Nazi Germany? IMO, mad scientists aren't just fiction, but they aren't equivalent to their fictional counterparts either. There may be no such thing as a maverick mad scientist who can build a death ray all by himself, but there must be teams of scientists who are indoctrinated into 'craziness' by their environments.
But even then, I'm sure that they're more human and less remarkable than their fictional counterparts. So much less remarkable that you could argue that they aren't really 'mad' scientists.
Are there any real "mad scientists" these days?
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Nazi Germany? IMO, mad scientists aren't just fiction, but they aren't equivalent to their fictional counterparts either. There may be no such thing as a maverick mad scientist who can build a death ray all by himself, but there must be teams of scientists who are indoctrinated into 'craziness' by their environments.
But even then, I'm sure that they're more human and less remarkable than their fictional counterparts. So much less remarkable that you could argue that they aren't really 'mad' scientists.
Its all just words; stigmas; semantics.