Dropbox Chief to Join Elite Ranks of Idea-to-I.P.O. Founders

Re:Dropbox Chief to Join Elite Ranks of Idea-to-I.P.O. Founders by defen on Sunday March 11, 2018 @12:33PM (#16563608)

> Because of this, people engaged in strictly meritocratic work (science and engineering) find that whole world repulsive.

Richard Feynman, John Bardeen, Linus Pauling, and Kary Mullis were all in frats. That's just from 5 minutes of googling famous American scientists I could think of, I'm sure there's more.

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Re:Dropbox Chief to Join Elite Ranks of Idea-to-I.P.O. Founders by zawerf on Sunday March 11, 2018 @02:43PM (#16564197)

Using Feynman as an example doesn't help your case: https://restructure.wordpress.com/2009/08/07/sexist-feynman-...

That said, I don't think we can judge people in the past using modern ethical values and it doesn't take away from his achievements.

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Re:Dropbox Chief to Join Elite Ranks of Idea-to-I.P.O. Founders by defen on Sunday March 11, 2018 @03:13PM (#16564312)

The argument was "engineers/scientists find fraternities repulsive". Arguing that a top scientist was a jerk/misogynist/racist/sexist/whatever doesn't refute that.

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