Tesla. Gotta know about the death ray.
Let's hear it, little lemmings.
Submitted 8 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 8 months ago
kinther@lemmy.world 8 months ago
He also had an earthquake machine iirc
yyprum@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
And the pidgeon too!
SwimmingInTheeStars@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Tell me more about this pigeon.
dihutenosa@piefed.social 8 months ago
AI deepfake? Meh.
djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 months ago
It’s definitely Newton for me, I wanna know how far he really got on the Philosopher’s Stone!
ZkhqrD5o@lemmy.world 8 months ago
“What did you do on Epstein Island, Steven?”
JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 8 months ago
Studied young black holes.
kureta@lemmy.ml 8 months ago
God dammit!
glowing_hans@sopuli.xyz 8 months ago
Leonard Euler. He invented the basis for all of their works, besides Newton and Leonardo I guess.
4grams@awful.systems 8 months ago
Xcellent choice, would be amazing, a perfect pick. I’d toss Riemann or Ramanujan into the mix if I could pick anyone and ignore the language barrier.
Echolynx@lemmy.zip 8 months ago
Didn’t Ramanujan write to a Cambridge professor? His English would be great. Colonial India—a lot of elites would’ve had knowledge of English.
alzymologist@sopuli.xyz 8 months ago
Newton to talk about philosophy Leonardo to talk about art Feynman to tell each other funny jokes about lock picking and messing with people; hate each other at approximately 2:15, not enough time for fist fight, ah well
Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Even putting aside the science, Einstein just seems like he was a really good dude. I feel like he’d be a chill person to hang with.
Crashumbc@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I’d almost be worried about being disappointed. He has been portrayed very favorably. Was he really like that though…
Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
He was an outspoken civil rights advocate, even back in the 1940s. Seems like a pretty rad dude to me.
FundMECFS@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
Yes exactly. Plus he was literally a socialist. I think I’d enjoy chatting with him the most.
halvar@lemy.lol 8 months ago
from a scientist’s point of view i’m not sure, but if i wanted to make a lot of money then definetly edison
alzymologist@sopuli.xyz 8 months ago
nah he is just a lucky slop
frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 months ago
Feynman, over a beer, at a strip club.
Dicska@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I’ll be the dancer. Just make sure I can hear your conversation.
Jarix@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Can I be the bartender also in earshot?
kometes@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Dick and I are heading to the strip club!
HiobsTriops@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Hawking was probably way more familiar with the works, achievements and maybe even personal anecdotes of everyone in this post than I could ever hope to be. Thus, sitting down with him feels like the best deal.
lunarul@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Exactly what I was thinking. Plus he seemed to have a good sense of humor too. But on the other hand, it would take him much longer to respond to questions on the spot (usually he’d prepare answers ahead of time for interviews and such).
ohulancutash@feddit.uk 7 months ago
He had a good sense of humour when it was about how great he was. A bit of a notorious asshole in other regards.
cynar@lemmy.world 8 months ago
He could give lectures, but the computer massively slowed conversations. He also apparently had a bit of a temper. Some of his colleagues took to wearing steel toe cap shoes because of him (electric wheelchairs are heavy).
fckreddit@lemmy.ml 8 months ago
Leonhard Euler, without a doubt.
Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
Ask him to help you move a sofa.
Eiri@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
Curie looks tired. If I’m gonna embarrass myself with anyone anyway, I’ll invite her and we’ll have a relaxing cup of herb tea at least.
Maeve@kbin.earth 8 months ago
Tesla. I feel there's so much we don't know, let alone understand, about his ideas. Have we overly sane/crazy washed him?
cynar@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Apparently he didn’t trust patents etc. He would come up with fanciful ideas, that sounded vaguely plausible, as cover for what he was actually working on.
At this point picking apart the Good, the bad and the cover is an …interesting exercise.
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 7 months ago
i feel like the covers have ended up like star trek tech, made up nonsense but it gave people ideas that turned out to be good
Maeve@kbin.earth 8 months ago
Look what Edison did. I don't blame him for not trusting how the business world works.
ClathrateG@hexbear.net 8 months ago
coo coo
genau@europe.pub 8 months ago
He was probably a bit crazy.
bigfondue@lemmy.world 8 months ago
True, but probably more interesting than Newton, who would just keep talking about god the whole time.
huf@hexbear.net 8 months ago
both, i think
antsu@lemmy.wtf 8 months ago
Can I pick 2 and have them talk to each other instead? Would love to watch Hawking get Newton up to speed on some stuff.
zakobjoa@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Marie Curie three times and Imma sit real close to her so I can check out early and miss a whole lot of what’s currently going on.
whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
“I have spare pockets if you want me to help carry your tubes”
alzymologist@sopuli.xyz 8 months ago
sounds like 10/10 workplace harassment
DaddleDew@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Probably Edison but only to tell him how much of a fuckhead he will be remembered as.
unconsequential@slrpnk.net 8 months ago
Hedy Lamar and Mileva Marić-Einstein
ThatGuy46475@lemmy.world 8 months ago
To make it fair you should get extra time with hawking
Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 8 months ago
To ask him what he saw on the island
anomnom@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
I am by no means excusing anything. In fact, Feynman, Einstein and Edison have their issues too.
Bohr, was Dutch…
Leonardo was left handed?
Anyway Marie Curie would be at least as interesting to talk to as any of them, just maybe bring personal dosimeter for peace of mind.