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Ten Of The Best And Worst People Ever
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 1329312:MV8xOTA2MzVfMjU1NTEwODZfOUIxQzQ3Q0M=] [quote:Anonymous Coward 787970] Oh, good grief. How can you POSSIBLY leave Nikola Tesla off the good guy list? [/quote] +1! [/quote]
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The Scales of Good and Evil
Cliff Pickover
Below is a list of the "Top Ten" evil people of all time followed by a list of the "Top Ten" good people of all time -- sorted in order of evilness and goodness. Please add your votes. Who would you like to see added to the list? What alterations would you make to the list or the ordering? Do the scales of good and evil balance? If I may have permission to quote you in a manuscript, please give permission in your note to me.
Why is it easier to think of evil examples than good ones? Is it much easier to do something big and bad than it is to do something big and good?
Developing this list was not an easy task due to the complexity of human personalities and the fact that goodness and evilness depend on the perspective of the time. (For example, perhaps many Americans consider dropping the bomb on Hiroshima "good" whereas many Japanese consider it "evil.") On the evilness scale, I gave additional weight to those people who actually enjoyed and personally participated in the utter horror they produced. When compiling the good list, I also considered the number of people killed by the followers of the "good" person during the person's life time.
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