What draws folks to one crackpot and not another? Must those who are drawn in also be crackpots though on a smaller scale? It is puzzling because the generic crackpot is everywhere all the time it seems. They are the ones who give specific dates for the world to end. They are the ones who ignore what is actually happening, deny it and give their own version of what the non-crackpots know is gibberish. Millions for sure and quite likely billions. I suppose to really appreciate a crackpot you have to be able to relate and how do you relate unless you are one too?