1. A -5 point starting credit.
起始分5分
2. 1 point for every statement that is widely agreed on to be false.
你的理论中每个被绝大多数人认为是错误的观点,都给你1分
[这个不是重点,很多开创性的发现也会有1、2个不为大众接受的观点,所以只有1分]
3. 2 points for every statement that is clearly vacuous.
如果你的理论中有凭空想出来的观点,每个+2分
[这个倒是很明显的,不少妄想家的“论文”里充满了这种东西]
4. 3 points for every statement that is logically inconsistent.
如果你的理论中有逻辑上不自恰的论点,每个+2分
[有点难办,这些妄想家们通常是坚决不承认自己的自相矛盾的]
5. 5 points for each such statement that is adhered to despite careful correction.
如果你的某个论点被人认真的纠正,但你还是坚信这个观点的话,每一个+5分
[妄想家们通常忙于强调自己是对的,每个字都是不可动摇的真理,通常不会注意这些]
6. 5 points for using a thought experiment that contradicts the results of a widely accepted real experiment.
有和广为人知的物理实验结果违背的假想实验,每个+5分
[他们一般会试图去证明这些实验是虚幻的,或者说出于“学术欺骗”]
7. 5 points for each word in all capital letters (except for those with defective keyboards).
如果每个词都用大写,+5分(键盘出问题的除外)
[西方妄想家有这等“好习惯”,不错,这个最容易分辨了]
8. 5 points for each mention of "Einstien", "Hawkins" or "Feynmann".
把爱因斯坦、霍金、或者是费曼的名字拼写错误,每一次+5分
[嘿嘿]
9. 10 points for each claim that quantum mechanics is fundamentally misguided (without good evidence).
声称(在没有足够好的证据的前提下)量子力学是从根本上的一种误导,每次+10分
[哇!这个在百度贴吧简直比比皆是,不过国内更多的是相对论]
10. 10 points for pointing out that you have gone to school, as if this were evidence of sanity.
用指出自己上过学来证明自己不是神智不清,+10分
[这个跟国外倒是不一样,甚至不少老“科妄”自豪的声称没读过书。以受过教育装点门面,或是以没受过教育为荣,到底哪个更可悲?]
11. 10 points for beginning the description of your theory by saying how long you have been working on it.
在开始谈论自己的理论之前先要介绍自己已经在这个理论上研究了多少年的,+10分
[这个也经常见到]
12. 10 points for mailing your theory to someone you don't know personally and asking them not to tell anyone else about it, for fear that your ideas will be stolen.
如果你把你的理论寄给不认识的人,却同时告诉他们不要把这个理论给别人传阅,以免被人剽窃的,+10分
[有时候他们真得很滑稽]
13. 10 points for offering prize money to anyone who proves and/or finds any flaws in your theory.
如果你出钱悬赏,征求有人能证明你的理论是错的(或者发现你的理论的瑕疵的),+10分
[又一个经典的共性,吧里这样的人也不少]
14. 10 points for each new term you invent and use without properly defining it.
如果你的理论里有你自己发明的名字,但却没有严格的定义它们,每一个+10分
[看来国内的这方面又输一着了,我看到的他们的论文好像从来都没有“严格定义”一说]
15. 10 points for each statement along the lines of "I'm not good at math, but my theory is conceptually right, so all I need is for someone to express it in terms of equations".
说类似“我的数学不好,但我的理论概念上是正确的,我所要的有人能够把它用公式表达出来”的话,每一次+10分
[这个经典,简直是某人的原话来着]
16. 10 points for arguing that a current well-established theory is "only a theory", as if this were somehow a point against it.
如果你对某个现有比较完善的理论的观点是“只不过是个理论”,好像一个理论“只是个理论”这一点有什么问题似的,+10分
[嘿嘿文字游戏,国内还有一种口头禅:“教科书上看的吧”,仿佛教科书上的必然是错误而不值一提的]
17. 10 points for arguing that while a current well-established theory predicts phenomena correctly, it doesn't explain "why" they occur, or fails to provide a "mechanism".
如果你对认为现有的某个理论的疑问在于,虽然它能够精确预言实验现象,但没有告诉你为什么,或是没有说明具体“机理/机制”,+10分
[嗯,妄想家从来不承认自己理解能力有限]
18. 10 points for each favorable comparison of yourself to Einstein, or claim that special or general relativity are fundamentally misguided (without good evidence).
把自己和爱因斯坦(好的方面)作比较,或者(在没有足够好的证据的前提下)声称相对论是一种误导,每一次+10分
[噢,我在9还奇怪为什么不提相对论]
19. 10 points for claiming that your work is on the cutting edge of a "paradigm shift".
如果你声称你的研究结果是“划时代(标志性)的变革”,+10分
[这些大仙们全都是改变世界面貌的大师啊,只不过着成千上万次“划时代”也没见到有什么真格的东西出来]
20. 20 points for emailing me and complaining about the crackpot index. (E.g., saying that it "suppresses original thinkers" or saying that I misspelled "Einstein" in item 8.)
如果你发邮件来对这个"民科索引"抱怨,说它“打压有创意的思考者”,或者说我第8项里面把爱因斯坦的名字拼写错了,+20分
[“打压”这个词在国内民科的字典里是超级热门词汇啊。作者竟然在这里打了个埋伏,被调侃了……]
21. 20 points for suggesting that you deserve a Nobel prize.
如果你暗示自己应该获得诺贝尔奖,+20分
[“暗示”?太小瞧妄想家的脸皮了吧,这里好多帖子题目就是“将获诺奖的发现”,作者应该来百度转转]
22. 20 points for each favorable comparison of yourself to Newton or claim that classical mechanics is fundamentally misguided (without good evidence).
把自己和牛顿(好的方面)作比较,或者(在没有足够好的证据的前提下)声称牛顿是一种误导,每一次+10分
[国内挑牛顿的还真不多,目前我只发现好某]
23. 20 points for every use of science fiction works or myths as if they were fact.
把科幻小说或者神话故事当作事实来引用,每一次+20分
[国内不少引用过《飞碟探索》的]
24. 20 points for defending yourself by bringing up (real or imagined) ridicule accorded to your past theories.
为了证明自己现在的理论而贬低或嘲笑自己以前的理论,+20分
[这个……国内的大仙可是自诩自己的理论从来都是绝对真理,国外的还要“自我批评”?太谨慎了吧]
25. 20 points for naming something after yourself. (E.g., talking about the "The Evans Field Equation" when your name happens to be Evans.)
如果你把你的理论中的一些东西用你自己的名字来命名(比如你的名字是Evan,而你把你的理论中的场方程叫做Evan场方程),+20分
[哈哈沽名钓誉想疯了,人家用名字命名的可都是学界对其表达敬意的方式。遍地的“X氏定理”直接把帽子戴在自己头上,估计是没人搭理只好自己对自己“崇高敬意”了]
26. 20 points for talking about how great your theory is, but never actually explaining it.
如果你说自己的理论多么伟大,却从来不具体的解释原因,+20
[不少人又要加分了]
27. 20 points for each use of the phrase "hidebound reactionary".
使用类似“狭隘的反变革主义”这样的词汇,每一次+20分
[国内通常用“守旧”“宗教裁判所”这样的字眼]
28. 20 points for each use of the phrase "self-appointed defender of the orthodoxy".
使用类似“自封的传统道义的卫道士”这样的词汇,+20分
[这个还不算太多,国内大多是非常“前沿而创新性”的]
29. 30 points for suggesting that a famous figure secretly disbelieved in a theory which he or she publicly supported. (E.g., that Feynman was a closet opponent of special relativity, as deduced by reading between the lines in his freshman physics textbooks.)
暗示某个名人事实上是“秘密的”反对某个他对外声称支持的理论(比如从费曼物理学讲义上看到,费曼说自己是个“反相者”),+30分
[国内倒是经常引用爱因斯坦晚年的一句话]
30. 30 points for suggesting that Einstein, in his later years, was groping his way towards the ideas you now advocate.
暗示你的理论,就是从爱因斯坦晚年的某个他未完成的理论发展而来的,+30分
[不太多,见过]
31. 30 points for claiming that your theories were developed by an extraterrestrial civilization (without good evidence).
(在没有好的证据的前提下)声称你的理论是由某个地球外的文明发展起来的,+30分
[嘿嘿国内不少妄想家对西方科技都十分排斥呢,更不要说外星了]
32. 30 points for allusions to a delay in your work while you spent time in an asylum, or references to the psychiatrist who tried to talk you out of your theory.
如果你提到你的研究曾经被推迟了,而其原因是因为你被关进收容所、或是某个精神病医生想夺走你的理论,+30分
[国内有这样的收容所的话世界会清静不少,看来国内福利设施有待完善啊]
33. 40 points for comparing those who argue against your ideas to Nazis, stormtroopers, or brownshirts.
如果你把反对你的理论的人比喻成类似“纳粹、党卫军”之类的人,+40分
[国内没这样的历史环境,一般只是大喊“打压”、“迫害”]
34. 40 points for claiming that the "scientific establishment" is engaged in a "conspiracy" to prevent your work from gaining its well-deserved fame, or suchlike.
如果你把“科学上已有定论”和某种不让你得到你应有的承认的“阴谋”联系起来,+40分
[妄想家眼里是没有“定论”的,他们口头禅是“今天的真理是明天的谬论”(通常会引申出今天他们的谬论明天会摇身一变成了真理)]
35. 40 points for comparing yourself to Galileo, suggesting that a modern-day Inquisition is hard at work on your case, and so on.
如果你把自己比作伽里略,而且暗示你受到了类似当年那种“宗教迫害”之类的,+40分
[hoho,国内的倒是经常把哥白尼、布鲁诺、伽利略分不清楚]
36. 40 points for claiming that when your theory is finally appreciated, present-day science will be seen for the sham it truly is. (30 more points for fantasizing about show trials in which scientists who mocked your theories will be forced to recant.)
如果你声称当你的理论最终被承认,现在的科学界会因此而觉得惭愧的话,+40分(如果你还描绘如何现在的某个不承认你的理论的科学家到时候会如何被迫认错的话,再+30分)
[嗯,这个也很经典,好多妄想家都是靠这种自我安慰活着的]
37. 50 points for claiming you have a revolutionary theory but giving no concrete testable predictions.
如果你声称自己的理论是革命性的,但又不能给出实验上的、坚实而且能够被检测到的预言的话,+50分
[终于看到最后一条了,这个要求简直是高估了妄想家们的理念。这个测试一般从事科研的人也会有几分进帐,但是妄想家们估计得个五百分也不成问题。挺有趣的小文,让人莞尔。编注:物之理]
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