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-Or other extreme geniuses who never had time for women. Imagine if people like that just took a few minutes out of their lives to populate the earth.
zoobyshoe said:Like Michelangelo, they were deathly scared of women, never got the hang of talking to women, and thought women were alien life forms.
Michelangelo equated sex with death, sin, corruption. He also considered himself so ugly he didn't think any woman would want him. Newton probably never overcame his resentment of his mother for leaving him in foster care while she ran off to be with her new husband. He suspected most women were treacherous. Tesla had severe OCD and couldn't stand the sight of certain female ornaments like earrings and the buttons on their dresses. All were also obsessed with their work and never took a break long enough to get the hang of being social with women, which would have been a slow and arduous remedial endeavor in their cases.
Gnosis said:Talk about humorless responses.
Well, I'll get right on it, then.Gnosis said:Talk about humorless responses.
It's interesting you should raise this train of speculation because recently, when I was crawling on all fours through the streets of Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A, toward the mother of all strange deaths, I happened to consider that Edgar Allan Poe left no progeny, no child of his macabre loins, no spawn of his dark alcoholic meanderings in the gutters of that city, or any of the fine American cities he drank his way through, when, to my surprise, I encountered nothing less than the revenant of the great poe-et, himself, crawling in the other direction.Illuminerdi said:Imagine if people like that just took a few minutes out of their lives to populate the earth.
Illuminerdi said:-Or other extreme geniuses who never had time for women. Imagine if people like that just took a few minutes out of their lives to populate the earth.
Jack21222 said:They might not have had time to do all of the wonderful things they did in their respective fields if they were busy raising kids. Besides, the Earth is populated enough.
Just curious, why do you care whether or not long-dead strangers had kids?
How do you explain geniuses born of average parents and average people born of geniuses?Illuminerdi said:Eugenic fascination: In western societies, intelligent people are having less children on average and there are two very high profile examples of the most intelligent people having no children. Is Idiocracy true?
Evo said:How do you explain geniuses born of average parents and average people born of geniuses?
Sorry, but we aren't heading down that path.Illuminerdi said:I'm an xkcd fan, but eh—
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fertility_and_intelligence
Tesla and Newton are both famous scientists who made significant contributions to the fields of physics and mathematics. While they lived in different eras, both of their work laid the foundations for modern physics and continue to influence scientific discoveries today.
No, Tesla and Newton did not work together. Tesla lived in the 19th and early 20th century, while Newton lived in the 17th and 18th century. However, their work and theories have been studied and built upon by scientists throughout history.
Tesla and Newton were both revolutionary thinkers in their time and their work has had a significant impact on the scientific world. Tesla's inventions and discoveries in electricity, magnetism, and wireless communication paved the way for modern technology, while Newton's laws of motion and theory of gravity laid the foundation for modern physics and astronomy.
Tesla is known for his work on alternating current (AC) electricity, the Tesla coil, and the development of the radio. Newton is best known for his laws of motion and universal law of gravitation, which explained the movements of objects in the universe and laid the foundation for modern physics.
The work of Tesla and Newton has had a lasting impact on our daily lives. Many modern technologies, such as electricity, wireless communication, and space travel, are based on their theories and inventions. Their work also continues to be studied and built upon by scientists, leading to new discoveries and advancements in various fields.