Both 'evil' and 'geniuses' are definitely myths if understood in an 'ordinary useage' sense, and definitely real if understood in an 'ostenible definition' Gary Drescher sense. In that sense, either Fritz Haber or Genghis Khan probably counts.https://twitter.com/s_r_constantin/status/1200246985564938241 …
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Better phrasing: If you make historically significant intellectual or cultural contributions, you’re probably not mostly motivated by enjoying the suffering of others.
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Also, the meme of the “evil genius” is heavily colored by anti-intellectualism. Actual Machiavelli was not that evil, just unflattering.
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