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....In my view, looking overall at the entire history of science and technology, there are plenty of cases of 'bad' or even 'very bad' or even 'evil' characters, who actually achieved a lot.......
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A person who comes to mind is William Shockley who won the Nobel Prize in Physics for the invention of the transistor.
Despite the intellect Shockley was a bit of a white supremacist. He advocated eugenics or the voluntary sterilization of individuals with IQs less than 100, in particular African Americans whom he claimed were less intelligent and bred more profusely than whites.
He was a contributor to the "
Nobel Prize Sperm Bank" in an effort to raise the intelligence of the human race.
Regards
Steven