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I think Tesla. I want to ask him about a bunch of the rumors and conspiracy theories about him. I’m sure almost all of them are bogus, but I’d love to know.
My son picked Einstein. He’s curious what his last words were.
Feynman, mainly because he was an amazing professor and knows how to talk to people.
Einstein and Newton disliked people, so they would be terrible conversationslists outside their areas of expertise. I think that was true of Leonardo as well. Edison is also out because he was a dick.
I was going to say Feynman for the same reason. Outside his classes it sounds like the guy was a lot of fun to be around.
You could absolutely blow leonardo’s mind away with modern knowledge such as “washing hands before performing surgery is good actually”
Edison but instead of talking to him, I Rick Roll him for three hours.
Are they time traveling to see me, or am I time traveling to see them?
Because if it’s the latter, Hawking on June 28, 2009.
Was that his famous time travel party?
Yes. Would be rude to turn down an invitation.
Lol
I would need like a decade of prep to have any meaningful discussion with any of them 😅
See, I’d pick Feynman, and have him teach me bongos.
He’d teach you sex, the man was a walking hardon.
wanna see my large hardon collider mmmmm
“Hey, I just raised you from the dead to talk to you. Fuck your physics, who’s the smart one now, huh??”
I pick the tenth option: yo momma. Except we don’t talk.
Curie, obviously.
But from behind a lead lined window, please
Hmmm tough choice. I doubt I would be able to understand DaVinci or Newton. I would prefer to berate Edison. I wouldn’t want Curie to irradiate me. Tesla was awesome but kind of nutty. I didn’t know Enough about Bohr. So probably Feyman or Einstein. I read Feyman’s book so I think I would have a lot to talk about. But I think the win would go to Einstein for me. I just have to know how he came up with it all by just sort of thinking about it. I would hope he would have the best chance of explaining it in a way I could understand. Plus I speak German, so if all else fails we can just talk about spetzle.
None. I give my spot to someone who wouldn’t waste it.
I can’t speak on their level, and I’m okay with that. I’ve worked around some absolutely amazing geniuses in my career and I’m happy to be the worker bees in the arrangement. I’m no slouch, and I’ve done my own share of really cool stuff, but I wouldn’t waste such an opportunity on me.
Give it to the Steve Baumels, the Tomas Bartas and the Jeff Linds of the world, the unsung bright spots in our tech march forward.
I’ll save everyone a spot at lunch and try to get in on the group photo.
This was my first thought as well, sadly I’m probably not clever enough to fully appreciate and understand any of these people. If I’m not allowed to transfer my place then at least I can have some fun telling Da Vinci about planes and stuff
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Bohr, for sure.
I’ve read Feynman’s biography, which, for the record, I would not recommend to everyone.
But he’s witnessed Einstein and all of these early physics luminaries, and by his memorable account, everybody was in awe of Bohr, and Bohr only.
So I’d like to hear what the ruckus was about.Seems like it will be a one sided conversation. They’re all dead.
As a biologist, I’m offended that there isn’t Darwin, nor Mayr, nor Lesquereux, nor Jay Gould nor Margulis.
So I take Leonardo. I also like to draw and paint. I would like to say Marie, but unfortunately I’m not immune to radiation.
My first thought was Marie pre or post radiation?
Lol
Feel like I would just disappoint 3 different people. What a cruel thing to bring someone back from the dead for.
That’s why I went to have Feynman step in for me and I’ll just sit quietly in the corner listening
Edison. For 3 hours, in a padded room, where no-one can hear his screams.
The irony is at least three of these people would make you want to do this to them by the end while Edison was able to do what he did because he could hold a conversation
Very true.
