lechepicha
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interesting , specially nowadays that there seems to be no geniuses...
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who is the greatest genius / mind in history ?
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I voted for William Shakespeare.
But anyone who invent time traveling would be a genius.
But anyone who invent time traveling would be a genius.
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The 1st one that sprung to mind was Einstein 
There's a little guy in a wheelchair named Hawking who might have something to say about that.
This is a good point, one in which I had when I first had when this thread first appeared. But I guess this is just like any other pulp contest that you would find on any website.
I would also advise you against giving lechepicha any new thread ideas.
Having studied them somewhat in depth, I have to say Mozart and Beethoven.
Mozart had two very rare abilities: a photographic memory and perfect pitch. Once, when he was 5 years old, he went with his family to church, where he heard a mass that he really liked. When he got home he sat down, after hearing the mass only once, and wrote it down note for note. That's all the choir parts and the soli. I don't know if you've ever tried taking musical dictation, but to write a single melodic line takes most skilled people 2 or 3 times to write. That's for one little 5-second snippet of a melody. This guy wrote down at least 20 minutes of music in full counterpoint.
Beethoven may not have had the natural genius that Mozart had, but he knew how to arrange music in ways that turned simple notes into masterpieces. Take a look at the ninth symphony. He takes his idea of brotherly love of mankind and turns it into what is possibly the greatest work ever written.
Other notable mentions in this category are Bach, who basically redefined counterpoint; Wagner, who redefined the opera, and Ockeghem, whose Missa Prolationum with its technical complexity continues to astonish composers more than 500 years after it was written.
The name STBNW comes to mind...
Mozart had two very rare abilities: a photographic memory and perfect pitch. Once, when he was 5 years old, he went with his family to church, where he heard a mass that he really liked. When he got home he sat down, after hearing the mass only once, and wrote it down note for note. That's all the choir parts and the soli. I don't know if you've ever tried taking musical dictation, but to write a single melodic line takes most skilled people 2 or 3 times to write. That's for one little 5-second snippet of a melody. This guy wrote down at least 20 minutes of music in full counterpoint.
Beethoven may not have had the natural genius that Mozart had, but he knew how to arrange music in ways that turned simple notes into masterpieces. Take a look at the ninth symphony. He takes his idea of brotherly love of mankind and turns it into what is possibly the greatest work ever written.
Other notable mentions in this category are Bach, who basically redefined counterpoint; Wagner, who redefined the opera, and Ockeghem, whose Missa Prolationum with its technical complexity continues to astonish composers more than 500 years after it was written.
I would also advise you against giving lechepicha any new thread ideas.
The name STBNW comes to mind...
I was watching film on Einstein last night and he turned the world on its head with his theories
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Tesla.
And Stalin. Why? Because.
And Stalin. Why? Because.
You need to keep this question within fields of expertise. Einstein couldn't have done his work without what Newton did before him (both geniuses though), however Beethoven and Mozart didn't have to build on the others work to do what they did, having said that how does one pick from a list like that.
I believe that Tesla and Hawking are glaring ommissions from your list (modern), and thank you for not trying to compile a list of all time genii, that would take some time to get through.
I believe that Tesla and Hawking are glaring ommissions from your list (modern), and thank you for not trying to compile a list of all time genii, that would take some time to get through.
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