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The '''crackpotThe indexCrackpot Index''' is a number that rates scientific claims or the individuals that make them, in conjunction with a method for computing that number. It was proposed by [[John C. Baez]] in 1992, and updated in 1998.
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== Baez's crackpot index ==
The method, initially proposed semi-seriously by mathematical physicist [[John C. Baez]] in 1992. In 1998, the computation of the index used responses to a list of 37 questions, each positive response contributing a point value ranging from 1 to 50; the computation is initialized with a value of −5.<ref name=NSUniversal>{{cite magazine
