Используя базу из 280 биографий великих учёных, новозеландский психолог пришёл к выводу, что женитьба и дети практически мгновенно «отключают» творческий гений. Несколько забавных мыслей высказали в слэшдотовском обсуждении на эту тему.
Man, before I was all 'boyfriend' I was such a fun-loving punk-assed drunk of a geek, and it was FUN! I'd pop pills and drink all the time and geek for days on end. I learned so much back then, it would take me a decade to learn now what took only two years when I had that sort of... un-focus in my life.
Every engineer should have both a wife and a mistress. You tell your wife you're spending the night with your mistress, and your mistress you're spending the night with your wife, so you can finally spend enough time in the lab to do some useful work!
To quote Victor Hugo the morning after sleeping with his mistress: «France lost a great novel last night.»
Incidentally, Newton was a celibate. Amazing what a man can achieve when he takes his mind off sex, and unfortunately he's the model of a true geek: forever single.Написал kappa в 14.07.03 13:49