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Presumably any positive value of the index indicates crankiness.

Though the index was not proposed as a serious method, it nevertheless has become popular in internet discussions of whether a claim or an individual is [[crank (person)|crank]]y, particularly in [[physics]] (e.g. at sci.physics). {{Fact|date=April 2007}}

The index contains the following line which could be considered a joke at the expense of string theorists.

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50 points for claiming you have a revolutionary theory but giving no concrete testable predictions.

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==See also==

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* [http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/crackpot.html The crackpot index questionnaire]

* [http://www.crank.net Crank Dot Net], a list of allegedly cranky websites, roughly organized by subject area.

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