Several of them are absolutely marginalized and not kooks at all. The reputation, unfortunately, sticks with them.
David Shaw is the poster child of rich people who succeeded at breaking through the elitism into the scientific establishment, but he went through the whole PhD process before "settling" for becoming a finance billionaire.
Re:Publicity Stunt Fallout
by lazyasciiart on Thursday December 08, 2022 @12:14AM
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Isn’t he more of a poster child for “academics create academics”? His dad was a professor, his stepdad was a professor and he went straight through college and grad school to become a professor. What kind of elitism are you arguing that he faced?
For good reason in (Large percentage) of cases. But I do feel that there are a few that are getting marginalized. Often because they are semi related to stuff that is politically unpopular.