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> Because of this, people engaged in strictly meritocratic work (science and engineering) find that whole world repulsive. Richard Feynman, John Bardeen, Linus
by defen 9y ago
> Because of this, people engaged in strictly meritocratic work (science and engineering) find that whole world repulsive.
Richard Feynman, John Bardeen, Linus Pauling, and Kary Mullis were all in frats. That's just from 5 minutes of googling famous American scientists I could think of, I'm sure there's more.
- zawerf 9y agoUsing Feynman as an example doesn't help your case: https://restructure.wordpress.com/2009/08/07/sexist-feynman-called-a-woman-worse-than-a-whore/ https://restructure.wordpress.com/2009/08/07/sexist-feynman-... That said, I don't think we can judge people in the past using modern ethical values and it doesn't take away from his achievements.
- defen 9y agoThe argument was "engineers/scientists find fraternities repulsive". Arguing that a top scientist was a jerk/misogynist/racist/sexist/whatever doesn't refute that.