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I’m a quantum physicist and you wouldn’t believe how many people try and sell me on their theory that solves everything that is literally just an idea in their head and can’t even produce any quantitative predictions. The levels of self delusion that these people display is astounding and we need to mock it more openly imo

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The newage people are the worst at this.

Beware, you may want to gouge your own eyes out: https://www.watkinsmagazine.com/quantum-life-of-healing-crys...

There is this thing that I like to call 'the cult of stupid' where people are somehow proud of their lack of knowledge and they are not afraid of putting it out there. They tend to laugh when asked pointed questions because in their world 'truth' has no value, it's all about belief. One family member of mine wears healing crystals because they keep her cancer free. It's really sad and it irks me that given the excellent educational opportunities we have that so many people choose willingly not to avail themselves of those opportunities. But they do have opinions on all that stuff that you need to work at to learn.

if i have a crackpot theory and i’d like a real physicist to look it over and am willing to pay for their time where would i find one? asking for a friend

Sabine Hossenfelder apparently does this [1, 2] for $50/20min.

[1] http://backreaction.blogspot.com/p/talk-to-physicist_27.html

[2] https://aeon.co/ideas/what-i-learned-as-a-hired-consultant-f...

Agreed. Those who confuse “astronomy” and “astrology” are confused.

What do you intend to achieve by mocking these people?

To make them feel bad (I am salty)

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