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08-04-2004, 03:49 PM
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Genius
When you think of the word "genius", which 1 person pops to mind?
For me, Albert Einstein is synonymous with genius
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08-04-2004, 03:56 PM
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Agreed albert einstein amongst others....
If i was going to pick one person currently alive to be called a genius it would have be Stephen Hawking. I just finished reading his book "The universe in a nutshell" and am currently reading "A Breif history of time" - great books, id recommend them to anyone.
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08-04-2004, 04:19 PM
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speaking of Stephen Hawking i read a couple of weeks ago that one of his theroies was proven wrong... the one about how objects that enter a black hole are gone forever....
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08-04-2004, 04:34 PM
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I'd like to read that article if possible?? I don't think they would've proved that wrong because it is generally agreed amongst the scientific wolrd that time stops for any object entering a black hole once it passes the black holes event horizon because the strength of gravity is so great.
There's more complicated parts to his theories which i think would be the more likely to be disputed.
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08-04-2004, 04:59 PM
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My gf first, then me. :fadein: Da Vinci, Escher, Michealangelo, Gaudy, Dali, Beethoven and Mozart.  Well there's many, many more. 
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08-04-2004, 05:50 PM
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Originally Posted by toronto
speaking of Stephen Hawking i read a couple of weeks ago that one of his theroies was proven wrong... the one about how objects that enter a black hole are gone forever....
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He said it was wrong. Nobody proved it.
Albert Einstein wasn't that great. He stole most of the ideas from his wife, and from the patent office he used to work at. When I think of genius I think of myself. 
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08-04-2004, 06:48 PM
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Richard Feynman pops into my head first and foremost
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08-04-2004, 07:04 PM
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I think Leonardo Da Vinci was the greatest genius.
I've read a lot on this guy and he was waaaaaaay ahead of his time. The Vatican was constantly on his ass (not only because he was homosexual) since he possessed secret knowledge that was dangerous to the power structure of the church in those days. Luckily, he managed to keep his head off the chopping-block because he did a lot of art for them and was also protected by powerful lords like the De Medici's.
I can talk for hours about this guy! You should read the Turin Shroud by Picknett & Prince. It'll blow your mind.
Guys like Charles Hapgood, Graham Hancock, Colin Wilson and Rand Flem-auth I wouldn't directly call geniuses, but they are real free thinkers. I love their work.
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08-04-2004, 08:56 PM
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To be honest, i can't call engineers, musicians, artists etc genius'. To me the people at the forefront of science should be classed as genius', it's the way they come up with these theories from almost nothing its just beyond belief. Plus they are the ones that change history and effect our every day lives even tho we don't know it half the time.
My list of genius (some less so than others):
Aristotle
Nicholas Copernicus
Charles Darwin
Albert Einstein
Richard Feynmann (as someone has already said)
Galilei Galileo
Issac Newton
Stephen Hawking
Werner Heisenberg
Edwin Hubble
Johannes Kepler
Wolfgang Pauli
Most of which have all been awarded nobel prizes
The thing about einstein and his wife - its an old wifes tale, lol pardon the pun
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08-04-2004, 09:48 PM
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The thing about einstein and his wife - its an old wifes tale, lol pardon the pun
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Not true. It has been proven.
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08-04-2004, 10:02 PM
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Originally Posted by BADMIHAI
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The thing about einstein and his wife - its an old wifes tale, lol pardon the pun
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Not true. It has been proven. |
I'd like to see the proof of that. Einstein had a keenly intellectual mind and wasn't a bad violinist to boot. He couldn't have stolen THAT from his wife.
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08-05-2004, 12:35 AM
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The dude that invented chex mix and lcuky charms. O and cheese cake!
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08-05-2004, 12:37 AM
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I like to think of the great generals that bombed. butchered and otherwise altered history in fantastical ways as the great genii of the past...
In modern times, Bill Gates jumps to fore in a big way.
I mean come one... without "saving humanity" or even producing a decent product, this bloke has gone on to accumulate and then disperse the greatest fortune any individual has in history.
Most of the intellectuals listed were/are pompous blowhards that have really done no more than further their own agendas..
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08-05-2004, 02:27 AM
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Most of the intellectuals listed were/are pompous blowhards that have really done no more than further their own agendas..
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I beg to differ, at least Feynman was able to figure out what happened in the Challenger catastrophe when nobody else could. His work in physics was revolutionary as well, and he played a rather important role in the shaping of the atomic bomb while he was working at Los Alamos on the Manhattan Project.
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08-05-2004, 02:59 AM
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Originally Posted by RC45
In modern times, Bill Gates jumps to fore in a big way.
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Bill Gates stole everything from mac, and that computer club in cali.. it would be nothing if it wasn't for those other guys
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