Idk if this has grown worse in recent years or if I’m only paying attention more.
Every single video about physics (especially relativity or quantum theory) has a deluge of ostensibly misunderstood geniuses who either know why Einstein/Newton/the science community are wrong, or try to look smart by “explaining” the video to others but doing a terrible job of it.
It’s starting to feel like the comments from the flat-earther pages I used to lurk in for entertainment. Except instead of people endlessly denying a round earth, they’re denying a constant speed of light, black holes, or whatever the fuck.
On a related note, check this out
cranks are eternal, but they are getting more common and less prolific.
oh my, that paper has some real treats.
this is some terryology tier nonsense i fear
i’ll coin my own term in honor of them, the “criminally miseducated.”
Family money is a hell of a drug