On Monday, August 4, 2014 7:52:47 AM UTC-10, Gus Overton wrote:
> "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
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> > On 8/4/2014 10:45 AM, Helpful person wrote:
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> >> Newton wasn't above ridiculing
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> >> (correct) theories that he
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> >> disagreed with.
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> > They were an exceptional family though. Isaac held the patent on
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> > gravity, but his younger brother, Fig, built an empire on cookies.
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> Fig's older brother was a bit nutters.
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> "Isaac Newton today is venerated as one of the greatest scientists who
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> ever lived -- the father of classical mechanics and co-creator of
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> calculus. But in his day, Newton was known for many things, including
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> some very bizarre behavior and a personality that might be considered
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> quirky at best."
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> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/1...n_4058836.html

He was your classic geek. 300 years later, neurotypicals still can't get a handle on what that means.

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