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Post #392,075 by malraux 7/18/14 7:36:37 AM Reply	With great ability... ... comes great ability to be an asshole. I think very capable people are just very capable at everything, so the geniuses can be a genius at asshattery as well if so inclined. They can also be geniuses at being a nice person as well. Regards, -scott Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.
Post #392,076 by folkert 7/18/14 7:54:49 AM Reply	Re: With great ability... Screw off... will ya?! Yeah, I know. I'm not one that is in that class... but I sure try. -- greg@gregfolkert.net "No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible." --Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

Feynman - brilliant but not a nice guy - (malraux) - (10) - July 13, 2014, 01:42:26 PM EDT

Thanks, I learned something new. -NT - (a6l6e6x) - July 13, 2014, 05:46:41 PM EDT

Sir Isaac Newton had a bad reputation, too. -NT - (static) - (1) - July 13, 2014, 07:42:48 PM EDT

Re: Sir Isaac Newton had a bad reputation, too. - (jake123) - July 14, 2014, 12:13:05 PM EDT

Re: Feynman - brilliant but not a nice guy - (dmcarls) - (6) - July 14, 2014, 10:56:52 PM EDT

My hypothesis is, that with a mind working on that scale, probably ceaselessly.. - (Ashton) - (5) - July 14, 2014, 11:22:27 PM EDT

social influence is lessened - (crazy) - (1) - July 15, 2014, 09:02:32 AM EDT

I trusted Oppie, not because of his physics-organizational genius.. - (Ashton) - July 17, 2014, 11:15:20 PM EDT

Maybe - (pwhysall) - (2) - July 18, 2014, 01:23:28 AM EDT

With great ability... - (malraux) - (1) - July 18, 2014, 07:36:37 AM EDT

Re: With great ability... - (folkert) - July 18, 2014, 07:54:49 AM EDT

I agree with everything you said except "lol".
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