Comments on: 5 Geniuses Who Were Massive Assholes

By: booblefrip

booblefrip — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 03:30:55 +0000

The lectures were part of the conditions for Newton's tenureship of the Lucasian professorship at Cambridge. If nobody turned up he'd talk for ten minutes or so, instead of the full hour, and then, his obligations duly discharged, sprint back to his chambers to work some more on his private research.

By: hoesbeast

hoesbeast — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 22:17:19 +0000

if you can't be nice and weird and smart, be a dick; most people couldn't tell the difference anyway

By: Tennessee Budd

Tennessee Budd — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:02:57 +0000

I meant "successor"; I had my TelePrompTer turned off.

By: Tennessee Budd

Tennessee Budd — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:01:22 +0000

He isn't, but he's smarter than his succesor.

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:56:31 +0000

The philosopher Heidegger was a genius and a Nazi party member. I don’t think he ever regretted it post-war either.