Thinking that Newton's success is caused or strongly correlated to him being an asshole seems to be begging the question. Why can't we just as well argue his ac

Thinking that Newton's success is caused or strongly correlated to him being an asshole seems to be begging the question. Why can't we just as well argue his achievements were intrinsically linked to his fanatical religious belief? After all, we can at least quantify the latter -- it's said that at least half of his writing was on religious subjects. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_views_of_Isaac_Newton https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_views_of_Isaac_Newto... [1] https://www.wired.com/2014/05/newton-papers-q-and-a/ https://www.wired.com/2014/05/newton-papers-q-and-a/