OK, Newton's prediction is based on Biblical mumbo jumbo, which may be correct but it's not a pure math prediction, so Newton does not get the nod for that.  2060 is looking pretty good as an end date now though.

https://www.openculture.com/2015/10/in-1704-isaac-newton-predicts-the-world-will-end-in-2060.html

RE

Newton is a 'great man' to many.  He must have been a 'Jordan Peterson' of his day.  Many people hold certain people up to have extraordinary abilities.  It is a common derangement.  They wind up worshiping gurus.

I can't do it.  I always find flaws in gurus. Without any particular need or desire to do so I observe human inadequacy or thought, not as well developed as some of mine.  The absurdity of regarding someone as superior becomes apparent.

Bizzaro is how SUPERMEN appear in real life.  Full of contradictions that eclipse superior skills in particular areas.

Newton took the reality of the bible seriously and he was able to see 'flaws' that cause some to admire him.  Nothing wrong with that.  He used his mind.

But does the bible come from the hand of god or not?  In the 1700's an intelligent man might reach different conclusions than an intelligent man might reach now.  Lack of faith was a 'sin' in the 1700s'.  But many people now consider sin 'old school'.

Newton wore a meat package like the rest of us.

Taking the subject away from Newton, it seems many people have a need to follow others.  If there is anything wrong with it, the need for


(temperance) is obvious.  In excess, worship of the great man appears to be a perversion of normal social desires leading to mayhem.  The 'doom' community has many such people, and doom charlatans, many we have.  I could list one or two or three, but I see no benefit sending that information out to the universe.

Having a guru seems limiting to me.  Burn your biographies, Rewrite your history, light up your wildest dreams.  All that is impossible to someone who follows a leader.

Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes - 3 minutes long.

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