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Line 2: '''The Crackpot 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. While the index was created for its humorous value, the general concepts can be applied ~~i''''n~~in other fields like risk management.<ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eXPCBwAAQBAJ&q=%22crackpot+index%22&pg=PA137\|title=The Failure of Risk Management: Why It's Broken and How to Fix It\|last=Hubbard\|first=Douglas W.\|date=2009-04-27\|publisher=John Wiley & Sons\|isbn=9780470387955\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.wired.com/2006/01/every_field_of_/\|title=Every field of study deserves its own Crackpot Index\|author=Wired Staff\|magazine=WIRED\|access-date=2018-07-17\|language=en-US\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180717124851/https://www.wired.com/2006/01/every_field_of_/\|archive-date=July 17, 2018}}</ref> == Baez's crackpot index ==

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