Posted by Squiggles on September 17, 2006, at 12:34:06
In reply to Re: the brain, posted by bassman on September 17, 2006, at 11:47:12
> Forget Newton-when it comes to mental health, I think we are in the Old Stone Age, when we'd be the smartest human alive if we could figure out that a sharp stick might be useful for something. BTW, Newton said, when asked in his old age what his greatest accomplishment was (Laws of Motion, gravitational theory, helping Kepler, etc. etc.)-"lifelong celibacy".
I've read that he was a real
curmudgeon, possibly insane himself,
and very mean-- not a babe magnet despite
his theory of gravitation.Squiggles
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