Biography's Top 100 Of The Millenium - as seen on tv

[JoYKiLLaH]

Anyone else watch this special a while back? Featured the top 100 most influencial people of the millenium (1000 years)
i culdnt find anywhere else to put this and it fits here.

Marx was ranked 7th.

Hitler, stalin, mao, gandhi, adam smith, and a bunch of other dictators and economists were on it

then there were a few war lords, gengis khan, i think scotty the conquerer or somin, etc.

some inventors, bell, einstein, etc

and some philosophers, galileo, etc

o and elvis and bill gates was on there heh

any comments?

[Valkyrie]

Don't tell me -- Jesus was #1...... SSSSSlap me.

I bet he held that slot the millenium before that too.


I didn't see that show, but I did see one about top inventions.. and the printing press, movable type (Gutenberg) was the most influential invention of the millenium. Previous to that people were in the dark regarding printed propaganda. Typically enough, they rolled off a bunch of bibles so every hearth and hotel room would have one.




(Edited by Paris at 2:06 am on Dec. 19, 2002)

[Dr. Rosenpenis]

Do you know where and if I can find this list on the internet?

[canikickit]

yeah (http://www.biography.com/cgi-bin/frameit.cgi?p=http%3A//www.biography.com/features/millennium/topten.html)



I didn't see that show, but I did see one about top inventions.. and the printing press, movable type (Gutenberg) was the most influential invention of the millenium.

Funny you should mention that Paris.

[Valkyrie]

I just looked for the list myself at the Biography website. They don't seem to have the list up, but have a 4- part video they are selling of it, Biography of the Year 2002. ha! The last showing of it was aired on the 15th. www.biography.com

[Valkyrie]

Wow! Where did you find that Canikickit!!!!! Good goin'!!! I went fucking crazy looking for it!

[Valkyrie]

I can't exactly agree with the list.. or even the order of it.. but #94, Patient 0 is an interesting choice. I think Oppenheimer, Bohrs, Fermi and Salk should rank atleast ahead of Princess Diana, Elizabeth 1, Bill Gates, Dante, Bacon, Voltaire, Mao, Churchill, Austen, & 3rd slot, Martin Luther.

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(Edited by Paris at 3:51 am on Dec. 19, 2002)

[JoYKiLLaH]

gutenberg and newton shuldbt top 2

[Valkyrie]

Yeah, I can't argue with #1 and #2. They both changed the world and how we know about the world. Steven Spielberg though??? It's not as if he created film.. I think that was Eastman.. and I don't see him on the list.

hmmmm.

[canikickit]

I did a search on the biography channel's official site.

These lists are always going to be flawed, really.

[JoYKiLLaH]

yeah, its all peoples opinions, nobodies right

but me hahaa

[Valkyrie]

Yeah.. and who are these people exactly..?


I am starting to obsess over this list...., which is all bad news for me. I've already printed out a copy and now am on to the analytical research and a follow-up critical refute which I will be posting in the very near future; (within this millenium.. and probably before next year.)

[JoYKiLLaH]

from what i know, there all professors, like i think 200 of em, did research for 3 years or somin

[canikickit]

I am starting to obsess over this list...., which is all bad news for me. I've already printed out a copy and now am on to the analytical research and a follow-up critical refute which I will be posting in the very near future

Cool, I'll look forward to that Paris. Just don't make me wait too long. :biggrin:

[Ian]

I dont think beatles (76) should have beaten Joseph Stalin (79)

[Xvall]

Lmao. Yeah. I saw that. For god's sake. They put princess diana above STALIN!!

[Xvall]

And yes! Ian! There are so many inconsistencies! How were the beatles more 'impacting' than the fucking priemer of the USSR during WWII!?!?!