Robert P. J. Day wrote:
there's an old essay by jeremy bernstein entitled something like
"scientific cranks: how to recognize them and what to do with them
until the doctor arrives" (can't find it online, dang),
A quick google suggests that excerpts and a reference were posted on
Usenet in 1985 (before the Great Renaming, in a mainly UUCP world).
Google has an archive copy at
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/net.physics/msg/b1c193d57a4d6b0a?dmod...
James.
PS: The sigmonster's on form today...
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