• The Bard in Green@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz
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    3 months ago

    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.

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    4 months ago

    Curie looks tired. If I’m gonna embarrass myself with anyone anyway, I’ll invite her and we’ll have a relaxing cup of herb tea at least.

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    4 months ago

    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

  • DrivebyHaiku@lemmy.ca
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    3 months ago

    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.

  • DaddleDew@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Probably Edison but only to tell him how much of a fuckhead he will be remembered as.

  • halvar@lemy.lol
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    4 months ago

    from a scientist’s point of view i’m not sure, but if i wanted to make a lot of money then definetly edison