crackpots
Wildly irrational people
Crackpots are people with eccentric or fanatical ideas, especially those who persist in beliefs others find absurd: The meeting attracted the usual crackpots with their conspiracy theories.
The term dismisses someone as not worth taking seriously.
A crackpot can also modify nouns: crackpot schemes, crackpot theories.
One who suspects cover-ups
- flat-eartherPlanetary shape skeptic
- trutherOne rejecting mainstream accounts
- denialistOne rejecting established facts
- quackFake healer or fowl noise
charlatan · crank · pseudoscience · misinformed · paranoid · irrational · unfounded · baseless
Eccentric individual
- kookyOddball in manner
- zanyAmusingly absurd
- quirkyIdiosyncratically unusual
- whimsicalPlayfully fanciful or erratic
outlandish · offbeat · peculiar · nutcase · weirdo · madcap · crank · screwball
Deranged researcher archetype
- tinkererHobbyist who adjusts mechanisms
- dreamerOne given to fantasies
- visionaryImaginative planner of futures
- gadgeteerEnthusiast of small devices
harebrained · perpetual motion · wild ideas · schemes · contraptions · dismissed · ridiculed · laughingstock
Obsessively attached or focused
- fanaticalExtremely and uncritically devoted
- zealotObsessive cause supporter
- monomaniacOne obsessed with something
- single-mindedDevoted to one purpose
consumed · possessed · relentless · compulsive · hobby horse · crusader · true believer · fervent
conspiracy theorist
One who suspects cover-ups
- flat-eartherPlanetary shape skeptic
- trutherOne rejecting mainstream accounts
- denialistOne rejecting established facts
quack · charlatan · crank · pseudoscience · misinformed · paranoid · irrational · unfounded · baseless · hoaxer
oddball
Eccentric individual
whimsical · outlandish · offbeat · peculiar · nutcase · weirdo · madcap · crank · screwball · fruitcake
mad scientist
Deranged researcher archetype
- tinkererHobbyist who adjusts mechanisms
- dreamerOne given to fantasies
- visionaryImaginative planner of futures
gadgeteer · harebrained · perpetual motion · wild ideas · schemes · contraptions · dismissed · ridiculed · laughingstock · unappreciated
fixated
Obsessively attached or focused
- fanaticalExtremely and uncritically devoted
- zealotObsessive cause supporter
- monomaniacOne obsessed with something
single-minded · consumed · possessed · relentless · compulsive · hobby horse · crusader · true believer · fervent · unhinged
crackpotsexperts
Highly skilled practitioners
authorities · scholars · subject matter experts · scientists · professionals