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The Blind Skald
Knight at Arms
Merentha said:
And apparently you cant swing a bat without hitting someone with some genetic connection with Genghis.
Horny fellah.
Buxton said:
Erm, correct me if I'm wrong here but wasn't the golden age of Harlem and Jazz/blues in the 1920's, featuring quite prominent black musicians? I don't think Elvis was even born then.
Cirdan
Master Knight
Yeah, but it wasn't as popular as rock and roll and rather more frowned upon by your conservative granny. Guess why?
The only reason Elvis released any records at all was because the music industry was looking for a white man who could sing and dance like a black man. Elvis was the first they found, so he got catapulted to stardom.
The only reason Elvis released any records at all was because the music industry was looking for a white man who could sing and dance like a black man. Elvis was the first they found, so he got catapulted to stardom.
pentagathus
Baron
You got the male part right. I thinkAlfred said:Wow, I'm guessing you are a single male without any friends. XD Just kidding, mate. You really like fellow humans, do you?pentagathus said:
Is this for the world in general or specific parts of the world anyway?
QuailLover
Marquis
Cirdan said:
And because I'm related to him on my mom's side.
Sulibres
Squire
Steel said:
What?
Here's my five.
1. Zarathustra (Pioneered what could be considered to be the first monotheistic religion with the concept of "free will")
2. Gengis Khan (Possibly responsible for the development of trade links between the East and West)
3. Charles Darwin (Radically changed the thought of man on his origins)
4. Galileo (The world is round...)
5. George Orwell (Elevated political writing a new standard and influenced the way in which English is written with his six basic rules)
sum1won
Sergeant
I think that Louis Pasteur deserves to be in the top 3 of anybody's list.
Seriously- he accomplished some absurdly big advances in the fields of chemistry, medicine, and biology.
Much more so than Darwin, who's theory of evolution was a logical progression that was being written about by another at the same time.
Seriously- he accomplished some absurdly big advances in the fields of chemistry, medicine, and biology.
Much more so than Darwin, who's theory of evolution was a logical progression that was being written about by another at the same time.
sum1won said:
Darwins theory had far reaching consequences across the entire field of science and philosophy though, Pasteur didn't.
sum1won
Sergeant
Archonsod said:
I can't say that I agree entirely. While Darwin's theory had far reaching consequences in the sciences and philosophy, he wasn't the only one of his time coming up with that theory (see Alferd Russel Wallace). Pasteur made a number of his significant contributions alone (like discovering crystal chirality, which is vital to huge stretches of modern chemistry) - or was the only one to desicevely prove it, such as when he refuted spontaneous generation. Pasteur's were actually far more significant in the practical applications of science than Darwins- Darwin told us where we come from and why, but that affected people's lives more because of the philosophical aspects than the scientific applications.
Pasteur, on the other hand, basically opened up microbiology to the world by creating germtheory. BTW, apart from the loftier things this lead to, it also allowed for much larger brewing and fermenting enterprises.
After he more or less started the field of microbiology with several desicive proofs, he went on from there to bacteriology, (which is BIG in medicine, as you can imagine) and actually created some of the first systematic vaccines, though he fudged the notes on anthrax.
Anyways, sorry if I got a little overexcited/pushy. I just think that some historical figures are a lot more replaceable than others, you know?
No, but it was his theory that was adopted. I'd argue that in the present his theory has affected everything from archeology to astrophysics, genetics to geology. It's contribution to medicine alone are probably as important as Pasteur - without Darwin, you can say goodbye to our understanding of genetics, even germ theory itself utilises some of the core concepts of evolution.sum1won said:
Only one of them may have existed. All three lack anything in the way of objective evidence
Zalson
Sergeant
Archonsod said:Only one of them may have existed. All three lack anything in the way of objective evidence
I hope you (or Naridill) weren't being serious about Jesus not existing. That's probably the silliest thing I've read all day.
Tankai said:
Merentha said:
I'm gasping in incredulity. I mean, I guess it depends on what belief system you ascribe to but Jesus not doing anything? Being ignored until 250? Him not even existing?
There's some shoddy historicity at work here.
My four important people (because I don't want to keep procrastinating)
1. Jesus the Christ of Nazareth (That should indicate my feelings on the matter)
2. Muhammed
3. Charles Darwin
4. Gutenburg
Show one shred of evidence for his existence which doesn't depend on books written by 'God'Zalson said:
Zalson
Sergeant
Um. The Gospels were written by four men, so ... there's that. They were inspired men when they wrote, but they were still people. Even the Jesus Seminar people do confirm that Jesus was an actual person. Paul writes about him; the church father's write about him.
Josephus mentions him (although there are some obvious additions by Christian editors, later. It's quite interesting what they added to ). The Talmud mentions him (as a sorcerer and a conjurer, too, actually; this is important because it confirms he did miracles.)
Tacitus mentions him.
That's... pretty good for an otherwise anonymous rabbi who was executed three years into his ministry.
Josephus mentions him (although there are some obvious additions by Christian editors, later. It's quite interesting what they added to
). The Talmud mentions him (as a sorcerer and a conjurer, too, actually; this is important because it confirms he did miracles.) Tacitus mentions him.
That's... pretty good for an otherwise anonymous rabbi who was executed three years into his ministry.
Jason of Suburbia
Banned
Come on, how about buddha?
1. Jesus
2.Mohamad and buddha
3. I'd say hitler
4. Alexander the great
5. King Leonidas
1. Jesus
2.Mohamad and buddha
3. I'd say hitler
4. Alexander the great
5. King Leonidas