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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Feb 17, 2013 13:29:08 GMT -5
I'm always intrigued by people who are amazingly talented, but at the same time are incredible jerks. James Watson, one of the people who discovered DNA particularly stands out for me. Heck, you know your an asshole when a company you sit on the board of directors of goes out of its way to write an editorial pointing out what a douche you are: scienceblogs.com/cognitivedaily/2008/02/12/why-james-watson-shouldnt-be-a/
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Post by Magic knows Black Lives Matter on Feb 17, 2013 13:30:08 GMT -5
Brock Lesnar is a tremendous performer and a beast of a man but he is quite clearly an asshole.
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Post by dlg3000 on Feb 17, 2013 13:32:53 GMT -5
Interesting. Would CM Punk count or is he misunderstood?
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Post by Magic knows Black Lives Matter on Feb 17, 2013 13:34:21 GMT -5
Interesting. Would CM Punk count or is he misunderstood? Kinda depends on who you ask. Most of his friends say that he's an asshole but it's an endearing kind of assholery.
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Post by Cela on Feb 17, 2013 13:35:45 GMT -5
Christopher Hitchens. You may not agree what he said, but damn you have you love how he said it.
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Post by BayleyTiffyCodyCenaJudyHopps on Feb 17, 2013 13:38:09 GMT -5
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Post by Perd on Feb 17, 2013 13:39:39 GMT -5
I'm currently reading the Steve Jobs biography. He certainly seemed to fit the bill.
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Post by Citizen Snips on Feb 17, 2013 13:40:26 GMT -5
John Lennon
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Post by Rican on Feb 17, 2013 13:42:13 GMT -5
Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant.
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Post by Piccolo on Feb 17, 2013 14:05:35 GMT -5
I'm always intrigued by people who are amazingly talented, but at the same time are incredible jerks. James Watson, one of the people who discovered DNA particularly stands out for me. Heck, you know your an asshole when a company you sit on the board of directors of goes out of its way to write an editorial pointing out what a douche you are: scienceblogs.com/cognitivedaily/2008/02/12/why-james-watson-shouldnt-be-a/Haha, yeah, Watson is such a tool.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2013 14:06:54 GMT -5
Honestly, most anyone that is really successful in their field. It would be harder to come up with a brilliant nice guys list.
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Post by Citizen Snips on Feb 17, 2013 14:14:11 GMT -5
Honestly, most anyone that is really successful in their field. It would be harder to come up with a brilliant nice guys list. Paul Newman was apparently a complete gentleman but yeah, there's a certain amount of dickishness needed to get to the top.
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Post by G✇JI☈A on Feb 17, 2013 14:47:27 GMT -5
Walt Disney
Sure he seemed like the lovable uncle to children everywhere... But he treated his staff like utter garbage.
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Feb 17, 2013 15:06:07 GMT -5
Honestly, most anyone that is really successful in their field. It would be harder to come up with a brilliant nice guys list. Paul Newman was apparently a complete gentleman but yeah, there's a certain amount of dickishness needed to get to the top. Isn't there a difference though between having a little dickishness and being a complete asshole?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2013 15:10:01 GMT -5
I think you have to be a bit unlikeable to be brilliant.
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Post by mizerable on Feb 17, 2013 15:10:40 GMT -5
When I think of brilliant assholes, this is the bill that I'm looking for; The German dude from The Flight of the Phoenix. He was a thief, an uncaring blunt bastard, but at the end of the day, he saved everybody's ass.
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Post by fuzzywarble, squat cobbler on Feb 17, 2013 15:17:33 GMT -5
Honestly, most anyone that is really successful in their field. It would be harder to come up with a brilliant nice guys list. Nikola Tesla was kinda antisocial but he apparently wasn't a prick like Edison was
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Post by Brother Nero....Wolfe on Feb 17, 2013 15:22:23 GMT -5
Honestly, most anyone that is really successful in their field. It would be harder to come up with a brilliant nice guys list. Nikola Tesla was kinda antisocial but he apparently wasn't a prick like Edison was And that is exactly why he died without money, unlike Edison.
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Post by mizerable on Feb 17, 2013 15:23:02 GMT -5
Honestly, most anyone that is really successful in their field. It would be harder to come up with a brilliant nice guys list. Nikola Tesla was kinda antisocial but he apparently wasn't a prick like Edison was Well, I wouldn't exactly call Edison brilliant, at least in the fields of science and mathematics. He certainly was a brilliant businessman, but it's pretty difficult to find a lot of brilliant businessmen who aren't assholes...that's just the nature of the beast.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2013 15:28:00 GMT -5
Walt Disney Sure he seemed like the lovable uncle to children everywhere... But he treated his staff like utter garbage. In a similar vain, Kubrick has a pretty lousy reputation when it comes to how he treated actors and such.
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