What is Insolitology ?
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Insolitology is a term coined by us, from the Latin "insolitus" (which means "unusual, strange, uncommon"), and the Greek "logos" (which means "study"). It is therefore the study of the unusual and strange. Admittedly, many things enter in this category.
An oddball, crackpot or kook is someone who has a position on reality/science/society/individuals that is humorous and, most importantly, completely ridiculous. Furthermore, this position is, in the worst cases, based on an Oddball/Crackpot Unifying Theory - the use of one or two concepts to explain everything.
Oddity is not scams, humour or plain gibberish (although some scams are also odd), but rather the fruit of of a demented, usually non-calculating mind. Most of the people featured here honestly think they have found an Ultimate Truth (tm).
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