Good candidate, but without Einstein, Petrov probably wouldn't have had to do

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Oct 14, 2024
4:01:57pm

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Good candidate, but without Einstein, Petrov probably wouldn't have had to do

what he did. Possibly also without Karl Marx.

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POLL: Excluding religious/scriptural figures, which single person do you think most affected the course of world history, for better or for worse?

Japan Coug

2:27pm

Anthony Stephen Fauci

materialized

2:32pm

I mean, for some, he's a religious figure.

Courtimedes

2:34pm

Yeah, there are some who see him as a sort of modern Lucifer, or maybe Judas.

Japan Coug

2:46pm

Huh- I was thinking far more of those with votive candles to him.

Courtimedes

2:59pm

More than Colombus, Hitler, or Washington?

vagabonder

2:57pm

Obviously not. OP is just being silly, and political.

Japan Coug

3:56pm

His impact is negligible compared to the other options. If you're going with the

MaximusMeridius

3:12pm

Johannes Gutenberg

Tare

2:33pm

Some philosophers have said that evolution by natural selection is the greatest

Undefeated

2:35pm

Is Caesar technically scriptural?

bruincoug

2:36pm

Not Julius, surely. Augustus.

Courtimedes

2:40pm

No, definitely historical. He died in 44 BC. The Caesar mentioned in the

Japan Coug

2:44pm

Steve Jobs!

Endocoug

2:42pm

RE: Steve Jobs!

2:52pm

In terms of a greater effect, Sir Isaac Newton more than Albert Einstein. No

RedHeadedStranger

2:44pm

My answer comes down to 1 action.

TailgateU

2:47pm

Thomas Edison, The light bulb transformed how we do things, transformed

3:07pm

How many were killed trying to implement Marx's ideology?

Spiff

3:07pm

Reminds me of this meme:

Courtimedes

3:13pm

Stanislav Petrov - Disobeyed orders and prevented nuclear war.

3:09pm

I hadn't heard of this.

Undefeated

3:28pm

Good candidate, but without Einstein, Petrov probably wouldn't have had to do

Japan Coug

4:01pm

Ignaz Semmelweis or Alexander Fleming

orangepitbull

3:26pm

Poor Semmelweis.

Courtimedes

5:28pm

Are we counting the numbers of people inheriting DNA from said person?

4:12pm

Lavell Edwards?

5:53pm

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