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Comment by chii

4 hours ago

> the greatest scientific minds

if one has a scientific mind, they will accept evidence which may be contrary to their personal views. If you dont, you cannot be said to have a scientific mind, let alone greatest.

> founding fathers of the United States

that may in fact, be the case, but chances are someone today of similar disposition would not be able to do the same.

> if one has a scientific mind, they will accept evidence which may be contrary to their personal views. If you dont, you cannot be said to have a scientific mind, let alone greatest.

Then no one has a scientific mind.

It's a spectrum, not a binary. Newton was into alchemy. Watson got into race pseudoscience. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_disease has a nice long list.