A kook, Daddy-O, is a screwball who is “gone” farther than most.

Daily Mail, August 22, 1960

Most theories that come out of the fringe are wrong. Hardly a point of any real contention to be sure. The world of kook science is populated by colourful wonks, unyielding grouches, the highly uneducated, the utterly mad, and, as follows, they’re usually working from cues that do not correspond to what is known about the world.

It is equally clear that we can never discount anything, no matter how ridiculous the theory or weird the theorist. It is as important to present alternative theories, to challenge them, as it is any conventional theory, because sometimes, just sometimes, the kooks have it right, and the world had it wrong all along.

The challenge of the world is to know the difference, and to resist with our last breaths when we know we’re right.

Even when we’re wrong, because, even when we’re wrong, we’re pushing the world to prove it.

Do you ever get the feeling that you’re being followed? Sorry about that.

Ok, optimistic platitudes having been done with, let’s cut to the meat of this issue: we like weird stuff, we like kooky theories, we love haywire thinking, so we’re going to trace and highlight the most interesting shit we find. Hopefully you’ll enjoy this ride as much as we do.

Snap on your ether goggles, adjust your psychotronic tuning, drink that magnetic water, crank the rheostats radionic, pull the lever, flick the switches, prepare to oscillate, and RED, GREEN, BLUE . . .

EYES OPEN: WE’RE GOING IN!

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