the meta-issue here being: no heroes.

If we look at the majority of "great" scientists, they turn out to be (aside from white men) bad people.

- Feynman a misogynist (at the mildest definition of his actions)
- Fermi made plans to radioactively poison German civilians
- Fisher a racist and eugenicist (oh and he also didn't think smoking was bad for you)
- ... the list goes on

Glorifying and mythologizing scientists leads to intellectual blind spots where folks don't think critically about the other things those individuals did.

It also doesn't **add** anything to science by doing so. The "cute" stories in Feynman's books about him peeing upside-down, bongo drumming etc, aren't even really interesting, next time you hear one have a think about how you'd feel if it was told about someone you did yr undergrad with (insufferable roommate vibes).