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Who is/was the most important person ever?

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waltzingparrot · 13/07/2023 14:18

Just listened to an interview and a 'name' was suggested as being the most important person ever in our planet's history.

If you had to name one person as being the most important, who would it be?

Presumably without what they invented/did/said, our life today would be unrecognisable.

I immediately have a list of a dozen or so really important people throughout history, but I don't know how to rank them and come up with a no 1.

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Mehoreyoung · 14/06/2024 19:15

@AllProperTeaIsTheft never heard of her 😂

bozzabollix · 14/06/2024 19:18

Fizzadora · 13/07/2023 20:58

Alexander Fleming. Life on earth would probably be well on the way to being wiped out by now if he hadn't discovered penicillin. There's still a bit of time though if we don't find some other way to do it first.

I’d agree with that one.

Mehoreyoung · 14/06/2024 19:18

@ErrolTheDragon ha ha ,just watching a drag act granny 😂😂

SummerFeverVenice · 14/06/2024 19:19

That would be me, I am #1

Mehoreyoung · 14/06/2024 19:24

@JeandeServiette I've been laughing for years at 😂😂

taxguru · 14/06/2024 19:34

illiterato · 13/07/2023 21:10

The problem with all inventors is that however important the invention, they rarely worked in a vacuum so if they hadn’t done it, someone else probably would have in most cases and probably within a time scale that wouldn’t have made a huge difference to the path of humanity.

I have to agree with that. A lot of the time, the "inventors" were working with other people and collaborating, so, yes, if one particular person hadn't invented xyz then someone else would have done pretty soon after!

Mehoreyoung · 14/06/2024 19:36

I see some on here are ripping it about jesus ,not a good idea as there's prob a angry bird lurking around ,there normally is on these sites

ErrolTheDragon · 14/06/2024 19:39

Mehoreyoung · 14/06/2024 19:18

@ErrolTheDragon ha ha ,just watching a drag act granny 😂😂

What on earth are you on about? Confused

taxguru · 14/06/2024 19:41

DuesToTheDirt · 14/07/2023 15:43

I agree with PPs who say that, for inventions, someone else would generally have come up with the same thing. Most inventions don't come out of nowhere - they are a product of their time and culture, as well as of the individual inventor. If Oppenheimer hadn't done it, someone else would have.

Not to mention the professors who tutored and advised Openheimer, such as the nobel prize winning Physicist, Max Born who worked with Einstein and, as an aside, was Olivia Newton John's grandfather!

Mehoreyoung · 14/06/2024 19:47

@ErrolTheDragon 😂😂

ErrolTheDragon · 14/06/2024 19:50

Please don't @ me with meaningless junk.

Mehoreyoung · 14/06/2024 19:51

@ErrolTheDragon 😂😂

Mehoreyoung · 14/06/2024 19:52

Oops ,angry bird a board 😂

TwoLeftSocksWithHoles · 14/06/2024 19:54

@waltzingparrot

'Presumably without what they invented/did/said, our life today would be unrecognisable.'

On this basis, Lucifer. As without him/her we wouldn't have any evil. Discuss.

Mehoreyoung · 14/06/2024 19:55

@ErrolTheDragon DW about it I've been spammed with junk for years just bin it 😂

sweetnessandlighter · 14/06/2024 19:59

Warmhandscoldheart · 13/07/2023 20:28

Florence Nightingale
She recognised the need for hygienic and sanitary conditions to be improved within hospitals to reduce infections and mortality rates.
She encouraged women to learn with the chance to enhance their knowledge and gain a profession in nursing.

Mary Seacole was a far more impressive figure IMO.

Mehoreyoung · 14/06/2024 20:02

flo definitely known for her sanitary

Mehoreyoung · 14/06/2024 20:05

@TwoLeftSocksWithHoles better sew them up then 😂

JaneJeffer · 14/06/2024 20:17

Kim Kardashian

Cuntbearssed · 14/06/2024 20:19

Neil Armstrong

Cuntbearssed · 14/06/2024 20:19

😂😂

Cuntbearssed · 14/06/2024 20:21

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JaneJeffer · 14/06/2024 20:24

CattyCattle · 14/07/2023 16:18

I'm not sure about Jesus. I think the argument for him not existing is that there were loads of people called Jesus around that time so of course the name was documented.

I'm Jesus and so is my wife

Dontstartonme · 14/06/2024 20:25

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catlovingdoctor · 14/06/2024 20:27

Fizzadora · 13/07/2023 20:57

Alexander Fleming. Life on earth would probably be well on the way to being wiped out by now if he hadn't discovered penicillin. There's still a bit of time though if we don't find some other way to do it first.

Absolutely agree. Discovery of penicillin was the most monumental thing in the history of mankind.