This is much harder than I initially thought. Organizing the facts and presenting them in a coherent manner isn't easy. Maybe the first place to begin would be to cite a definition of a cult then point out where I see that in the leadership of some perpetual motion (PM) seekers. This definition is by Louis Jolyon West and from wiki:
"A cult is a group or movement exhibiting a great or excessive devotion or dedication to some person, idea or thing and employing unethically manipulative techniques of persuasion and control (e.g. isolation from former friends and family, debilitation, use of special methods to heighten suggestibility and subservience, powerful group pressures, information management, suspension of individuality or critical judgment, promotion of total dependency on the group and fear of [consequences of] leaving it, etc) designed to advance the goals of the group's leaders to the actual or possible detriment of members, their families, or the community."
Now in my opinion this definition fits BesslerWheel.com to a 'T'. That's just my opinion. With that and five bucks you can get a coffee at StarBucks. What I intend to do is to take parts of that definition and post actual facts and let you make up your own mind. Why? I was asked that by one of the crank leadership. It is a good question.
The 'why' is this. I'm interested if anyone else has noticed what I have. Simply for confirmation of what I see. I'm curious. I don't feel limited in any way by these folks. They are no threat. I am honestly interested if anyone would agree with my conclusions.
The first part of the definition:
A cult is a group or movement exhibiting a great or excessive devotion or dedication to some person...
is answered in the name of the site; Bessler. It is dedicated to the vindication of his claim of having discovered perpetual motion. The site is dedicated to Bessler. Is that excessive? I think so but as I mentioned you can make up your own mind. I have observed that people that come to the site not showing due reverence to Bessler are immediately judged with the reputation system. Their reputation goes in the red. That is one of the dynamics of the structure I don't have evidence of. You could join the forum and attack Bessler as a fraud and see for yourself. You will soon see how the community thinks of your opinion no matter what your case.
The reputation system is an undemocratic tally of opinion where the more reputation you have the more your vote counts. I suspect at times leadership votes in unison on some matters. I also suspect some in leadership have sock puppets that vote them into leadership. I do have evidence of that.
That evidence supports these points of the definition:
employing unethically manipulative techniques of persuasion and control
use of special methods to heighten suggestibility and subservience, powerful group pressures
I'll close with this thought. Even in the highly unlikely possibility someone would discover perpetual motion at a table top scale that would in no way vindicate Bessler. He was sufficiently vague in all he said as to obscure any meaning or connection to a solution. I mention that because I imagine the possibility isn't as unlikely as most thinking intelligent educated people might suppose.
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I see obsessive compulsive disorder....
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