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Re:Geniuses of the past were aristocratically tutored by zrkrlc on Thursday March 17, 2022 @12:48AM (#30707772)
Wasn't that Newton quote a swipe at Robert Hooke, who was known to be quite short?
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Re:Geniuses of the past were aristocratically tutored by gilleain on Thursday March 17, 2022 @03:30AM (#30708529)
Hah, I was not aware of that. Although from the description on wikipedia, it seems the two were not quarelling at the time he wrote that phrase in a letter to Hooke.
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