It's interesting that you brought up that list of signs that someone is a science crank. I bought Stephen Wolfram's new book a few days ago (hasn't arrived yet), and it's funny to see how Wolfram work on this book satifies every single rule listed on the page.
It's a massive book, around 1200 pages or so. I dunno if I'll be able to understand all of it, but at least I can look at the cool pictures.