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This isn't doublethink, because "he's weird and unpleasant" and "he has insightful ideas" aren't "two contradictory beliefs".

• Alupis 6y ago
  One can simultaneously be a genius and a misogynist. To some people, the former is unacceptable so long as the latter exists. To understand an individual can indeed be both is the doublethink.
  • mhh__ 6y ago
    Richard Feynman probably fits the former description at least for some parts of his life.
    • Alupis 6y ago
      Misogyny was just an example. All great people (and arguably all people) have good and bad traits - particularly if you go looking for the bad.