Darrin McMahon, “Deconstructing Genius” (Open Agenda, 2021)
New Books in Science, Technology, and Society
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Hitler's Genius Cold, A, So Myer, So A.
There's been this whole science in the nineteenth century, with ancient connections, that geniuses are slightly unstable. So that aspect of hitler's persona, that he's kind of ranting and, you know, wild eyed, is really very revealing. We also have with einstein, we have all sorts of things coming to the fore that you were elirtig to before. Einstein himself was a, for the most part, notoriously uncomfortable with this idea of being mythology that he was so incredibly exceptional. He recognized the need that people had to erect this mythological genius, a type of figure.
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