Philosophy Now Forum

Ok i put 'scientists' in brackets because a baby or a plumber uses the scientific method but more specifically im referring to contributions to mankind. I assume a physicist would say either Einstein or Newton. One VERY overlooked person is Nikola Tesla. So he was alive around the same time as Einstein though isnt mentioned nearly as much. I mean come on AC electricity into essentially everyones house on earth, what could be more practical than that? And what did Einstein contribute? Special/general relativity Yay who cares (asking for a flaming). So have your say, who and for what reason do you think was the greatest contributor to mankind in terms of increasing mankinds knowledge of the universe/aiding mankind with an invention?

I vote for integrating personality: J. C. Maxwell
Einstein's crazy model of reality - space-time - and even crazier metrics slowed the physics by at least half a century: (

Oh yeh Maxwell was a giant

Einstein's crazy model of reality - space-time - and even crazier metrics slowed the physics by at least half a century: (

Hmm because it is garbage or because other people could not make sense of it? (or some combination of both lol)

jinx wrote:Ok i put 'scientists' in brackets because a baby or a plumber uses the scientific method...

What do you think this scientific method is?

When a baby crawls for the first time he starts with a hypothesis ( i will crawl) then proceeds to observation/experimentation (crawls), readjusts his theory based on repeated observations and experimentation, falls over then starts all over again. Everyone on earth is a 'scientist'.

jinx wrote:When a baby crawls for the first time he starts with a hypothesis ( i will crawl) then proceeds to observation/experimentation (crawls), readjusts his theory based on repeated observations and experimentation, falls over then starts all over again. Everyone on earth is a 'scientist'.

In that case I nominate Thales of Miletus. He was the first person to advocate applying the scientific method you describe to our understanding of the world.

Heh seems more significant than Aristotle based on wiki interesting character.

jinx wrote:When a baby crawls for the first time he starts with a hypothesis ( i will crawl) then proceeds to observation/experimentation (crawls), readjusts his theory based on repeated observations and experimentation, falls over then starts all over again. Everyone on earth is a 'scientist'.

She doesn't even have an 'I' at this stage. She just crawls. Although she actually rolls first.