# Are you a crackpot? A quick quiz

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-crackpot-a-quick-quiz/60379>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [April 1, 2001, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-crackpot-a-quick-quiz/60379 "2001-04-01T16:02:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-crackpot-a-quick-quiz/60379/41 "2001-11-10T02:31:49Z")

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> 1. Does your theory involve trying to reconcile sexual energy and planetary motion? (10 points)

So, if the earth _does_ move for you, you’re a quarter of the way to being a crackpot?

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**Author:** ![RoboDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bbe5ce/32.png) [@RoboDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RoboDude)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2001, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-crackpot-a-quick-quiz/60379/42 "2001-11-11T04:53:52Z")

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14.) Do you find yourself constantly making up creative excuses to explain away any incidant where a reputable scientist tries to reproduce your results using your exact technique and fails? (10 points)

15.) Do you find yourself constantly making up excuses to keep other scientists from examining what you’ve done? (10 points)

16.) Is your primary method of advertizing your invention an ad in the back of Popular Mechanics? (10 points)

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**Author:** ![completely-knackered](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecae2f/32.png) [@completely-knackered](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/completely-knackered)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2001, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-crackpot-a-quick-quiz/60379/43 "2001-11-11T22:36:21Z")

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Your post is too long to read, so I’ll just admit to being a crackpot. Can I go now? I have to pee in your car vents.

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**Author:** ![MandaJo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@MandaJo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MandaJo)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2001, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-crackpot-a-quick-quiz/60379/44 "2001-11-11T23:54:44Z")

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Have you ever lost a signifigant portion of your notes/results in a flood, fire, earthquake, or avalanche? (10 pts). Was that flood, fire, earthquake, or avalanche the result of a conspiracy to destroy said notes?

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