Zell, Chris <chrisz...@wetmtv.com> wrote: Edison was a greedy liar and cheat who was cruel to animals. Schrodinger > was a bigamist. MLK and possibly Einstein were plagiarists. Werner Von > Braun was a Nazi and may have held rank in the SS. Tesla was a OCD-laden > nutball. > > I'm not sure I'd buy a used car from any of them. OTOH, I still respect > their achievements. >
AND you believe them, because science works. Because we separate the person from the idea. My point exactly. While we are denigrating great scientists, Galileo was a jerk and a political animal according to Arthur Koestler. And those Cardinals *did*look through the telescope, says Koestler. - Jed
