for emphasizing that you worked on your own.)
• 20 points for naming something after yourself. (E.g., talking about the "The Evans Field Equation" when your name happens to be Evans.)
• 30 points for suggesting that Einstein, in his later years, was groping his way towards the ideas you now advocate.
  

Read the rest here, and forward this to all your scientist and/or academic friends.

via DarwinCatholic