Comment by jedermann on The Halo Effect · 2008-12-03T22:57:32.000Z · LW · GW

"You should be suspicious if the people you know seem to separate too cleanly into devils and angels."

The halo effect perhaps provides a better explanation for the apparent insistence on Hitler's weird sex life:

http://www.slate.com/id/2205359/pagenum/all/

(from post on NYT ideas blog)