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Comment author: [deleted] 24 September 2013 12:28:19PM 0 points [-]

Fomenko

Interesting off-topic fact about Fomenko -- I'd read his book on symplectic geometry, and then discovered he's a massive crackpot. That was a depressing day.

Comment author: max_i_m 25 September 2013 12:06:57PM 2 points [-]

He is a massive crackpot in "pseudohistory", but he is also a decent mathematician. His book in symplectic geometry is probably fine, so unless you are generally depressed by the fact that mathematicians can be crackpots in other fields, I don't think you should be too depressed.

Comment author: [deleted] 25 September 2013 12:26:10PM 3 points [-]

so unless you are generally depressed by the fact that mathematicians can be crackpots in other fields,

Yes.