Tesla. From what I have heard, he was eccentric ( paranoid possibly? ) so it'd be fun to see if I could get him to think I'm some sort of government agent looking to stop him from doing what he does.
"So, did you ever have any plans to build that helicopter thing you drew?"
"Chi sei? Dove sono? Come sono arrivato qui?"
"Sorry, what?"
Carl Sagan
Leonardo for sure! I want to know if his 4 hour cicle was true and how did he manage to do it. Did it actually helped with his studies, art and inventions?
Ok we can also talk about Mona if we have time.
Feynman, he's the one you can drink a beer with.
Though if I spoke German I would show up for Einsteins last 3 hours.
So that’s like 3 questions with Hawking.
Tesla, to check on many mysteries (totally not to get actual death ray).
Or maybe Skłodowska-Curie, to get self radiated.
Or Bphr, for beer.
No love for my boy Newton?
Which one has more therapist training? 😂
None said these 3 hours are for free. Actual therapist may still be cheaper ;c
Tesla. let's talk about the bird.
Da Vinci, I will show him modern technology and get his opinion. Actually I'd just show him planes and tanks.
none; boring AF.
We can get to talk with any of them... like, it is a time machine to transport us into times when they were 5yo at their times? None said what age these persons would be.
Or maybe it is more like necromancy? yes please!
God, I literally cannot choose. That list is probably my perfect list of scientific figures in history. Aside from Edison, he can burn in hell.
The only ones I might add would be Goodenough and Gauss.
Leonardo.
I have a long held theory based on the history of the Mona Lisa (Being recognized as a genderswapped self portrait he literally entitled "the Happy one" carried around by the artist and gifted to his gay lover after death) that the artist was trans.
I would absolutely love to potentially verify this because the idea that one of the most famous paintings in the world has been a trans gender affirming portrait in plain sight of art historians this whole time with nobody cluing in and writing a proper paper about it - is just kind of the best.
Leonardo seems the most interesting of the bunch.
Artist, scientist, inventor, wizard appearance gay icon all in one package.
None, I do not want tl chat with AI lol
Probably Leonardo. I'd love to hear him recount how many models he fucked while wearing his signature bandana
I think Tesla. I want to ask him about a bunch of the rumors and conspiracy theories about him. I'm sure almost all of them are bogus, but I'd love to know.
My son picked Einstein. He's curious what his last words were.
Where's Hedy Lamarr?
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.
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.
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.
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.
I liked the part from his autobio where he recounts cracking safes open. Pretty fun stuff indeed. Less so the ones where he invents modern plastic and helps with the atom bomb
You could absolutely blow leonardo's mind away with modern knowledge such as "washing hands before performing surgery is good actually"
Edison but instead of talking to him, I Rick Roll him for three hours.
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.
Lol
Hmmm tough choice. I doubt I would be able to understand DaVinci or Newton. I would prefer to berate Edison. I wouldn't want Curie to irradiate me. Tesla was awesome but kind of nutty. I didn't know Enough about Bohr. So probably Feyman or Einstein. I read Feyman's book so I think I would have a lot to talk about. But I think the win would go to Einstein for me. I just have to know how he came up with it all by just sort of thinking about it. I would hope he would have the best chance of explaining it in a way I could understand. Plus I speak German, so if all else fails we can just talk about spetzle.
Bohr, for sure.
I've read Feynman's biography, which, for the record, I would not recommend to everyone.
But he's witnessed Einstein and all of these early physics luminaries, and by his memorable account, everybody was in awe of Bohr, and Bohr only.
So I'd like to hear what the ruckus was about.
Why wouldn't you recommend it to everyone?
As a biologist, I'm offended that there isn't Darwin, nor Mayr, nor Lesquereux, nor Jay Gould nor Margulis.
So I take Leonardo. I also like to draw and paint. I would like to say Marie, but unfortunately I'm not immune to radiation.
My first thought was Marie pre or post radiation?
Lol
Seems like it will be a one sided conversation. They're all dead.
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
Curie, obviously.
Feel like I would just disappoint 3 different people. What a cruel thing to bring someone back from the dead for.
Curie three times. Her work was so groundbreaking that she got name recognition on the same level as the rest of them as a woman in the late 1800s. Based on my experiences with modern women in stem, I'd expect she worked way harder to get where she did than any of the rest of them and as such I'd expect her insight to hold a lot more value. I'd pick Pierre too if he was also on the list
I pick the tenth option: yo momma. Except we don't talk.
Feynman. Dude must have some crazy stories. Seriously, who cares about science?
Why? He was relatively contemporary and lived a pretty normal life relative to most of us compared to the historical figures.
That and he was a mega sexist who made the lives of women in science much worse for literal decades.
To be frank, if you put Angela on this list my answer would be her a thousand times over. Shes just so damn engaging, love her content.
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.
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