Linus Pauling, the "praised" American scientist is truly stupid. He proposed the structure of DNA to be a triple helix with the negatively charged phosphate molecules in the center. Obviously, someone skipped a class of chemistry, and forgot that molecules of the same charge repel, which would make the structure fall apart instantly. Pauling somehow never realized that and failed in this attempt. As the picture indicates, Linus Pauling obviously had a few loose screws...