Medawar's Law Expanded!

 Medawar's Law (henceforth, "Medawar's First Law" after Asimov) is:

"There is no crime that a property developer won't commit."

The Biblical inspiration for this lay in the story of Queen Jezebel's web of fraud, theft, perjury, idolatry and murder all centering around her plot to obtain her neighbour's winery and vineyard for one of her husband's development schemes. 

(This tale is being replayed almost to the letter in the quiet Central Texas town of Fredericksburg in the present day. Probably also in various parts of rural Kentucky and in Tempsford, North Bedfordshire.)

After more than a decade of quiet contemplation, Medawar has decided to add another two laws, which will probably be sufficient.

One of the given wisdoms is that "those whom the (Greek) gods wish to destroy, they first make mad." But Medawar would offer the following two:

(Medawar's law of think-tanks, which is his Second Law)

When the Lord God Almighty wishes to destroy a politician, He allows Satan to introduce the politician to a well-funded think-tank bursting with attractive-looking bad ideas.

And

(Medawar's law of intellectual elites, his Third Law)

When the Lord God Almighty wishes the destruction of a scientist, Satan will appear to invite the scientist to join a club, policy group or other form of secret society open only to "The most brilliant minds."