He left out something else that made Lennon despicable . Lennon also neglected his first son, Jullian from his previous marriage in favor of the child he had with Yoko, which left emotional scars that his son still carries today .
***** I don't even remember what this video was about. Apparently is was very sloppy. If it was done badly, what not tell other people about it, and save their time? Or, it might start a discussion about a particular thing that wasn't right. Time spent on something productive isn't wasted.
Edison killed an elephant too. And Louie LaPrince, the real father of moving pictures, disappeared from a train and Edison magically ends up with Louie’s inventions.
To be fair to Newton, the scientific community in his day was essentially like the modern blogosphere. You should try reading about what Darwin had to put up with in his day.
Newton just wanted to be alone. And - he very reluctantly published at the insistence of those who knew his work by letters, and when he did he took great offense at the many trolls and credit claims by those he left behind - there were a lot of those.
Why do you act as if Titanic and Avatar are the only noteworthy films by James Cameron? He made The Terminator, Aliens, The Abyss, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, and True Lies as well.
I recently heard that Lennon was a completely different person once he had a few drinks...he became very belligerent. The same was true of Johnny Carson.
@@None-zc5vg True. Way back in the 80s, i was a very heavy drinker. but already then, i always said, alcohol may be an explanation, but never ever use it as an excuse. i never got malignant or aggressive, even when completely pissed rotten. may also have to do with the basic character of a person.
Carson was nearly always armed with a holstered pistol. One night he started breaking into hotel rooms looking for someone he thought was sleeping with his wife. He was pretty gangester.
Your criticism of Dawkins is astoundingly shallow and poorly researched. Even if what you said were the whole story, it hardly qualifies him as a "shockingly horrible person." Not only did Dawkins apologize about trivializing by comparison (he's written a whole article about it actually) but Rebecca Watson's incident hardly qualifies as harassment or sexism of any kind. She was simply propositioned, and in what sounds like a pretty polite manner. Harassment is a problem, yes, but simply propositioning someone doesn't qualify - particularly in a polite manner (which "asking up for coffee" certainly seems to qualify). Are we just supposed to stop ever pursuing people we find attractive? I guarantee you if Watson had found that man attractive and wanted to have sex with him that she never would have complained about it. This fanatical feminism stuff is going way too far.
Richard Dawkins is fucking insufferable. He's done brilliant things and is a fantastic science educator, but so followed his Twitter for one week and ended up hating him.
When he debates a person of faith, he just repeats "Show me the evidence." A trained parrot could do the same. By the way, I would credit the invention of the concept of memes, if not the word, to "William S. Burroughs," who coined the phrase "Language is a virus." Burroughs would deserve his own entry, were it not for the fact that he never tried to hide his areas of awfulllness, so they would surprise nobody who knows about him.
For the record, Robert Hooke was as bad as Isaac Newton when it came to arguing and bickering. Also, Hooke contributed in many different fields; elsewhere in physics we have Hooke's law, which relates the force due to the displacement of a spring under ideal circumstances, he observed cells with a microscope, was a proponent of evolution, suggested the wave theory of light, and on and on and on. It's a shame Hooke and Newton weren't better people.
I have an advanced degree in anthropology. Richard Dawkins's theory on cultural evolution isn't mentioned anthropological circles, neither physical anthropology nor cultural. He may or may not be intelligent, but his work that is lauded in this video didn't set any milestones in the study of culture, and has no validity in academia, the only scientists that would find credence to it would be social scientists like economics or political scientists. They may like it because it dovetails nicely with rational choice theory and capitalism.
+Karen Holmes I'm sorry, but once you mentioned academia you lost all credibility. If there's one place today that has been overrun by illogical bias it's academia. You can't trust much that comes out of that cesspool of cultural Marxism.
"cultural marxism" isn't even a thing. i'm not a marxist, but we'd be a lot better off if the academy were really controlled by revolutionary socialists than by capitalist apologists like it is now
i think dawkins has some interesting arguments, but +1 on him basically being a neoliberal apologist. him and the rest of the "new atheists" all went that way unfortunately.
Don't get the hate for Dawkins. What is the matter with writing "The God Delusion?" It is a valid point of view, and socially relevant. Most of these people seem more dickish than horrible. I mean, it is not as if they were serial killers, or physically abusive - most of them anyway.
Absolutely. Good point. Dawkins displays a dedicated social conscience and steps up to debate Creationism and Young Earth advocates. His notoriety is a valuable tool for informing the public about the ethics of science and exposing the thought-killing politics of religion. This entire video is equivalent to supermarket tabloid hodgepodge.
Agree with Tesla feel not everyone should breed. He was brilliant for not breeding. Yes, he was a genius but, it came at a high cost with his OCD, visions and so on. He knew he might pass that on to a child. It's wise not horrible. Now, he's eugenics stand not sure how deep that goes. But, not horrible for pointing that out. Disney belonged in this video more than Tesla. George Westinghouse Jr however, an example of an amazing human. Inventor. Far better than Edison. We should talk about him more as a example. Successful and kind.
Also Tesla was not proven wrong yet. This could very well happen by 21st century esp if we have problems with overpopulation and resources running out. Remember that movie Gattaca? Great sci fi. People just don't realize how great the world is right now, and take far too much for granted.
I've always read Norwegian Wood this way: Lennon goes home with a girl who doesn't put out so when he wakes up he makes a fire out of her furniture. I always preferred Paul anyway.
hahaha... Lennon was weird, abusive towards women and in fact was a hard core communist.... think about his song "Imagine"... it's about a communist world...
***** You put him on a list of top 10 most horrible people for something that he had said which was taken out of context. He was sarcastically mocking her for not caring about real sexism. Feminists want to fight about stupid things like not allowing gay white men to talk like black women, or banning clapping because it causes anxiety. Despite this, he still apologized about the letter because it was offensive. Feminists have an EXTREMELY bad habit of taking things out of context, misrepresenting information, or blatantly making crap up to victimize themselves and persecute others. A lot of the time, the topic involved has absolutely nothing to do with sexism. Atheists tend to butt heads with feminists because creationists also play the victim card and disregard important issues.
***** are you serious even getting a thousand views is a lot getting 100,000 is an insane amount You will most likely not even meet 100,000 people in your life time and seriously the majority of the billion videos only get about 100 views or less so I suggest you not complain
+TopTenz Actually, I think the biggest problem with this video is that it shows just how casually the word "genius" gets tossed around these days. And the comment section shows just how little people _really_ want to know about the characters they idolize.
Sounds like a butthurt christian made this list, and really, really tried to make Dawkins seem bad just because hes an atheist, and because he wasn't afraid to call out a feminist on feminist bullshit.. But hey. Lets take everything any feminist says like its "gospel" and ignore obvious lies. Because all men are evil and feminists are always right. Ironic much?
I think he just doesn't suffer fools and is willing to correct an incorrect statement. Is it better to let someone continue in ignorance for fear of upsetting them?
You cannot expect that people that are trascendentally exceptional in one aspect must be exceptional in all other aspects at all moments during their lifes. They are humans after all. Also, their "sins" should be put within the historical context because their achievements were significant within their historical context.
I am not excusing anyone nor qualifying anyone as good or as bad. What I am saying is that it is impossible to excel at everything at all times. Amso the most common thing is to find assholes without "superpowers" everywhere ...hence, you have to expect that superheroes must be assholes in other aspects of their life ...and if you put that in the right frame of reference you will be able to judge more adequately.
No, John never mugged anyone, nor instigated a fight. He fought cos he had to in that tough town he grew up in. So sad that in his last days, Yoko says he was the happiest he'd ever been and vowed to never again be rude to fans and to be the father to Sean that he himself never had. If he was alive today, I think he'd be a very happy grampa and might still be making music.
I love the comments section of RU-vid. Out of 100 comments you have 1 (one) truly intelligent comment. It shows me (as if my opinion matters) is that there are a lot of stupid people who believe they are intelligent on this forum.
And you sir, is that one(1) intelligent comment. And in my opinion, an opinion in the comment section of RU-vid,is as valuable as... well... that's why I don't usually read the comment section past the first couple ;) (you were it!)
people who speculate about the intelligence of others are pretentious and uninformed, there is more great work done by the hard work of the average man than the greatest and the smartest of men.
This is actually a great video, well researched and argued. Earned yourself another subscriber. (Who would've thought that questioning Dawkins' saintliness would upset so many? www.poleandpaddy.com/when-contrarians-become-the-rear-guard-why-new-atheism-is-still-terrible/)
Virginia Wolfe and Tesla would agree. I think this video thoroughly illustrated how snobs, particularly intellectual snobs, can be worst kind of people.
We shouldn't put people on pedestals, but wow the narrators personal bias really shone through when it was Dawkins turn. I still think Dawkins is a baller regardless on what his opinions are on some tumblrina's elevator pick up experience.
James Cameron doesn't hold a candle to the Ego-Rage Monster that was Stanley Kubrick...and the latter is much more deserving of the title of "genius" as well.
+Mayoff Jack, And all of his assistants were black scientists. So you can guess where the theories really came from. Same with A.G. Bell. Hey are you sure you're not Jack Meoff.
Edison was infamous for stealing others' inventions and claiming them as his own (at best, he "perfected" most of the inventions with which he was credited, no more inventing them than Henry Ford "invented" the automobile). Even the high-school teachers of my mother back in the late 1930s knew and taught this unpleasant fact.
Dawkins' comment was blown WAY out of proportion. Sometimes people get caught up in the first world. He was simply trying to remind people of the horrors that take place overseas and that some people have it 100x worse.
You pick on Dawkins and make no mention of Wagner, a despicable man if there ever was one. Your list has no validity other than being just a personal 'people I don't like'.
Pick on Dawkins? Sexism is not ok. If he was being harassed by a gay man and than told by that man your opinions on harassment are not important, how would he feel?
These guy are gonna freak out when they read up on H.P. Lovecraft's views on Humanity if they think Virginia Woolf was bad. He apparently hated absolutely everyone with a passion.
James Cameron a genius?? He's one of the worst directors, using the worst cliches, shallow characters and childish storylines. The only reason any of his films are noteworthy is because of their special effects - so let's credit the SFX artists as geniuses instead.
@Filipe Bastos. I don't think Cameron should get credit for special effects and that was the only decent thing about Titanic (and Avatar). The story, direction and dialogue is on par with Birdemic or The Room.
“I used to be cruel to my woman. I beat her and kept her apart from the things that she loved. Man, I was mean but, I’m changing that scene and doing the best that I can.”. Beatles. Hidden message?
Not too hidden. Lennon admitted in the mentioned Playboy interview that it was about how he treated women: “It is a diary form of writing. All that "I used to be cruel to my woman, I beat her and kept her apart from the things that she loved" was me. I used to be cruel to my woman, and physically -- any woman. I was a hitter. I couldn't express myself and I hit. I fought men and I hit women. That is why I am always on about peace, you see. It is the most violent people who go for love and peace. Everything's the opposite. But I sincerely believe in love and peace. I am not violent man who has learned not to be violent and regrets his violence. I will have to be a lot older before I can face in public how I treated women as a youngster.”
And the meaning of "subjective" is......? And the meaning of "objective" is....? smug, snarky, pseudointellectual narrative...and he's proud of himself.
Genius is a word we use to describe people we find particularly gifted. Just because you want its use to be restricted to people who do well on a test measuring intellect, that is your problem. The word predates the test, and has a far longer history of being used to describe people of unique artistic talent.
walt disney was right to worry about jews in america, look what they did to his company and to the country in general. Americans are all fighting over race and gender as a result of their media brainwash
So Dawkins is on the list because he doesn't put up with stupid? I guess ok if he thinks everyone is stupid except him but you didn't make that case very well.
I think it's absurd to put Richard Dawkins in this list, even if only at number 8. Being a "troll" in some respects does not make one "shockingly horrible" - what is said of him shows that he can be tactless or lacking in gentleness, but that is a very long way from being "shockingly horrible". Some people take offence much too readily, or see offence where none is intended. Dawkins does not belong in this list.
James M enlightened individuals are expected to be better than lesser minds, even though everyone is like that including the smart... It's a base demeanor
John Lennon was the biggest hypocrite that everyone refuses to acknowledge. Imagine was written by a guy who spent more on a single custom pen than I do on whiskey.
everyone make mistakes. we're men, not saints. i don't believe in what people say about him. he was a beautiful man, and i hope chapman rot in hell in prison
There's a wrinkle in this...Apparently, Virginia Wolf was "awful" for complaining, privately, in print, about people who worked for her....but the Skep-chic blogger is totally justified for complaining publicly, to a massive audience, about a guy asking her to go up to his room at a conference...
Hank Lee - Virginia Wolff believed that her servants were inferior to her in every way by right of wealth. Skepchick exposed unacceptable behavior directed toward her. Now do you see the huge and blatant difference.
@@robcog1451 I think VW is far superior to the blogger, in every way....more refined, better production, better quality of production, better moral compass...& why is the SC entitled to attempting to publicly shame a man for inviting her up to his room? Did he molest her? Did he use obscene language? If he did, then file a police report...Did she file a criminal complaint? No, no law was violated, but an entitled woman needs attention at the expense of a man who found her attractive enough to want to be intimate with her....I'd prefer to spend time with VW any day....
Hank Lee - While I agree that VW is by far the more interesting person, SC did say that she found him “creepy” and offensive so I think his behavior WAS offensive to her. Do we get to decide why, when, at what level people may or may not be offended by someone? Believe me, being approached by strangers looking for sexual intimacy is often offensive.
einstein was a pretty horrible person as well; he stole his first wife's notes and published them as his own and didn't even support her and their son when he became famous
"I used to be cruel to my woman I beat her and kept her apart from the things that she loved Man I was mean but I'm changing my scene And I'm doing the best that I can" Actual lyrics of a Beatles' song
Despite what someone commented this was written by Lennon. Anyway, I feel that these lyrics show the difference between Lennon and your run of the mill abusive boyfriend. He is owning up, trying to be better and not trying it seems like he would likely be someone who was actually becoming a better person. In general I thought a lot of this top 10 list was pretty rediculous. Anyway why am I replying from something 5 years ago? LOL..
@@redshiftexperiment you’re right. In the same playboy interview mentioned in this video, Lennon openly admits that he was a violent person, “I couldn’t express myself and I hit. I fought men and hit women. That is why I am always on about peace. I am a violent man... who regrets his violence.” I think mentioning that in the video would’ve been important instead of cherry picking the part that supports his place on the list. Unlike the other people listed, he was actively working towards redemption before being killed. I’m usually a fan of Simon’s work but this video was definitely a bit lacklustre.
@@ezzthetick so do I, but nobody makes videos about me and my 1000 anonymous profiles. Leftists cause more evil with their toxic cancel culture that one trolling genius (dawkins).
Here's some clarification on the Hooke-Newton feud. Hooke was president of the Royal Society when Newton became a junior member. He continually criticized Newton's ideas, including Newton's law of gravity, which stated in part that the gravitational force of attraction between two masses is inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them. Hooke argued vehemently that the exponent of 2 could not possibly be so simple because nature itself was far too complicated to allow that. Hooke constantly belittled Newton publicly in front of other Royal Society members. Eventually Newton went into a shell, keeping quiet about many of his subsequent discoveries in math and physics, until Hooke's death. In particular, since Newton delayed publication of his discoveries in calculus, while Liebnitz did not, a huge debate arose between England and the European continent about who deserved credit for the development of calculus. (Today, it is correctly agreed that both men should share equal credit.) Hooke was jealous of the younger Newton. It is not surprising that Newton never had much respect for Hooke. Newton's overall social temperament was extremely introverted, and today many suspect that he might have had Asperger's syndrome. He certainty outwardly exhibited several of its symptoms. Regarding Edison, though a genius inventor, his math background was spotty. When asked about it, he replied that he had no need to learn math because he simply could hire a whole team of mathematicians to do the work for him.
It is a super SJW rant. It is the rant of a guy who is trying to suck in all of the pink haired SJWs out there, just to make his audience grow. It is disgusting.
Eugenics huh. Yes, well, looking at the world today, I'd say Tesla was on the right track. That would solve allot of the worlds problems. That thought has crossed my mind too. If humanity is to survive as a species for the next thousand years, we really need to do something about this "stupid" gene.
Eugenics is terrible though I do agree that stupid people shouldn't breed BECAUSE their bullshit often becomes the mindset of their children. Times that mindset by hundreds of thousands and good god.
People talk about eugenics like it's the same thing as racism. Also, people get surprised he didn't reproduced, he didn't saw himself fit to reproduce, smart or not he had his quirks he didn't wanted to pass on. (a completely different reason to why he didn't had sex. He wasn't interested in sex, he was more interested in pigeons than people also.)
TRtherocknroller No. That's not eugenics, that's murder (or suicide if one does to itself, but you get the gist). Now, I consciously choose not to reproduce because I have epilepsy with is inheritable. Eugenics is about reproduction, not murder.
Lord Arctus Did Russia do something to you? Or do you get your thinking points from Fox News. Also, what qualifies you to make a statement that smart people are usually insane in some way. That sounds like something dumb people would say.
***** i understand your empath friend..most have no comprehension how tiring it is for empaths like us to be around a person that purports to be smart and and berates everyone. social gathering are specially exhaustive.
***** i dont believe the poster ( or Russian quote ) was talking about stupid as in ( one is stupid if they cant spell ) he means stupid as in ( ignorant jackass without reason )
@@RageyRage82 There are many things that must not be tolerated; abuse, racism, violent crime, etc. But throwing away a whole person because of their worst part is counterproductive. We are all flawed and some worse than others. Some of those awful people do wonderful things and some wonderful people do awful things. Society's inability to think more complexly about this is why we end up disappointed so often with people we think highly of. Best to you.
@@ryanbeaty4893 nobody says that we should throw the whole person away. But at the end of the day people who don't respect boundaries can't expect to have many friends or support in their lives. We all have a personal responsibility to treat others the way we want to be treated. If they really wanted to make an effort there is professional help out there. If someone doesn't take advantage of that then it tells me a lot about that person. Of course not everyone can afford professional help but there are ways of saying "I want to change". Manipulating and abusing people doesn't show you want to change. People have a right to distance themselves from hurt and abuse.
Thomas Edison didn't invent anything, he employed "Assistants" that invented things (like the incandescent light) then filed the patents under his name thus taking full credit for them.
He still came up with the initial idea. So they are still his inventions, even if others built the prototype for him. Hell, I have ideas for things, but don't have the know-how to build them or get backing for them, so would need to get others to do it for me. But I would still take patents on it, and pay the people who worked on it, because they did a job for me, but it was my idea, initially.
Dawkins is right - people (I mean *any* people, people who aren't *someone*) complain about their emotional problems as if they were the most important thing on earth - while other people in other parts of the world would be glad to be even allowed so much as to voice their grievances without fear of their health, safety and even lives.
He confuses me. Evolutionary speaking it's survival of the fittest. Self Importance is a natural attribute we have, that is why humbleness and charity must be taught at home during those delightful early years.Yet, he throws his theory out the window to make someone feel bad for caring for themselves Maybe he really was a bit more of a genius, maybe a little pscyhopathic
Bohemian Rhapsody I am not talking about legitimate grief, I am talking about "emotional problems" of the kind where people complain that they are stressed out and "traumatized" because they didn't get their accustomed seat in a restaurant or because they had to wait 20 minutes for their taxi to arrive or because someone talked back to them at a parents' meeting - that sort of thing. These people need a hefty dose of reality.
@@AbuAbdillah1428 haha... ok... think you completely missed it... so lets break it down tesla wanted to breed out stupid... the kardashians and people that think they are worth their time... define stupidity... now if youre referring to the fact that you cant actually breed out stupidity... yes its false.... duh wasnt the point of the comment it was satire... dont take things so literally
scarred10 No. You forget the actual scientist Dawkins. You know the word "meme"? Well he invented it & wrote a book on it about cultural transitions of views & acts amongst many others. The man is a genius. I dislike this list for a great deal of reasons whilst not defending most people, but I will say Dawkins as a person does appear to be a douche. Still a fucking genius.
***** Just the sense I've gotten from a few interviews, one in particular in Australia he was very rude. I'm on his side I just think he can be an asshole. But this list is a sham anyways.
Plus John Lennon was horrible to his son, Julian, walked out on him, cut him out of his will, and it took Paul McCartney to write a song to comfort Julian ("Hey Jude"), about his parents' divorce, instead of, maybe Julian's OWN FATHER writing it. Lennon also gave a lot of his fortune to Sean in his will, who he had with Yoko Ono, and Julian got nothing.
***** I don't claim to have superior intellect though I am educated. I can't be bothered because I'm guessing you are religious. If you are religious then you are not rational and if you are not rational then there is no point in me trying to explain to you why Dawkins is not a horrible person, and as there is no point, I can't be bothered trying - OK?
Well you are correct. I am a Christian. However the argument that people of religious faith are not rational is pathetic rhetoric that is used to avoid an actual discussion. I don't refute or reject scientific discovery. I am open to learning what makes the universe what it is. I am not irrational because I believe that something exists that we can't understand on a scientific level. I am not so simple minded that I can not integrate science with the possibility of the super natural Believing that man possesses the capacity to disprove the existence of the supernatural is very irrational considering our extremely limited knowledge of the universe. Also the maker of this video did not say Dwakins was a bad person because he doesn't believe in God. He siad that instead of educating people he became an internet troll who spews hatred (which is exactly what he is). He also said that he is a sexist creep (which he is)...OK? Also why write comments if you "can't be bothered"?
***** I'm beginning to wish I had'nt commented, I did so because I did'nt like this very negative posting that personally attacks people for no apparent reason other than to be unpleasantly smart-arsed. John Lennon, (not here to defend himself) made no secret of the mental health problems and personal demons that afflicted him, even alluding to them in some of his songs. He was no saint, but then he never claimed to be one of those did he? I don't believe that man has the capacity to disprove the existance of the super-natural, how can anyone prove that something does NOT exist? Now if you (or anybody, anywhere, ever) could prove that the super-natural (an oxymoron in my opinion) DOES exist, then I might begin to accept the possibility of the existence of a God or Gods, but you can't, so I don't. OK?
***** I know nobody has to prove anything to me in order to justify their beliefs. I only challenged you (or anyone else) to prove the existence of the supernatural in response to your assertion that - "Believing that man posesses the capacity to disprove the existence of the supernatural is very irrational". I don't care if you believe in the tooth fairy, but when you try to characterise your belief as just as valid and deserving of just as much respect as knowledge derived from rigorous, empirical scientific observation, then I feel you should be challenged. As for Dawkins and Lennon (neither of whom you've ever personally met I'll bet) being respectively a 'sexist creep' and 'scum' - well perhaps, after all they're just poor, human creatures, but you claim to be a Christian, so have some humility and forgive them.
The funny thing about Aristotle's beliefs about women being incomplete men is that, genetically, the opposite is true. The Y chromosome (male) is actually missing a bunch of genes that the X chromosome (female) has, which is what causes X-linked genetic disorders such as colorblindness, hemophilia, etc to occur in men but rarely occur in women.
How the hell can you defend such a horrible person as Rebecca Watson?!? She could be on the list, but certainly far from genius. Totally disagree with your choice to include Richard Dawkins in your list. He's one for calling out the bullshit in the world, not causing it. I can't believe you give validity and credence to the elevator incident - which was absolute nonsense.
I know! Guy in an elevator: Hey, would you like to come up to room fro a coffee? Rebecca Watson: How dare you ask me such a vile and abhorrent question like that! Later on the internet,,, Rebecca Watson: ...And then, he asked if I wanted coffee! (hysterical sobbing)
What I find funny is that he actually went about it the right way and politely asked for consent. How can feminists argue with that? He did exactly what they push for so much. They're truly delusional.
Sure the elevator thing was blown way out of proportion (women are supposed to be sexually liberated but this man can't even ask if she wants 'coffee' in the most polite way?), but that's just her being a whiny little bitch on youtube for a minute. Don't think she really predicted the video becoming a big thing.. Long story short, she's not necessarily horrible for being a bit snappy one afternoon.. Unless you had other instances of her being horrible in mind, that is? I'm entirely behind Dawkins though in that if someone's willing to spend all their jargon and regime flavour on this, surely the other objects of it can't be that important to her..
***** It depends why you admire someone surely? Does it not? If Hitler hung a picture of Ford on his wall because he just loved to drive Fords, then what does that matter? But because he hailed him so much due to his racist views, that says a lot about him and Ford. It's a massive generalization to say if you look up to someone bad you're bad and if someone bad looks up to you you're bad. People love John Lennon for his musical taste and song writing. Does that make them bad? Nope. But if you love him for beating the shit out of people that's more than questionable.
***** Henry Ford was the firs foriner to resive a medal for distinguished people from Hitler for his massive antisemitism so I believe that he was evil its not that Hitler liked ford cars Hitler had a Rols Roy's
There is not a single E in Woolf. Are you working class, perhaps? Get me my diary, please. Bunch of fools. If you can't read, take your smartphone, take a picture of the text and say "Hey Goggle, what's written here?" and voilà, you don't need to read a single word, any more. True or not?
@@gabrielaavila4275 Yes, sure as if you saw it yourself. In Amsterdam (I guess) somebody once stole an O from the Google logo, inside a Google office building. It was a truth or dare challenge and the guy vlogged it. One of the directors explained, they really missed that O, after a couple of days. In fact, it is a piece of art, not just a simple 3d print of the well known logo, and he said thank you, for returning it.
South Park: "James Cameron doesn't do what James Cameron does for James Cameron. James Cameron does what James Cameron does because James Cameron IS James Cameron."
To those who are not aware of the horrible abuse suffered By Rebeca Watson, she was on a elevator and a guy said some thing like "hey, don`t take me wrong, but I like you... would you like to come to my place and have some coffee??". what followed is not for the faint hearted, I`m warning you... She said no and the dude left her alone... can you believe it ?? can`t you see the lack of respect?? can`t you see the amount of misogyny?? can`t you see that she was basically raped??? yeah, me neither...
Sorry, but this Video is way under the standard of the usually toptenz videos in its reasoning. You simplified beyond reason and since when is inspiring bad people an evil act, considering that it wasn't mainly the evil part that inspired hitler.
***** But if you look at the votes for and against on most normal youtube videos, you'll see that once you've shown enough interest in a subject to click on a video, it must be something you're a fan of. Very few videos will get a 44% negative vote. And majority rules doesn't mean they're right. If that was the case then teenage girls' opinion on Justin Bieber would mean that he's probably better than Rossini or Mozart.
Is popularity reflected in the amt of views, or the percent of those that voted on it positively? I think most people should know by now how randomly people use superlatives in youtube videos. As in "The funniest prank ever" etc etc. The very phrase "Top Ten" has a superlative implied on an ongoing basis. Also, eugenics still gets a bad press to this day. If you had the male with the highest IQ in the same room as the female with the highest IQ I think they should have a kid together. The resultant human could well have the highest IQ yet known. Who knows what benefit to mankind he could deliver. And Socrates couldn't have beaten Aristotle to the punch at anything. He just died about 15 years b4 Aristotle was born, which is not the same thing. Btw, what country do you come from? I can't quite place the accent. My guess is Australia.
I don't even understand what the thumbs up or the thumbs down vote actually means. Does it mean you don't like the video because you think the content is inaccurate or does it mean you think the quality of the video was poor or does it mean you don't think the video was helpful or relative to the title? It's not a decent barometer of anything.
I remember reading about Edison having a contest and offering a cash prize to the winner, but then refused to pay the cash prize to the winner. The person who won the contest and got stiffed by Edison, was Tesla, who was also the same person who invented a better form of electricity than Edison and the same person who Edison tried to discredit by electrocuting animals to death. Small world. peace
@@robertgary3561 it's been awhile since read about it but it was Tesla who claimed that Edison said he'd pay $50K to the assistant who made his dynamo more efficient. When Tesla succeeded and asked for the $ Edison told him it was a joke. It's the reason Tesla quit working for Edison.
@@davidholtz3885 What? lol No, he was not a satanist. He was very clear and on the record about what his beliefs were. Anyway, isn't stealing worse than being a satanist. It's not a crime to be a satanist.
Edison didn't just electrocute puppies, he also electrocuted an elephant in public (video available on RU-vid of the atrocity) and, more importantly, invented the electric chair. He didn't invent it as a humane means of electrocution, he invented it as a bloody awful way to die in order to trash A.C. When I say 'invent', he didn't actually invent anything, he either stole the idea or one of his underpaid, overworked staff invented it and he capitalised on it. He was a complete arsehole by any measure.
Hmm the not so little rant about Dawkins makes me think the person or persons behind this list have taken some kind of personal dislike to Dawkins and allowed that to skew their choices for the list. So we're basically just getting an opinion. One that's really not worth anything more than any other in the comments below and we all know how worthless youtube comments are.
Alex Wilson Perhaps you should try giving objective opinions rather than biased ones, if you think all opinions are biased. Never heard of an objective opinion? Don't understand the concept of being fair in your assessments of people? Not all opinions are biased.
@@Lemmy Winks , I think you're confusing popularity with genius, and by that logic Justin Bieber is also a genius. You've told me nothing about why Cameron's a genius other than his box office returns. That makes him a businessman not a genius.
I practiced self-eugenics. One of the reasons I didn't have children is bc I and a slew of relatives have hard-core mental illness. I wouldn't visit it on anyone I loved.
The word mental illness can be used on anyone you don’t like or have an alternative view of life. Just excuses for not having understanding or enlightenment.
@@futuraguysuntzuphilosophy7181 Not really, there actually are individuals whose mental state is imbalanced which is real issue. The ones involved like family members or intimate partners suffer more than the mentally disturbed one believe it or not.
yes he did and he electrocuted an elephant to death to prove his direct curent electricity was superior to alternating current... so freaking weird the victorian era crowd cheered while the elephant died.
baptist to catholic today i woke up thinking of what a wicked person I am... ( I got to drinking too much on sunday evening with the neigbors and miss represented Jesus. I feel so ugly and a fool. Still I heard a small voice say," you are like a lamb. I still do not understand what a wicked person I am and Jesus still sees me as a lamb...
LindaBkrWms There will be disappointment and failing in us (me) the mystical body and in this we are instrument of his love and in forgiving. All saint stumble and at time make fools of us all. It call becoming a saint. God is good. peace.
+Martin de Lange The problem is that almost everybody, at some point in their life, needs to draw some inspiration from another person's triumph over adversity. Can you manage to use their story without putting them on a pedestal? Do we 'need them on that pedestal?' I'm actually asking the question, because I like the idea of heroes, but I have a hard time excusing nasty behavior.
+Martin de Lange If you can, but to feel that inspirational fire, you have to identify with the source, and in doing so, you will likely forge an emotional bond with the person(s) that inspire you. To quote Admiral Ackbar, "It's a trap!"
Kind of... don't use top tens to interpret history though, or you're in for a lot of embarrassing conversations with people who actually know a thing or two. (this video paints a wildly inaccurate picture of most of the people in it)
HOW, is asking someone to come back to their room '' sexism ''? If he had DEMANDED it, or freaked out on her for saying no, then yes. But simply asking isn't sexist........ Even if he had said it flat out '' Do you want to sleep with me? ''. That STILL wouldn't have been sexist o.O...
Kolsyrad Mcluvin Turns out the elevator guy was gay, and was just a fan who was a bit awkward in social skills. Watson drew the wrong conclusion and became a star because of it.
Kolsyrad Mcluvin Not sure how it's sexist or even harassment. Asking a woman out, to have a drink or come back to your room, it's a proposition. If the woman says no and the man repeatedly asks or pressures the woman, then yes that is harassment. Watson is just a dipshit attention seeker.
Kolsyrad Mcluvin Apparently, someone's emotional reaction to the proposition is all that's required to make it sexist and harassment (according to femanazis). And calling it out like this will make us "horrible people". This video is a f&%$ing joke.
You put Richard Dawkins on this list? Richard Dawkins in a wonderful man who encourages the rigorous exercise of the very logic and reason which shall illuminate our way forward to a bright future. Even teeny tiny little baby bunnies love him. I would rather spend a day discussing sweeping topics with him than any other person. I would suggest you replace Richard Dawkins on this list with William Shockley, who was an awful racist and believed in the forced sterilization of everyone with an IQ below 100, which is incredibly short sighted. Also, rabbits never liked him. Not one bit.
@@RghtBrnd Okay, okay-- My older son used to work for him, but our family admired him WELL before that. He really is a delightful man. And teeny tiny little baby bunnies truly **DO** love him. Just watch when someone releases a great big cardboard box of them near Richard; they all hop right up to him because they know what a kind and loving heart he has, and that he carries those little niblet carrots in his coat pocket, just for occasions such as this.
If Tesla had kid or a wife we wouldn't have the technology we have today. He dedicated 100% of his life to science, he even reduced sleeping and eating to minimum. His mind and visions were above the average, so i am not surprised that you view him as horrible person. :)
Your comment suggests your comprehension for why Tesla is on the list is ZERO. Ironic considering we're talking about intelligence here. (Hint: Tesla is not on the list because he didn't have a family.)
+Danilo Novakovic .. Looks like you missed the part about Tesla trying to play God in eugenics, that's a dangerous thing to bring to humanity, it could have far reaching devestaions & unimagined unforeseen harm wrought upon the population at large ..
What did Tesla actually DO about eugenics? Please pay homage to Tesla by not reproducing. Could have, might have been... I guess all you know about Tesla is what you overheard in this video. You didn't even pay attention. Or describe just how Tesla was "trying to play God".
