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 == You may be a crackpot if... == 

 The above discussion of whether Sarfatti is or isn't a crackpot, and why, causes the irresistable impulse to reply in a manner reminiscent of Jeff Foxworthy's ""You may be a redneck if..."" series of humorous items... 

 * If the defining moment of your adolescence is when you were telephoned by extraterrestrials... then you just may be a crackpot. 
 * If you are the recipient of the Victor von Frankenstein Weird Science Award of the alt.usenet.kooks newsgroup... then you could possibly be a crackpot. 
 * If you think the Wikipedia article about you fails to meet the Neutral Point of View policy because it doesn't properly reflect how fabulously brilliant you and your scientific theories are... then, just possibly, you could have a chance of being a crackpot. 
 * If you have threatened to report your critics to the FBI, CIA, NSA, or Department of Homeland Security as perpetrators of treason because their criticism of you threatens national security and may constitute an offense punishable by the death penalty... then, it is not beyond the realm of possibility that you could be a crackpot. 
 * If you react with great vehemence, with long semi-coherent rants and tirades, to the slightest suggestion that you are a crackpot, then... this could quite possibly constitute evidence that you are in fact a crackpot. 

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