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"It's just that the people who only care about personal wealth rarely make it into history books, whereas the iconoclastic scientists frequently do." Arguably
by edanm 11y ago
"It's just that the people who only care about personal wealth rarely make it into history books, whereas the iconoclastic scientists frequently do."
Arguably even this isn't true - Many people know the name of, say, Archimedes and Newton, but I doubt it's more than the people who know Julius Caesar and Genghis Khan. Might be close though.
- knodi123 11y agoWhat I'm trying to say is, what percentage of people can name a couple of great thinkers from the classical era? Now compare that to the percentage of people who can name a wealthy merchant or banker from the same period.