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Re:Göbekli Tepe by mod on Friday July 03, 2020 @05:32PM (#23727849)
Every genius ahead of his time starts out as a crank.

I'm not really speaking about this guy, I'm not at all qualified to say, but I think it's good we have people thinking differently from the crowd.

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Re:Göbekli Tepe by mellosouls on Friday July 03, 2020 @07:12PM (#23728445)
Every genius ahead of his time starts out as a crank.

Also, and far more often, every crank starts out as a crank.

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Re:Göbekli Tepe by andrewflnr on Friday July 03, 2020 @08:53PM (#23729052)
Yes, but the point is not that being a crank is a guarantee of truth. The point is that it's not a guarantee of being wrong either. You have to look at the evidence either way.

Ed: if you care, I mean. I'm the last person to deny the right to just not take a position on a non-actionable topic.

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Re:Göbekli Tepe by objektif on Friday July 03, 2020 @08:54PM (#23729055)
Also much more often every tenured professor starts as a conformist PhD student. Then some becomes cranks.
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