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The crackpots that go into plumbing exist... it's just that they're not crackpots about plumbing. They still email the other guy about discovering zero point energy and space aliens and whatnot.

The crackpots about plumbing, call the plumber crackpots to fix their plumbing obviously.

I've been trying to find a good barber for years now, last one I went to was a borderline schizophrenic. Off his meds, not on them, don't know. Didn't stop him from cutting hair. Being a crackpot doesn't stop someone from being able to snake a drain or fix pipes.

> What is it about physics where it's apparently failing to provide most of the people in the field with adequate training?

The same thing that's wrong with all fields... the people who go into that field do so because of enthusiasm for it. Not because they're competent at it.

Enthusiasm for physics probably starts when some kid grows up watching Star Trek and whatnot.