Crank (Person)

Crank (Person)

Crank (auch Crackpot oder Kook, engl. Spinner, Sonderling) ist eine im englischen Sprachraum benutzte abwertende Bezeichnung für Personen, die Überzeugungen haben, die allgemein anerkannten Erkenntnissen widersprechen und sich in verschwörungstheoretischer Manier gegen alle Gegenargumente sperren.

Die psychologischen Ursachen für das deviante Verhalten von Cranks ist in verschiedenen Studien untersucht worden. Am bekanntesten ist der 1999 beschriebene Dunning-Kruger-Effekt.

Literatur

  • L.J. Lafleur: Cranks and scientists. The Scientific Monthly 73 (1951) 284-290

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