Talk:Crank

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Is there a difference between a crank and a crackpot ?. There is an interesting article here which has led to some crackpot discussions. ;-) --CatWatcher 03:03, 29 May 2007 (CDT)

If I had to parse it, I'd say that the crank's ideas "could" be correct (belying many of the examples in the article). EG, many conspiracy theorists could be considered cranks. A crackpot, however (most of those on the list) has no hope of ever possibly being proven right (flat earth or YEC, say). But I'm probably wrong. human^{be in} 12:28, 31 May 2007 (CDT)

What about just plain crazy people (like Gene Ray) who do not even make coherent sense. (For example, the guy who says that moon people are using his microwave to share bacon recipes with Castro are one thing; Gene's "I have made time 4-sided" cannot be followed at all.) Researcher 03:39, 30 November 2007 (EST)

What the hell? I am not a vandal! -- Elassint ^{Hi! ^_^} 21:27, 16 May 2008 (EDT)

Just a joke, 'ssint. :) Jellyfish!^{Do I contradict myself? Very well then, I contradict myself. I am large, I contain multitudes.} 21:28, 16 May 2008 (EDT)

No, but the EL was fine the way it was. How about writing a damn/dumb/dim/hilarious article on the fool, then you get to delete the EL! (Sorry for the Ed Poor imitation) human ^{be in} 21:29, 16 May 2008 (EDT)