[Arkinsaw]

This iron-core proponent is a crackpot.

I did some looking around, he doesn't appear to be a crackpot at all actually.

[RightWhale]

Yes, he is a real scientist. The point is that he has earned the label by pushing his ideas. True scientists simply present their ideas. If the ideas catch on it is the merit of the ideas that does this. No amount of salesmanship can do anything but bring labels like 'kook.' If the papers are repeatedly referenced, quoted, then the author has done about the most expected of a scientist.