I was at Foothill College this evening to watch Arno Penzias speak to the assembled public about his co-discovery of the CMBR. The first person to the mic for the Q&A period was no less than a bona-fide nutjob crackpot. He was short, pudgy looking man, dressed in an unfashionable sweater, and he stood at the mic with very noticeably poor posture. First, he kept yelling "can you hear me sir??" in the mic while people were quite obviously still milling about, after the MC had told everyone we'd start Q&A in a few minutes. This was a sign of impending doom. The clouds gathered. When Penzias recognized him a moment later, he began speaking in a very thick accent. He put his lips millimeters from the mic, stooped, and braced himself. His question began with an assertion that Penzias "believes in a universe which is in motion." He then launched into a nearly incomprehensible diatribe about how the evidence shows Penzias' view to be incorrect, and instead supports his own theory. His voice got louder and louder to compete with the developing laughter. He droned on about "the three self-equivalent truths" (how something might not be equivalent to itself, I don't know), practically shouting into the mic. Penzias reacted by cutting him off with a very loud voice. He said quite specifically that his question was no longer a question, but a statement of his own theory -- and that the public was not there to listen to his theory. He then told the man that he should spend much more time actually reading about science, said thank you, and called the next in line. I was rolling on the floor laughing... literally. I wonder how much this man resembles people like Prosoothus, Dwayne D.L. Rabon, Paul W. Dixon, and so on... - Warren
PMSL. great story chroot. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
:bugeye: *wonders if he really was "rolling on the floor laughing" * Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
pumpkinsaren'torange Whereas you see a crackpot every time you look in the mirror! Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
Chroot! i know where you got the mad red smilie face. i know, i know, i know!!!:bugeye: Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
he got if from the SmashingPumpkins website.Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! which leads me to believe that he might be posting over there....hmm......i wonder what user name he uses over there...???:bugeye: Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
:bugeye: oh, ho!! i see no answer...must mean it's true. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
