re: 1000 years from now, who will top the list of most important people...

Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson don’t belong. List is too Western.

Honestly Martin Luther needs a spot on that top 10.
He was probably more influential than Napoleon.

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Hopefully it’s still Jesus

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Well, if he is indeed the Messiah and the only begotten son of God, 1/3rd of the Holy Trinity, the there is no hopefully about (FTR, I believe he is).

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Hell I don’t think it will be Jesus in 50 years and that’s a shame.

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ban bet?

Henry VIII maybe not top 10 but should be higher than some on the list

When I was a kid in the sixties,we were supposed to be living like the Jetsons by now.

Surprisingly enough we have not evolved very far from then and fifty years from now we probably won't be much further other than more artificial intelligence and such,if we still exist.I won't be here to see it though.

I would take a ban bet right now that the earth won't exist in 1,000 years.Book mark this and ban me in 3020.

Or meet me at the Sonic on Mars.

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1. Jesus
2. Napoleon
3. Muhammad
4. Shakespeare
5. Abe Lincoln
6. George Washington
7. Hitler
8. Aristotle
9. Alexander the Great
10. Thomas Jefferson

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I would expect Napoleon, Shakespeare, Lincoln, and Hitler to fall out of the top ten for sure.

In 1000 years Shakespeare might be unintelligible even to English speakers (just try to read Old English). Hitler will be just another historical villain and won't be any more important than Genghis Khan. The American Civil War will be a footnote. I'm not sure I would put Napoleon in the top ten now, much less in 1000 years.

Jesus, Muhammed, Washington, and Jefferson are good candidates to remain in the top ten. Washington and Jefferson ended hereditary rule in the modern era. Jesus and Muhammed founded major world religions that have covered a large part of the world for centuries. The world would be unrecognizable without them.

Aristotle is a founding father of Western civilization. Even with the world being radically different in 1000 years he's still influential over a long time period.

Alexander the Great probably drops out - conqueror from a long time ago.

We'll obviously have entries who haven't been born yet. We'll also see the list be less heavy on Western figures - Western civilization will decline thanks to decadence and apathy.

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Napoleon


How is he #2 behind Christ?

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That was my first thought as well.

Obama will be a complete afterthought by then. The first half white President of the USA just won’t be a big deal by that time. I mean his mixed race is the only reason some borderline worshiped him anyway to be honest because it surely wasn’t for the good he did for his country.

My bday brother should actually get more love than he does. Or hate depending on how you look at it.

Alexander Flemming. Penicillin. That dude is responsible for the human race to live long enough to even die from coronavirus.

Not a bad list but I wouldn’t put Shakespeare on there

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We'll also see the list be less heavy on Western figures - Western civilization will decline thanks to decadence and apathy.

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Which is why Aristotle would fall out.

Hitler might stay, though. Just bc of the Holocaust