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Feynman, mainly because he was an amazing professor and knows how to talk to people.
Einstein and Newton disliked people, so they would be terrible conversationslists outside their areas of expertise. I think that was true of Leonardo as well. Edison is also out because he was a dick.
Yeah I was just reading a book that mentioned something Feynman said and it’s something I feel is true for me as well.
Don’t remember word for word but it was something like “Any subject is interesting if you look deep enough.”
I feel like Feynman and I could have a riveting conversation about knitting for 3 hours even though neither of us are passionate about it.
Those are the people I want to talk to.
Interesting that he supposedly said that, given how much he dunks on philosophers.
I was going to say Feynman for the same reason. Outside his classes it sounds like the guy was a lot of fun to be around.
einstein was an outspoken socialist though, so he clearly liked people on some level
Feynman’s way overrated, though. Sure, he was a smart enough guy to land a job on Manhattan project and university prof afterwards, but the only reason people know him are the books written by batshit crazy groupies (he didn’t write any) and based on his elderly ramblings, so none of the stories in those are even remotely true.
While not exactly on par with Einstein, Newton or Tesla, he did win a Nobel prize and is considered a luminary quantum physicist.
Edison but instead of talking to him, I Rick Roll him for three hours.
I would need like a decade of prep to have any meaningful discussion with any of them 😅
See, I’d pick Feynman, and have him teach me bongos.
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.
“I have spare pockets if you want me to help carry your tubes”
sounds like 10/10 workplace harassment
Tesla. I feel there’s so much we don’t know, let alone understand, about his ideas. Have we overly sane/crazy washed him?
He was probably a bit crazy.
Einstein.
He was a generally great guy and had very progressive social views, so it would be fun to talk to him about the current state of the world.
Also a lot of his theories around relativity and theories of quantum physics have been proven recently. It would be amazing to see his mind be blown when he realises both sides were right and what that means for how a theory of everything needs to look like.
To say he was a generally great guy really overlooks how awful he was to women. He was no doubt brilliant, but he had some very serious character flaws. And unfortunately, he had an echo chamber of peers and a rockstar celebrity status that only worked to reinforce his shitty behavior and backwards views. It’s not super uncommon for brilliant people to be absolutely nightmares on a personal level. Imagine being an absolutely brilliant scientist that gets married only to be completely forbidden from science and the things you love, and then reduced to being a maid for a madman with tons of insanely particular demands.
Are they time traveling to see me, or am I time traveling to see them?
Because if it’s the latter, Hawking on June 28, 2009.
Was that his famous time travel party?
Yes. Would be rude to turn down an invitation.
“So, did you ever have any plans to build that helicopter thing you drew?”
“Chi sei? Dove sono? Come sono arrivato qui?”
“Sorry, what?”
You could use a phone to translate what people who speak in modern languages are saying, but I don’t know how well it would translate to and from 15th century Italian.
my hovercraft is full of eels
“hovercraft for fishing? i must see this!”
Feynman, over a beer, at a strip club.
Alan Turing, the father of modern computer science. I’d also probably s his d because he’s technically a dilf. 🫦
Seeing your answer made me go "oh damn, yeah, I can’t believe I didn’t say Turing in my answer (I chose Einstein), because he would definitely be my choice. I must’ve missed that he was on there. After going back up to check the image, I conclude that you cheated, because Turing wasn’t an option :P
I’ll allow it though, because it’s a good answer
Edison. For 3 hours, in a padded room, where no-one can hear his screams.
The irony is at least three of these people would make you want to do this to them by the end while Edison was able to do what he did because he could hold a conversation
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.
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).
To make it fair you should get extra time with hawking
To ask him what he saw on the island
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.
Feynman. Dude must have some crazy stories. Seriously, who cares about science?
Have you ever read his non science books like Surely You’re Joking Mr Feinman? They’re fun.
I’d let DaVinci hit my vape
I’d share a blunt with Sagan.
With how blitzed he always seemed, I don’t know that any mere mortal could handle what he was rolling…
But also, me too
