History's 100 Most Influential People

[Franklin]

http://wikiislam.net/wiki/Muhammad_and_Historys_100_Most_Influential_People



Rank
Name
Influence


1
Muhammad
Prophet of Islam; conqueror of Arabia


2
Isaac Newton
Physicist; theory of universal gravitation; laws of motion


3
Jesus Christ
Founder of Christianity


4
Buddha
Founder of Buddhism


5
Confucius
Founder of Confucianism


6
St. Paul
Proselytizer of Christianity


7
Ts'ai Lun
Inventor of paper


8
Johann Gutenberg
Developed movable type; printed Bibles


9
Christopher Columbus
Explorer; led Europe to Americas


10
Albert Einstein
Physicist; relativity; Einsteinian physics[1] (http://wikiislam.net/wiki/Muhammad_and_Historys_100_Most_Influential_People# cite_note-1)




Names of lifelong celibates are bolded. Of the top ten most influential people in human history, 6 were confirmed celibates. Ts'ai Lun was an eunuch who lost it at a very young age, so he was as much of a celibate as those religious figures, and Newton's celibacy was as well known as his second law of motion imho, and the list doesn't even include other respectable celibates like Da Vinci and Zhang Sanfeng.

[pgardn]

http://wikiislam.net/wiki/Muhammad_and_Historys_100_Most_Influential_People



Rank
Name
Influence


1
Muhammad
Prophet of Islam; conqueror of Arabia


2
Isaac Newton
Physicist; theory of universal gravitation; laws of motion


3
Jesus Christ
Founder of Christianity


4
Buddha
Founder of Buddhism


5
Confucius
Founder of Confucianism


6
St. Paul
Proselytizer of Christianity


7
Ts'ai Lun
Inventor of paper


8
Johann Gutenberg
Developed movable type; printed Bibles


9
Christopher Columbus
Explorer; led Europe to Americas


10
Albert Einstein
Physicist; relativity; Einsteinian physics[1] (http://wikiislam.net/wiki/Muhammad_and_Historys_100_Most_Influential_People# cite_note-1)




Names of lifelong celibates are bolded. Of the top ten most influential people in human history, 6 were confirmed celibates. Ts'ai Lun was an eunuch who lost it at a very young age, so he was as much of a celibate as those religious figures, and Newton's celibacy was as well known as his second law of motion imho, and the list doesn't even include other respectable celibates like Da Vinci and Zhang Sanfeng.

Charles Darwin left off that list is unbelievable. ( Wiki Islam go figure) He should be 1 or 2. Darwin's books completely changed the way we look at ourselves and at that time spread across the modern world.

And don't bold him...

Actually a very cool topic Franklin.

[pgardn]

I probably would have divided this between inventors and thinkers.

Probably not a plethora of celibate inventors.

[The Reckoning]

colombus was insignificant compared to the rest.

put in genghis khan or Charlemagne and now we're talking

[Franklin]

Agree, Darwin's position should be higher. Maybe there's a strong anti-atheist atmosphere in the western culture, which unfortunately counts against Darwin's rep imho. But still, there's a reason why more than half of the world's greatest 10 personalities in human history happened to be celibates, tbh.

[CavsSuperFan]

Hillary Clinton for sure should be on the list...:toast

[cantthinkofanything]

Names of lifelong celibates are bolded. Of the top ten most influential people in human history, 6 were confirmed celibates. Ts'ai Lun was an eunuch who lost it at a very young age, so he was as much of a celibate as those religious figures, and Newton's celibacy was as well known as his second law of motion imho, and the list doesn't even include other respectable celibates like Da Vinci and Zhang Sanfeng.

Buddha had a son dimwit. And to further waste my time, I don't think that Gutenberg was celibate either. I think you're making up shit. And now I can say I've spent 2 minutes learning about Ts'ai Lun. Who I don't find any confirmation on his celibacy.

[mrsmaalox]

Not sure if the Wright Brothers were celibate but neither of them ever married. I believe they deserve a top 10 spot on any list of most influential people. They changed the world.

[apalisoc_9]

Prophet of Islam, and Jesus really are the most influential though. I mean none of the other niggs have as many followers, not even close.

[cantthinkofanything]

Not sure if the Wright Brothers were celibate but neither of them ever married. I believe they deserve a top 10 spot on any list of most influential people. They changed the world.

they were gay with each other

[Franklin]

Buddha had a son dimwit. And to further waste my time, I don't think that Gutenberg was celibate either. I think you're making up shit. And now I can say I've spent 2 minutes learning about Ts'ai Lun. Who I don't find any confirmation on his celibacy.
And we still have four hardcore celibates on that list - Isaac, St. Paul, Jesus Christ and Ts'ai Lun. Lun got castrated when he was only 18 and in ancient China there was no way an 18yr old boy had lost his virginity tbh. Lun was the inventor of paper.

[cantthinkofanything]

Prophet of Islam, and Jesus really are the most influential though. I mean none of the other niggs have as many followers, not even close.

yeah...I question Newton at 2. Someone else was going to figure that gravity shit out.

[cantthinkofanything]

And we still have four hardcore celibates on that list - Isaac, St. Paul, Jesus Christ and Ts'ai Lun. Lun got castrated when he was only 18 and in ancient China there was no way an 18yr old boy had lost his virginity tbh. Lun was the inventor of paper.

So now one of them is a forced celibate so that doesn't really count as abstinence. There are plenty of rumors that Newton was not celibate. So we're down to 2 that might have been celibate for religious reasons. And Jesus was rumored to be married.

[boutons_deux]

Charles Darwin left off that list is unbelievable. ( Wiki Islam go figure) He should be 1 or 2. Darwin's books completely changed the way we look at ourselves and at that time spread across the modern world.

As is often the case, biological evolution was in the "great minds" of several contemporaries of Darwin, but he got singled out, esp for his Beagle trip.

The discovers of DNA?

Discoverer of anti-biotics?

Discover of vaccines?

Discoverer of the LASER?

Discoverer of electricity?

Discoverer of radio?

The group who developed WORLD-CHANGING quantum theory?

Jesus would be obscure by now if He hadn't been marketed, with the usual marketing LIES, ad nauseam, by Christian "ad men" fighting against other, competing worldviews.

[Franklin]

yeah...I question Newton at 2. Someone else was going to figure that gravity shit out.
LOL thinking universal law of gravitation was Isaac's only contribution. Newton also was the co-founder of calculus (the other being Leibniz). The greatest celibate of all time made great achievements in almost all these basic fields such as optics, math, mechanics, as well as philosophy and theology. He was even once in charge of the British Royal mint... You would be considered extremely successful only if you could do even 1% of what Isaac achieved, tbh.

[cantthinkofanything]

As is often the case, biological evolution was in the "great minds" of several contemporaries of Darwin, but he got singled out, esp for his Beagle trip.

The discovers of DNA?

Discoverer of anti-biotics?

Discover of vaccines?

Discoverer of the LASER?

Discoverer of electricity?

Discoverer of radio?

The group who developed WORLD-CHANGING quantum theory?

Jesus would be obscure by now if He hadn't been marketed, with the usual marketing LIES, ad nauseam, by Christian "ad men" fighting against other, competing worldviews.

boohootons deux

list is what it is.

[cantthinkofanything]

LOL thinking universal law of gravitation was Isaac's only contribution. Newton also was the co-founder of calculus (the other being Leibniz). The greatest celibate of all time made great achievements in almost all these basic fields such as optics, math, mechanics, as well as philosophy and theology. He was even once in charge of the British Royal mint... You would be considered extremely successful only if you could do even 1% of what Isaac achieved, tbh.

I would have done way more than 1% but all the good stuff has been figured out already.

[Franklin]

So now one of them is a forced celibate so that doesn't really count as abstinence. There are plenty of rumors that Newton was not celibate. So we're down to 2 that might have been celibate for religious reasons. And Jesus was rumored to be married.
There were also rumors that the Fuhrer was celibate as well.

[cantthinkofanything]

There were also rumors that the Fuhrer was celibate as well.

I heard that he was with several women but then later took female hormones and became gay.

[Franklin]

I would have done way more than 1% but all the good stuff has been figured out already.
When I was in high school I sorted out a math problem using the so-called L'Hopital rule, and I hadn't learned that rule yet at that time. I just differentiated both functions on both sides of the line and then I supposed that the ratio of the two derivatives would be the right result, and I was correct. Therefore, if I were born before L'Hopital, the rule would've been named Mark Celibate's rule, tbh.

[cantthinkofanything]

When I was in high school I sorted out a math problem using the so-called L'Hopital rule, and I hadn't learned that rule yet at that time. I just differentiated both functions on both sides of the line and then I supposed that the ratio of the two derivatives would be the right result, and I was correct. Therefore, if I were born before L'Hopital, the rule would've been named Mark Celibate's rule, tbh.

Well since L'Hopital isn't on the list, I guess it's inconsequential.

[Franklin]

I heard that he was with several women but then later took female hormones and became gay.
The Fuhrer was as straight as you are. He spent his last several years of life and died together with Eva Braun, who was female. He certainly had been with several bitches, but his mind was so strong he managed to abstain from doing with a woman what animals do tbh. Only the greatest people could quell such natural temptations with their remarkable mental power, imho.

[cantthinkofanything]

The Fuhrer was as straight as you are. He spent his last several years of life and died together with Eva Braun, who was female. He certainly had been with several bitches, but his mind was so strong he managed to abstain from doing with a woman what animals do tbh. Only the greatest people could quell such natural temptations with their remarkable mental power, imho.

Either that or he was unable to have an erection.

[Franklin]

The only thing Newton did that you can do is get hit by an apple dropping down a tree. It wouldn't sparkle no inspiration in your pedo mind, nonetheless, but instead you would eat it straight away.

[Franklin]

Either that or he was unable to have an erection.
Only a male loser would brag about his erection because he doesn't really have anything else to brag about, tbh. Just like an ugly bitch showing off her butt and tits.

[boutons_deux]

boohootons deux

list is what it is.

I see you brain-dead, stupid tautology and match it: The List Ain't What It Ain't

[cantthinkofanything]

The only thing Newton did that you can do is get hit by an apple dropping down a tree. It wouldn't sparkle no inspiration in your pedo mind, nonetheless, but instead you would eat it straight away.

I don't know. I think I would have come up with a formula as well. Or at least a mental version of how it all works.

[cantthinkofanything]

Only a male loser would brag about his erection because he doesn't really have anything else to brag about, tbh. Just like an ugly bitch showing off her butt and tits.

you lost me now. I'm saying that it's possible many celibates say it's by choice when maybe there is something physically wrong that keeps them from being able to have sex.

[cantthinkofanything]

I see you brain-dead, stupid tautology and match it: The List Ain't What It Ain't

oh my...

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j17/kgomni/Untitled-3_zpsxqsjxxsf.jpg

[mrsmaalox]

they were gay with each other

Yikes! Oh well sucks for me. I really have a thing for guys who understand physics.

[m>s]

^unremarkable be@ner, exact opposite of top 100 influential people

[mrsmaalox]

^tempermental baby boy crying for his foreskin

[Thread]

Whoever inventing air conditioning.

[cantthinkofanything]

Whoever inventing air conditioning.

This is actually very true.

[boutons_deux]

This is actually very true.

without A/C, the sunbelt Confederate States would be even more of shitholes.

[Buddy Mignon]

Not sure if the Wright Brothers were celibate but neither of them ever married. I believe they deserve a top 10 spot on any list of most influential people. They changed the world.

Also Tesla.

[cantthinkofanything]

without A/C, the sunbelt Confederate States would be even more of shitholes.

those are human Americans you're talking about. you really didn't get your Obama phone? or is it because you couldn't figure out how to get your Obamacare?

[pgardn]

As is often the case, biological evolution was in the "great minds" of several contemporaries of Darwin, but he got singled out, esp for his Beagle trip.

The discovers of DNA?

Discoverer of anti-biotics?

Discover of vaccines?

Discoverer of the LASER?

Discoverer of electricity?

Discoverer of radio?

The group who developed WORLD-CHANGING quantum theory?

Jesus would be obscure by now if He hadn't been marketed, with the usual marketing LIES, ad nauseam, by Christian "ad men" fighting against other, competing worldviews.

This is why I said two lists. Inventors and thinkers.

And your ignorance of Darwin is understood. He was not the only one who had the idea about Natural selection. But that book.... that book. So full of unbelievabley clear examples and at the same time pointing out the shortcoming (he had no idea how genetic variation arose) could ONLY have been written by a man who had it all together.

No one, nobody, put it as clearly and eloquently. It blew people's faces off.

This is what you get from only reading textbooks Boots, and not understanding the full story. He was rushed by others to get it out and it was still dominating in its logic, examples, and pointing out the need for further study.

Its more than the idea, it's how it is presented to the masses.

[pgardn]

Agree, Darwin's position should be higher. Maybe there's a strong anti-atheist atmosphere in the western culture, which unfortunately counts against Darwin's rep imho. But still, there's a reason why more than half of the world's greatest 10 personalities in human history happened to be celibates, tbh.

Its a wikiIslam list Franklin.

[cantthinkofanything]

Also Tesla.

I don't know about all that but I guess they were aight

avAvkdYa3qM

[pgardn]

Whoever inventing air conditioning.

Too many folks involved tbh.

Down to the basics I would give it to Joule. He was a physics inventor fellow who sparked the idea of work and energy as a concept. And then you got a number of Phyisics/Chemists who worked out some important ideas in Thermodynamics. And then all the tinkerers (technology folks) to put it together.

[Buddy Mignon]

I don't know about all that but I guess they were aight

avAvkdYa3qM

You take away the bilbe and quran and people won't miss shit. You take away this guy and you niggas go ape shit.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/50/Tesla-bulb.jpg

[pgardn]

Tesla owes his ideas/inventions to Michael Faraday and James Clerk Maxwell.

Faraday carried around coiled wire in his pocket to just think about it. Tesla rode these two IMO and would be more of an inventor as would Faraday. James Clerk Maxwell was not of this world much like Newton and Einstein.

[pgardn]

Tesla owes his ideas/inventions to Michael Faraday and James Clerk Maxwell.

Faraday carried around coiled wire in his pocket to just think about it. Tesla rode these two IMO and would be more of an inventor as would Faraday. James Clerk Maxwell was not of this world much like Newton and Einstein.

[cantthinkofanything]

You take away the bilbe and quran and people won't miss shit. You take away this guy and you niggas go ape shit.



I love me some electricity but it doesn't supercede the tenets laid out in the Bible. Whether you're Christian or not. Living a just and fair life is more important than being able to watch porn on your computer.

and why the hell is "supercede" getting a spellcheck error?

[boutons_deux]

"the tenets laid out in the Bible"

the ones you cherry pick are hardly UNIQUE to the Bible

[cantthinkofanything]

"the tenets laid out in the Bible"

the ones you cherry pick are hardly UNIQUE to the Bible




I agree. And wouldn't you say that they are more important than electricity?

[pgardn]

I love me some electricity but it doesn't supercede the tenets laid out in the Bible. Whether you're Christian or not. Living a just and fair life is more important than being able to watch porn on your computer.

and why the hell is "supercede" getting a spellcheck error?

If you love electricity you are a Maxwell guy.

[Silver&Black]

Whoever inventing air conditioning.

You damn right Cubs....My power went off twice this past week. I haven't missed the AC so much in my life.

No A/C + 97 degrees outside = My house turns into a sauna.

[Franklin]

You take away the bilbe and quran and people won't miss shit. You take away this guy and you niggas go ape shit.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/50/Tesla-bulb.jpg
True, but it was my nigga Isaac who made everything possible in the first place imho. There was no such discipline known as Physics back then, and it was Isaac who founded it imho.

[Silver&Black]

Once Franklin finally gets some pussy....

He's going to wonder, "What the fuck have I been doing with my life?"

[Franklin]

Sorry but I'm too smart to let that ever happen tbh. I could've got countless pussies if I ever wanted to, but too bad I've vowed to be a lifelong celibate, and I'm pretty much enjoying living that way.

[Franklin]

Its a wikiIslam list Franklin.
True, but there was a bestseller book named The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History, and the top 10 in this book are basically the same as that wikiIslam list imho.

http://www.dlmark.net/hundred.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_100:_A_Ranking_of_the_Most_Influential_Persons _in_History

[pgardn]

True, but there was a bestseller book named The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History, and the top 10 in this book are basically the same as that wikiIslam list imho.

http://www.dlmark.net/hundred.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_100:_A_Ranking_of_the_Most_Influential_Persons _in_History

Makes it more understandable why Darwin would not make the top 10 though.

Darwin was a pretty shy guy and was very cognizant of the implications his books would have. So he put it all together and let other better speakers explain/defend it. That's the only reason I could see for leaving him off. Einstein had to do the same though as he was not a great writer or teacher. Darwin was able to nail common folk.

The impact of where humans came from... Jesus, there is very little bigger than this. It gets our "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil" crew all balled up. If nothing else, he has shown the tremendous inertia of people who don't want to learn; And indeed, brings out the best in people who thrive on living disingenuously.

[m>s]

^tempermental baby boy crying for his foreskin
child mutilator detected

[HI-FI]

they were gay with each other
Actually true. It's why they built airplanes, so they could buttfuck free of earthly judgment.

[cantthinkofanything]

Actually true. It's why they built airplanes, so they could buttfuck free of earthly judgment.

And to this day, "gitten an Orville" means a blowjob from your brother.

[Buddy Mignon]

I love me some electricity but it doesn't supercede the tenets laid out in the Bible. Whether you're Christian or not. Living a just and fair life is more important than being able to watch porn on your computer.

and why the hell is "supercede" getting a spellcheck error?

Jesus was not responsible for the bible... nor the commandments.

[cantthinkofanything]

Jesus was not responsible for the bible... nor the commandments.

No shit. But you're the one that equated them in this thread dumbfuck.

[Avante]

Are you kidding me? Is there anything you little midgets won't argure? Amazing!

Yes, Mohammad/Jesus the most inflential people ever. Who cares about the rest?

[cantthinkofanything]

Are you kidding me? Is there anything you little midgets won't argure? Amazing!

Yes, Mohammad/Jesus the most inflential people ever. Who cares about the rest?

damn. I saw your name as the last poster in this thread and was expectation to find a list of black bluesmen and athletes.

[Avante]

damn. I saw your name as the last poster in this thread and was expectation to find a list of black bluesmen and athletes.

Just a very talented guy with a lot of interests, that black list thing just one of many.

White bluesmen

Dogg Boggs
Doc Watson
Dick Justice
John Mayall
Tony McPhee
Eric Clapton
SRV
Mark Lemhouse
Tony Joe White
Jonny Lang
Derek Trucks
Wayne Haynes
ZZ Top
Hans Thessnik
Doug Macleoud
Townes Van Zandt
Ray Wylie Hubbard
James McMurtry
James Harman
William Clarke
Walter Trout
Corey Stevens

could actually go on forever....

[pgardn]

Just a very talented guy with a lot of interests, that black list thing just one of many.



What a load of BS

You are Asperger-like with your lists and more importantly, your thinking, or lack thereof.
Go stimulate yourself by holding something that vibrates.

[cantthinkofanything]

Just a very talented guy with a lot of interests, that black list thing just one of many.

White bluesmen

Dogg Boggs
Doc Watson
Dick Justice
John Mayall
Tony McPhee
Eric Clapton
SRV
Mark Lemhouse
Tony Joe White
Jonny Lang
Derek Trucks
Wayne Haynes
ZZ Top
Hans Thessnik
Doug Macleoud
Townes Van Zandt
Ray Wylie Hubbard
James McMurtry
James Harman
William Clarke
Walter Trout
Corey Stevens

could actually go on forever....

I just saw the 2015 R&R HOF induction ceremony and SRV went in this year. Double Trouble played a couple of songs with Gary Clark Jr. and John Mayer. Clark is a badass. Mayer does a pretty good impression of SRV voice wise.
But neither could really do justice to an SRV solo. And to their credit, neither really tried.

[Avante]

What a load of BS

You are Asperger-like with your lists and more importantly, your thinking, or lack thereof.
Go stimulate yourself by holding something that vibrates.

Why fight it so hard idiot? Just your basic know it all here.

[cantthinkofanything]

Why fight it so hard idiot? Just your basic know it all here.

you mean your basic "blow it all"
hahahahahhaha

[Avante]

I just saw the 2015 R&R HOF induction ceremony and SRV went in this year. Double Trouble played a couple of songs with Gary Clark Jr. and John Mayer. Clark is a badass. Mayer does a pretty good impression of SRV voice wise.
But neither could really do justice to an SRV solo. And to their credit, neither really tried.

While Mississippi does get a lot of props for being the birthplace of them blues, Texas did have the first male "star" in Blind Lemon Jefferson. Then there was Bob Wills about a decade later, and since the 40's Texas has had so much talent, SRV one of the many examples of that.

SRV with Double Trouble about as good as a three piece band gets. Hell, another Texas trio ZZ Top might disagree.

[Avante]

you mean your basic "blow it all"
hahahahahhaha

Everywhere I go out there in cyber space I amaze people.

[cantthinkofanything]

While Mississippi does get a lot of props for being the birthplace of them blues, Texas did have the first male "star" in Blind Lemon Jefferson. Then there was Bob Wills about a decade later, and since the 40's Texas has had so much talent, SRV one of the many examples of that.

SRV with Double Trouble about as good as a three piece band gets. Hell, another Texas trio ZZ Top might disagree.

as a band maybe. But I don't think any one, including Billy Gibbons, would put himself in the same class as a guitar player.

[Avante]

as a band maybe. But I don't think any one, including Billy Gibbons, would put himself in the same class as a guitar player.

It's not really about.."as a guitar player". I seriously doubt SRV could hang with Django Rhinehardt, Charley Christian, Wes Montgomery, Lonnie Johnson at what they did. What SRV did, sure he was pretty special.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZBPcXTXPEA

[cantthinkofanything]

[QUOTE=Avante;8061472]It's not really about.."as a guitar player". I seriously doubt SRV could hang with Django Rhinehardt, Charley Christian, Wes Montgomery, Lonnie Johnson at what they did. What SRV did, sure he was pretty special.


what's not about "as a guitar player"? If SRV wasn't what he was, then he and Double Trouble don't get into the HOF.

[Avante]

[QUOTE=Avante;8061472]It's not really about.."as a guitar player". I seriously doubt SRV could hang with Django Rhinehardt, Charley Christian, Wes Montgomery, Lonnie Johnson at what they did. What SRV did, sure he was pretty special.


what's not about "as a guitar player"? If SRV wasn't what he was, then he and Double Trouble don't get into the HOF.

Not going to knock SRV, yep, he was great. I just know of other styles.

[cantthinkofanything]

Not going to knock SRV, yep, he was great. I just know of other styles.

You're so awesome.

where does Pee Pee the Kidnapper sit on your list?

[pgardn]

While Mississippi does get a lot of props for being the birthplace of them blues, Texas did have the first male "star" in Blind Lemon Jefferson. Then there was Bob Wills about a decade later, and since the 40's Texas has had so much talent, SRV one of the many examples of that.

SRV with Double Trouble about as good as a three piece band gets. Hell, another Texas trio ZZ Top might disagree.

Nearsighted Chocolate Anderson changed our worldview.
Continue, please.

[pgardn]

Everywhere I go in my closet I amaze my shoes.

[Avante]

You're so awesome.

where does Pee Pee the Kidnapper sit on your list?

It's Peanut the Kidnapper. He was a rather obscure piano player from Alabama. Recorded three or was it two records?

Them old blues choked full of cats like that, one-three records then back to the shadows they emerged from.

[Avante]

Nearsighted Chocolate Anderson changed our worldview.
Continue, please.

You never ever make any sense, but you know this. right?

[TDMVPDPOY]

did enrique made the lists?

i dont know what his doing or feeding management to stay on this team for his whole career, while everyone who have contributed to a championship have come and gone the following year, yet this clown is still here even with the continuous choke jobs every year....

[DMC]

There's a difference between "changed" and "influenced". I don't know anyone who was influenced by the Wright brothers. I know plenty who think Jesus is a real invisible cool bro with holes in his hands and feet, a beard and Doobie bros hair style. Muhammed, niggas killing themselves and others for this fake ass faggot.

Inventors? No. Their inventions changed the world, but influence is different.

[DMC]

You take away the bilbe and quran and people won't miss shit. You take away this guy and you niggas go ape shit.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/50/Tesla-bulb.jpg
Another who doesn't know the difference between influence and invention.

How did you folks do with reading comprehension? You all sound simple.

[pgardn]

Tesla owes his ideas/inventions to Michael Faraday and James Clerk Maxwell.

Faraday carried around coiled wire in his pocket to just think about it. Tesla rode these two IMO and would be more of an inventor as would Faraday. James Clerk Maxwell was not of this world much like Newton and Einstein.