Greatest genius in history vote

[mitch]

Originally posted by SlowwHand
I don't understand why you put Jesus on the list. I don't think anyone ever called the man a genius, per se.

Bonaparte? Uh, no.

Darwin? Dawin has a theory. I have a theory. So what?

Just a theory, huh? What new theory have you come up with lately based on empirical evidence that has changed the way people view the world? And its funny you chose Einstein because all he had was 'just a theory' too, based on your logic.

Aristotle & Plato? Deep thinkers. I do that every morning.

Based upon your post I seriously doubt that.

Mozart, Shakespeare, and Da Vinci were gifted in the arts. I don't know about being greatest genius though
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Nikolai Tesla? We're getting a little closer.

Isaac Newton? Now this is tempting. Truly.

However, my choice from this list has to go to...Einstein.
Smart enough that no one can understand him, yet with the ability of SIMPLE logic that rivals that of the last pick, a monkey with a banana.

Maybe you should refresh your knowledge on da Vinci. One of the greatest in art, engineering, invention, and science ever. Now you could argue if this would make him the greatest genius, but he was a lot more than just a gifted artist.

[mitch]

Originally posted by Daz
Tesla pwnz Einstein. I mean, Einstein is just theory. Did these theories change the world? Not really.

yah they did

[Krill]

I Demand that Grog be put on the list

[Dis]

Originally posted by Ecthy
No moon landing or Hiroshima nuking without Einstein

we could have done well without those things. Neither were necessary.

[Ecthy]

I might agree as far as the moon landing is concerned

[Nordicvs]

The monkey for the win!

Anyway, depends upon what you consider a "genius" to be...

[Thedrin]

Darwin wasn't the only one to come up with the idea of Evolution. However, his prominence at the time that he published the idea gave it more acceptance. Prominence ~= genius.

E=mc^2 would have come about without Einstein. General Relativity is what he should be known for.

[Dis]

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=genius

[Jon Miller]

Originally posted by Ecthy
No moon landing or Hiroshima nuking without Einstein

umm... really?

JM

[Dauphin]

Originally posted by Thedrin
Darwin wasn't the only one to come up with the idea of Evolution. However, his prominence at the time that he published the idea gave it more acceptance. Prominence ~= genius.

E=mc^2 would have come about without Einstein. General Relativity is what he should be known for.

And yet, he got the Nobel Prize for....

[Ecthy]

Not for E=mc^2.

He got the nobel prize for quantum physics instead. Explaining the photoelectric effect to be precise.

[Dauphin]

Sorry, did you not get my post or were you clarifying for others that he got recognised for neither.

[Straybow]

No, it was that the Nobel for the year he published it was given to someone else. They later gave him the Nobel for his current work (photoelectric effect) because they can't award for past work. But everybody new it was really for relativity.

[Ecthy]

Don't they always award for past work?

[molly bloom]

Originally posted by Ecthy
Don't they always award for past work?

Not for Heisenberg- they weren't certain what to award it for to him.