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I meant a priori; judging the people you meet. Judging Newton by his posthumous reputation is different. I think if I met Newton, I'd have judged him a self-pr

I meant a priori; judging the people you meet. Judging Newton by his posthumous reputation is different. I think if I met Newton, I'd have judged him a self-promoting bullshitter. He was ultra-paranoid, and wouldn't share his work. Even when he published, it was written like a modern patent - more to conceal than to reveal.

Turing_Machine 4y ago
> I think if I met Newton, I'd have judged him a self-promoting bullshitter. He was a thoroughly unpleasant man. However, even people who hated his guts (e.g., the Bernoullis) recognized him as a genius quite early on.