After More Advice for the Physicslorn

Weird Science

Sure, if your neighbor claims he was abducted by aliens, and spent some time on Alpha Centauri learning the mysteries of that highly advanced civilization, it’s easy to conclude that maybe it’s time he upped his meds. But in an era when modern theoretical physicists are routinely batting around notions like extra dimensions, dark matter, dark energy, and parallel universes, the line between bona fide breakthrough and nonsensical physics-babble isn’t so clear. To the average person, saying the world is made up of tiny styrofoam balls only seems slightly crazier than saying everything in the universe boils down to tiny vibrating strings.

Includes a link to The Alternative-Science Respectability Checklist but not to Crackpot Bingo (until you get to the comments)

I suspect this goes over the head of the target audience without so much as a hair out of place. Or they’ve got their phasers set on “ignore.”