>Newton, one of the smartest people EVER, was into alchemy and biblical magic, a lifelong virgin and loved having people hanged for counterfeiting
>Einstein, one of the smartest people EVER, was an unironic socialist, devoted pacifist and humanist who fought against racism
>Von Neumann, one of the smartest people EVER, wanted to nuke Kyoto to kill the highest number of civilians possible and advocated nuking the Soviets immediately after WW2 which would have surely annihilated what was left of Europe
Why do people like to pretend that geniuses - polymaths included - have ANY IDEA what they're talking about when it comes to the good of society?
>Einstein, one of the smartest people EVER, was an unironic socialist, devoted pacifist and humanist who fought against racism
>Von Neumann, one of the smartest people EVER, wanted to nuke Kyoto to kill the highest number of civilians possible and advocated nuking the Soviets immediately after WW2 which would have surely annihilated what was left of Europe
Why do people like to pretend that geniuses - polymaths included - have ANY IDEA what they're talking about when it comes to the good of society?
