The most significant Genius in History

[Neferti]

Nikola Tesla. This guy was a real Genius... got screwd but changed the world.

You think you’d know his name. Every time you switch on a light or turn on your radio, you are benefiting from the labors of his brilliant mind. His contributions are as far reaching as those of Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton, or even his nemesis Tom Edison, yet few know his name.

Nikola Tesla.

Tesla was a lifelong inventor who wanted nothing but to uplift the condition of humanity, yet was, in the end, rewarded with obscurity.

He died in a motel room; penniless and largely forgotten in 1946, at the age of 86.

His inventions include:
•AC electricity
•Neon lights
•Radio transmission
•The electric motor
•Remote control
•Hydraulics
•Basic laser and radar technology
•X-rays
•Cellular technology
•Star Wars tactical warfare and space weapons
•Robotics, and much, much more

All over 100 years ago!

Tesla’s greatest invention also became his downfall. He claimed to have invented a way to harness free energy from the voltage difference in the ionosphere that causes lightning, which made him a threat to the world energy economy.

Immediately after his death, most of his inventions were classified for national security reasons by the U.S. government. Many of his discoveries in physics have never been released to the public.

Tesla was a mystic who wrote and recited poetry, and spoke 6 languages. Yet he battled hallucinogenic episodes daily, and suffered from various compulsions and phobias. Perhaps a perfect example of how closely related madness and genius can be, if there ever was one.

[Lazy Susan]

"I drink chocolate milk from a cow I built"

[Super Nova]

I think the most significant Genius in History... now I have thought about it was the dude that:

- Woke up one morning and looked up at the sun and saw the flowers open and move to follow the sun.
- Concluded that they are worshiping the sun.
- Saw the whole world appear to be worshipping the sun.
- Concluded it was god and invented the notion of a god.
- Convinced everyone there was a god.
- Convinced everyone he/she had special understanding or contact with the Gods or god.
- Used this to have political influence over his/her tribe.
- Began the building of more complex society due the invention of religion.
- This lead to religion being the corner stone of modern human societies (made the rule, set the laws, granted power... sucked in the masses to comply... gave them someone to pray to when no-one would or could influence their shitting little lives.

Yep, the dude that invent the concept of god get my vote... the arsehole.

[Neferti]

I don't get it. SN.

[Super Nova]

I don't get it. SN.

At some point in pre-history a human had to have been the first to have thought to explain why... why do i exist... why do the plans grow.... why does the sun rise....etc.

That though and question led to an explaination.... there must be a great powerful inteligence that control the world.

That was the beginning of a man created god.

On sharing this will others it got a following.

Fear of gods wrath and someone claiming to be a respresentative of god on earth took power.

That led to control over the people. Organised religion was formed.

This led to rules.

Society formed.

the rest is histroy.

The first person to have thought of god... created god was very significant in the history of the world.

I think his name was Fred. Fred is responsible for all we have today.

[Super Nova]

Epicurus is worth a mention here.
- Creating the scientific method
- Realising god is full of shit

Prefiguring science and ethics

Epicurus is a key figure in the development of science and the scientific method because of his insistence that nothing should be believed, except that which was tested through direct observation and logical deduction. Many of his ideas about nature and physics presaged important scientific concepts of our time. He was a key figure in the Axial Age, the period from 800 BCE to 200 BCE, during which similarly revolutionary thinking appeared in China, India, Iran, the Near East, and Ancient Greece. His statement of the Ethic of Reciprocity as the foundation of ethics is the earliest in Ancient Greece, and he differs from the formulation of utilitarianism by Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill by emphasizing the minimization of harm to oneself and others as the way to maximize happiness.

Epicurus's teachings represented a departure from the other major Greek thinkers of his period, and before, but was nevertheless founded on many of the same principles as Democritus. Like Democritus, he was an atomist, believing that the fundamental constituents of the world were indivisible little bits of matter (atoms, Greek atomos, indivisible) flying through empty space (kenos). Everything that occurs is the result of the atoms colliding, rebounding, and becoming entangled with one another, with no purpose or plan behind their motions. (Compare this with the modern study of particle physics.) His theory differs from the earlier atomism of Democritus because he admits that atoms do not always follow straight lines but their direction of motion may occasionally exhibit a 'swerve' (clinamen). This allowed him to avoid the determinism implicit in the earlier atomism and to affirm free will.[8] (Compare this with the modern theory of quantum physics, which postulates a non-deterministic random motion of fundamental particles, which do not swerve absent an external force; randomness originates in interaction of particles in incompatible eigenstates.)

He regularly admitted women and slaves into his school and was one of the first Greeks to break from the god-fearing and god-worshipping tradition common at the time, even while affirming that religious activities are useful as a way to contemplate the gods and to use them as an example of the pleasant life. Epicurus participated in the activities of traditional Greek religion, but taught that one should avoid holding false opinions about the gods. The gods are immortal and blessed and men who ascribe any additional qualities that are alien to immortality and blessedness are, according to Epicurus, impious. The gods do not punish the bad and reward the good as the common man believes. The opinion of the crowd is, Epicurus claims, that the gods "send great evils to the wicked and great blessings to the righteous who model themselves after the gods," whereas Epicurus believes the gods, in reality, do not concern themselves at all with human beings.

It is not the man who denies the gods worshipped by the multitude, who is impious, but he who affirms of the gods what the multitude believes about them.[9]

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epicurus