By way of contrast, Edward Teller, who testified against Oppenheimer at his closed doors hearing in 1954, was spurned by many within the American scientific community for decades to come.
That she had done a grievous thing in taking an impressionable child to mould into the form that her wild resentment, spurned affection, and wounded pride found vengeance in, I knew full well.
Arriving in Washington with the same sort of desire and energy to contribute, though, she'd been roundly spurned, pilloried for taking on a policy role in the White House's work on health-care reform.
Who would have thought that the gutter oil, which was once reviled by everyone, has now become a highly sought-after " treasure" , and some people even advocate including it in the national strategic resources.
It's like a Jesus-style myth where Satoshi sacrificed himself or herself by leaving the project and spurning the immense wealth that Satoshi had accumulated, right about a million coins. So what is that, $20bn?
" Well, yes, " she added more hopefully, " I have been thinking that you might get on as a schoolmaster, and rise that way, since you really are determined to hate the course you were pursuing."