Newton was far from perfect.  He was of course Master of the Mint when the Bank of England was chartered in 1692 and a card carrying Founding Father of he Illuminati.   As Christians go, he was something of a hypocrite since he was queer, not an acceptable sexual orientation by the Church of England in those years, though they were OK with divorce.  As mathematicians and astronomers go though, he was definitely a chart topper.

It is though a serious mistake to believe that just because someone shows brilliance in one area of human endeavor that it makes listening to that person pontificate about other things, he must automatically be equally brilliant and therefor paid attention to.  I think more often the exact opposite is true.  Brilliance in one area often leads to being intellectually stunted in other areas.

Regardless of this, the fact of the matter is the vast majority  of homo saps are followers, not leaders and they look to others who have achieved fame and notoriety for something as their gurus or political leaders.  Thus we get Actors and Pro Wrestlers and Basketball players for Presidents, Governors and Senators, respectively.  Nothing in our society impresses people more than being RICH, so no matter WTF a Billionaire says, he instantly gets media attention for saying it and has an instant group of followers and friends on social media numbering in the millions.  Given the only way to really get that rich is by stealing, paying workers as little as possible while charging customers as much as possible, it should be little wonder our civilization is on the verge of collapse.  Our Gurus are all Crooks!

So it goes.

RE