well bill we have a more polite term than " crackpot " - we crackpots term ourselves "eccentrics" and there is a fine line of eccentric inventors in the UK , and even a few people who believe in things paranormal ( quell horror

) - and there have also been a long line of those who stand and observe "that,l never work " - only to be proven wrong many times , and i can imagine way way back when the wheel was first introduced to England some ancient skeptic pronouncing that "thee is wasting thy time , it will never catch on
so i guess that the battle between skeptics and believers ( in whatever ) always has and ever will continue - so i guess you pick your side and settle down for a life time of argument
ah well it passes the time i suppose