[PAR] [TLE] Crackpot index [SEP] 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.  The method, proposed semi-seriously by mathematical physicist John C. Baez in 1992, computes an index by responses to a list of 36 questions, each positive response contributing a point value ranging from 1 to 50.  The computation is initialized with a value of −5. [PAR] [TLE] John C. Baez [SEP] John Carlos Baez ( ; born June 12, 1961) is an American mathematical physicist and a professor of mathematics at the University of California, Riverside (UCR) in Riverside, California.  He is known for his work on spin foams in loop quantum gravity.  For some time, his research had focused on applications of higher categories to physics and other things.
[PAR] [TLE] Crackpot index [ SEP ] 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 . The method , proposed semi - seriously by mathematical physicist John C. Baez in 1992 , computes an index by responses to a list of 36 questions , each positive response contributing a point value ranging from 1 to 50 . The computation is initialized with a value of −5 . [PAR] [TLE] John C. Baez [ SEP ] John Carlos Baez ( ; born June 12 , 1961 ) is an American mathematical physicist and a professor of mathematics at the University of California , Riverside ( UCR ) in Riverside , California . He is known for his work on spin foams in loop quantum gravity . For some time , his research had focused on applications of higher categories to physics and other things .
The Crackpot index was proposed by what mathematical physicist from the University of California, Riverside?
The Crackpot index was proposed by what mathematical physicist from the University of California , Riverside ?
John Carlos Baez
John Carlos Baez