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What men does /sci/ think will live the longest in history?

I think

Cæsar
Einstein
Hitler (not sure though, might disappear like any other tyrant)
Jesus
Physics kid

Any more?

>> No.2925469

Physics kid?


If serious: Isaac Newton. At least in the scientific world. And Einstein. And Maxwell.

And pretty much all scientists with equations and rules named after them, to be honest.

>> No.2925477
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2925477

You just know in 4000AD we're gonna have Saganism.

>> No.2925486

>>2925469
Getting an equation named after you doesn't mean you actually get remembered.
Tell us what you know about:
Zorn
Runge
Raabe
Parseval

>> No.2925496

>Jesus

Not certain if factual. Try Mohammed.

Captcha: tancin Historical

>> No.2925509

who the fucks physics kid?

>> No.2925524

It's Hitler by a long shot. Inventors and scientists really have to be incredible to be remembered at all. Even the inventors of things like the jet engine, the railyway, the internal combustion engine aren't remembered by many.

Everyone knows who Hitler is. Practically every adult, anyway. And they know why he is famous. Do the same for Frank Whittle, Brunel or even Einstein and you won't get the same results.

>> No.2925525

>>2925509
I'm guessing the faggot writing on windows.. Which would make OP a troll, now wouldn't it?

>> No.2925533

euler

>> No.2925534

Hitler because Kaiser = Caeser

>> No.2925546

>Implying that anyone will actually be "forgotten' given how ubiquitous and precise record keeping has become.

>> No.2925598

>>2925546
I'm not talking about forgotten in human records. I'm talking about in general knowledge of the man in question.
Pretty much everyone knows who Caesar was, and pretty much everyone knows who Einstein was and the same with Hitler.

>> No.2925606

Caesar

>> No.2925622

I'm thinking, why isn't Alexander the Great more famous than Cæsar? Alexander had a ton more of militant knowledge than Cæsar as Cæsar's success was mainly thanks to his troops' superiority.
Alexander completely changed Asia near back then, his cultural impact was phenomenal.

Is it because Macedon was a small state and the Roman Empire was well... The Roman Empire?

>> No.2925624

as long as they don't nuke rome caesar will be remembered. hitler is only as memorable as pol pot, though he's important to the western narrative but won't be after cold war II

>> No.2925632

>>2925622
Roman Empire lasted a thousand years and had a proper civilisations, actually benefitin citizens

>> No.2925635

>>2925486
more people will remember those than your granpa

>> No.2925651

Depends on what "live longest in history" means.

>> No.2925658

Billy Corgan

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2925678

>>2925622

Caesar is not remembered just for being a military leader. He's remembered as an archetype of ambition and for the man betrayed by a friend and protege, and for breaking the Republic and leading to the Empire.

I still don't think the answer is Caesar, though, since there are people older than Caesar who won't be forgotten either.

>> No.2925683

Hitler for sure, and I'd also include Napoleon, Stalin, and, since we can count Jesus, Mohammed.

>> No.2925694

all of them except physics kid and jesus

>> No.2925705

>>2925651
Being generally known by the public for the longest time. Jesus already has a 2000 year headstart on Einstein and Hitler.

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2925718

Ozymandias, King of Kings

>> No.2925722

Jesus. Holey hands down.

>> No.2925739

>>2925705

So what counts as "generally known?" The average guy on the street barely knows who the current President is.

>> No.2925743

>>2925718
People I'm not asking for our oldest figure in history records, but I'm asking for what man you think will be known by the general public for the longest time.

>> No.2925752

>>2925743
Then the answer is Jesus. Christianity is never going to die.

>> No.2925774

>>2925752
FUUUUUUUUU

I rage#d cause i know it to be true.

>> No.2925782

>>2925743

Ozymandias is not the oldest figure in historical records. Not by thousands of years. But "Ramses II was an Egyptian pharoah" is common knowledge, and so he's got about a 1300 year head start on Jesus already.

>> No.2925788

>>2925774

You were molested by a priest I take it.