Who do you think is the most influential person in history?

[Alan McDougall]

Jesus.

There are many other lists, but they all differ , some placing Newton ahead of Jesus. the only cosistent thing about them is Muhammad , bless his soul is always first.

What does the forum think?




Muhammad
Jesus
Francis Bacon
Socrates
Isaac Newton
Leonardo da Vinci
Nicolaus Copernicus
Albert Einstein
Moses
Louis Pasteur
Nikola Tesla
Martin Luther

Abraham Lincoln
Euclid
Gregor Mendel
Alexander Graham Bell !
Simon Bolivar
Orville and Wilbur Wright
Archimedes

FROM HERE DOWN THE WATERS GET MUDDY

Alan

[majour ka]

In my life its been me 

[Steel Hawk]

Johannes Gutenberg

[Alan McDougall]

The first three must be

1) Jesus Christ
2) Isaac Newton
3) Muhammad


Build on that
Alan

[Stookie]

What is the most important piece in a 5000 piece jigsaw puzzle?

[Alan McDougall]

What is the most important piece in a 5000 piece jigsaw puzzle?

The one that grabs your eye, the one that makes you think,

[Steel Hawk]

Well, how are we able to determine who was the most influential, or for that matter how do we know of these people to begin with? What gives us that ability? Knowing they existed, or their works, and how is this done...

Writing mainly, sure certain oral histories can be passed down but then it's a case of operator where each new person hears a slightly different story, and at the end those people are just fictional characters.

Now writting is just symbols, unless you know how to read. Before the printing press most people were illiterate as books had to be copied via hand. The printing press made knowledge of these people available to everyday men, enabling them to learn to read and write, which in turn made common people aware of these various figures.

That's why I say Gutenberg 

[Alan McDougall]

Steel Hawk

Guttenburg is as good a candidate as any and the discoverer of printing press was immense. Bill gates and the discoverer of the internet are huge, but they do not yet fall into the category of historical persons

Take Care

Alan

[Stookie]

The one that grabs your eye, the one that makes you think,

Then.... Jimi Hendrix

[Alan McDougall]

Who???

[Stookie]

Jimi "the baddest & most influencial guitar player of all time" Hendrix:
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/photos/profile/jimi-hendrix.jpg

Here he's depicted in his true god-like form:
http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/152/ST3239~Jimi-Hendrix-Posters.jpg