in 500 years who will be remembered from the 20th

[KCattheStripe]

Ghandi
Jonas Salk
Hitler
Stalin
FDR
Churchill
Mao
James D. Watson and Francis Crick
MLK Jr.
Gorbachev
Nixon
Neil Armstrong
Edmund Hillary
JRR Tolkein
CS Lewis
JK Rowling
Kurt Vonnegut
Oppenheimer
Einstein
Ian Wilmut and Keith Campbell ( They Cloned Dolly the Sheep)
Picasso
The Beatles


Those are just a few off the top of my head.

[cdif911]

Ghandi
Jonas Salk
Hitler
Stalin
FDR
Churchill
Mao
James D. Watson and Francis Crick
MLK Jr.
Gorbachev
Nixon
Neil Armstrong
Edmund Hillary
JRR Tolkein
CS Lewis
JK Rowling
Kurt Vonnegut
Oppenheimer
Einstein
Ian Wilmut and Keith Campbell ( They Cloned Dolly the Sheep)
Picasso
The Beatles


Those are just a few off the top of my head.

all? I bet no more than 2-3 people are really remembered, like synonymous with the 20th century.  Think about it, 19th century, most would likely say Lincoln and maybe Darwin... and that's only 100 years ago

1700s, Washington, Jefferson, all those founding fathers (from an American perspective)

1600s, King James I is the only name that really comes to mind immediately, so on and so forth

believe it or not, we will be reduced to a tiny blip on a huge map someday... kinda makes you feel insignificant

[KCattheStripe]

Ghandi
Jonas Salk
Hitler
Stalin
FDR
Churchill
Mao
James D. Watson and Francis Crick
MLK Jr.
Gorbachev
Nixon
Neil Armstrong
Edmund Hillary
JRR Tolkein
CS Lewis
JK Rowling
Kurt Vonnegut
Oppenheimer
Einstein
Ian Wilmut and Keith Campbell ( They Cloned Dolly the Sheep)
Picasso
The Beatles


Those are just a few off the top of my head.

all? I bet no more than 2-3 people are really remembered, like synonymous with the 20th century.  Think about it, 19th century, most would likely say Lincoln and maybe Darwin... and that's only 100 years ago

1700s, Washington, Jefferson, all those founding fathers (from an American perspective)

1600s, King James I is the only name that really comes to mind immediately, so on and so forth

believe it or not, we will be reduced to a tiny blip on a huge map someday... kinda makes you feel insignificant

Are we talking about being remembered by History or by the common person?

[Celtic]

Will Solomon.

You are getting a TP every time I see a post of yours.

[cdif911]

OBAMA

I'm going to doubt it, I wonder if any President from this era will be remembered.  I think within 200 years race as determined by skin color will become irrelevent, and I've heard some estimates that say humans will all be a shade of brown within a few hundred years. 

Did you get that from the episode of South Park?

nope haven't seen that...any good?

[cdif911]

Will Solomon.

You are getting a TP every time I see a post of yours.

Yup, just brought him to 400 and now a congrats in 100 TPs

[Redz]

Will Solomon.

You are getting a TP every time I see a post of yours.

Yup, just brought him to 400 and now a congrats in 100 TPs

If people in 500 years do in fact come to accept CelticsBlog as gospel, then Will will take on Apollo like status.

[cdif911]

Ghandi
Jonas Salk
Hitler
Stalin
FDR
Churchill
Mao
James D. Watson and Francis Crick
MLK Jr.
Gorbachev
Nixon
Neil Armstrong
Edmund Hillary
JRR Tolkein
CS Lewis
JK Rowling
Kurt Vonnegut
Oppenheimer
Einstein
Ian Wilmut and Keith Campbell ( They Cloned Dolly the Sheep)
Picasso
The Beatles


Those are just a few off the top of my head.

all? I bet no more than 2-3 people are really remembered, like synonymous with the 20th century.  Think about it, 19th century, most would likely say Lincoln and maybe Darwin... and that's only 100 years ago

1700s, Washington, Jefferson, all those founding fathers (from an American perspective)

1600s, King James I is the only name that really comes to mind immediately, so on and so forth

believe it or not, we will be reduced to a tiny blip on a huge map someday... kinda makes you feel insignificant

Are we talking about being remembered by History or by the common person?

I was thinking common person, but in many ways the 2 are pretty similar, over time especially.  But yes, the premise is if you asked someone in 500 years to name someone from the 20th century, I think you'd get Neil Armstrong and maybe one other...maybe

history books of course will have more, but little will likely be emphasized from this 100 year period; look at how texts gloss through decades and centuries as if they are blips ona  radar

[Redz]

Ghandi
Jonas Salk
Hitler
Stalin
FDR
Churchill
Mao
James D. Watson and Francis Crick
MLK Jr.
Gorbachev
Nixon
Neil Armstrong
Edmund Hillary
JRR Tolkein
CS Lewis
JK Rowling
Kurt Vonnegut
Oppenheimer
Einstein
Ian Wilmut and Keith Campbell ( They Cloned Dolly the Sheep)
Picasso
The Beatles


Those are just a few off the top of my head.

all? I bet no more than 2-3 people are really remembered, like synonymous with the 20th century.  Think about it, 19th century, most would likely say Lincoln and maybe Darwin... and that's only 100 years ago

1700s, Washington, Jefferson, all those founding fathers (from an American perspective)

1600s, King James I is the only name that really comes to mind immediately, so on and so forth

believe it or not, we will be reduced to a tiny blip on a huge map someday... kinda makes you feel insignificant

Are we talking about being remembered by History or by the common person?

I was thinking common person, but in many ways the 2 are pretty similar, over time especially.  But yes, the premise is if you asked someone in 500 years to name someone from the 20th century, I think you'd get Neil Armstrong and maybe one other...maybe

history books of course will have more, but little will likely be emphasized from this 100 year period; look at how texts gloss through decades and centuries as if they are blips ona  radar

The cockroaches and rats will be little impressed with our human history when they rule the world.

[guava_wrench]

Science will preserve many names so Einstein's will remain well known like Newton remains well known. The hair only helps. Names like Heisenberg, Watson, Curie, Oppenheimer and Lemaître will be remembered, but probably only by scientists. Scientists whose names are preserved in the periodic table or in units of measurement have an advantage.

Hitler was a brilliant choice, and I definitely consider him the most likely political leader to be remembered. Churchill had so many great quotes that might keep him remembered. Kennedy is the most likely US President to be remembered because of the assassination and the resulting conspiracy theories. Stalin perhaps, but who knows what Russia will be by then. Mao.

Neil Armstrong is a great mention. I tend to think MLK will fade a bit as the concept of race changes fundamentally over the next 500 years. I don't expect there to be meaningful identity in the US based on skin tone 500 years from now.

I wonder what musicians would stand the test of time. If I had to put money on someone, it would be on the Beatles. Perhaps someone like Andrew Lloyd Webber would have staying power. I find it hard to imagine how today's movies will be considered in 500 years. I expect that technological changes will leave our movies seeming a bit quaint. Still, future centuries will have access to video records of the present that we do not have for 500 years ago.

Bill Gates has a chance to become a bigger icon. If his foundation is successful in its initiatives against malaria, aids, etc, I can see him being remembered far longer than past tycoons.

I am hesitant to include any athletes because sports will be far more international, and the records of a single league like the NBA or MLB will be far less significant.

Freud may be remembered, though much of his ideas will be disregarded as pre-scientific ideas of the mind.

[KCattheStripe]

Ghandi
Jonas Salk
Hitler
Stalin
FDR
Churchill
Mao
James D. Watson and Francis Crick
MLK Jr.
Gorbachev
Nixon
Neil Armstrong
Edmund Hillary
JRR Tolkein
CS Lewis
JK Rowling
Kurt Vonnegut
Oppenheimer
Einstein
Ian Wilmut and Keith Campbell ( They Cloned Dolly the Sheep)
Picasso
The Beatles


Those are just a few off the top of my head.

all? I bet no more than 2-3 people are really remembered, like synonymous with the 20th century.  Think about it, 19th century, most would likely say Lincoln and maybe Darwin... and that's only 100 years ago

1700s, Washington, Jefferson, all those founding fathers (from an American perspective)

1600s, King James I is the only name that really comes to mind immediately, so on and so forth

believe it or not, we will be reduced to a tiny blip on a huge map someday... kinda makes you feel insignificant

Are we talking about being remembered by History or by the common person?

I was thinking common person, but in many ways the 2 are pretty similar, over time especially.  But yes, the premise is if you asked someone in 500 years to name someone from the 20th century, I think you'd get Neil Armstrong and maybe one other...maybe

history books of course will have more, but little will likely be emphasized from this 100 year period; look at how texts gloss through decades and centuries as if they are blips ona  radar

I don't think they're similar at all, nor do I see the value of what the common person remembers. But that's neither here nor there. But I do think you are underselling the importance of the past century and I think History will remember it as a crucial time.

[guava_wrench]

Ghandi
Jonas Salk
Hitler
Stalin
FDR
Churchill
Mao
James D. Watson and Francis Crick
MLK Jr.
Gorbachev
Nixon
Neil Armstrong
Edmund Hillary
JRR Tolkein
CS Lewis
JK Rowling
Kurt Vonnegut
Oppenheimer
Einstein
Ian Wilmut and Keith Campbell ( They Cloned Dolly the Sheep)
Picasso
The Beatles


Those are just a few off the top of my head.

all? I bet no more than 2-3 people are really remembered, like synonymous with the 20th century.  Think about it, 19th century, most would likely say Lincoln and maybe Darwin... and that's only 100 years ago

1700s, Washington, Jefferson, all those founding fathers (from an American perspective)

1600s, King James I is the only name that really comes to mind immediately, so on and so forth

believe it or not, we will be reduced to a tiny blip on a huge map someday... kinda makes you feel insignificant

Are we talking about being remembered by History or by the common person?

The current common person probably can't name any foreign head of state. Yet I expect much higher education levels in 500 years.

[guava_wrench]

Ghandi
Jonas Salk
Hitler
Stalin
FDR
Churchill
Mao
James D. Watson and Francis Crick
MLK Jr.
Gorbachev
Nixon
Neil Armstrong
Edmund Hillary
JRR Tolkein
CS Lewis
JK Rowling
Kurt Vonnegut
Oppenheimer
Einstein
Ian Wilmut and Keith Campbell ( They Cloned Dolly the Sheep)
Picasso
The Beatles


Those are just a few off the top of my head.

all? I bet no more than 2-3 people are really remembered, like synonymous with the 20th century.  Think about it, 19th century, most would likely say Lincoln and maybe Darwin... and that's only 100 years ago

1700s, Washington, Jefferson, all those founding fathers (from an American perspective)

1600s, King James I is the only name that really comes to mind immediately, so on and so forth

believe it or not, we will be reduced to a tiny blip on a huge map someday... kinda makes you feel insignificant

Are we talking about being remembered by History or by the common person?

I was thinking common person, but in many ways the 2 are pretty similar, over time especially.  But yes, the premise is if you asked someone in 500 years to name someone from the 20th century, I think you'd get Neil Armstrong and maybe one other...maybe

history books of course will have more, but little will likely be emphasized from this 100 year period; look at how texts gloss through decades and centuries as if they are blips ona  radar

I don't think they're similar at all, nor do I see the value of what the common person remembers. But that's neither here nor there. But I do think you are underselling the importance of the past century and I think History will remember it as a crucial time.

I agree with the first part, disagree with the last part. I don't think the last century will be viewed as more crucial than present. I think each century will be increasingly crucial as technology grows and globalization increases.

[fairweatherfan]

I thought of a dark horse candidate, but it pains me to say it.

L. Ron Hubbard. 

[Redz]

Ghandi
Jonas Salk
Hitler
Stalin
FDR
Churchill
Mao
James D. Watson and Francis Crick
MLK Jr.
Gorbachev
Nixon
Neil Armstrong
Edmund Hillary
JRR Tolkein
CS Lewis
JK Rowling
Kurt Vonnegut
Oppenheimer
Einstein
Ian Wilmut and Keith Campbell ( They Cloned Dolly the Sheep)
Picasso
The Beatles


Those are just a few off the top of my head.

all? I bet no more than 2-3 people are really remembered, like synonymous with the 20th century.  Think about it, 19th century, most would likely say Lincoln and maybe Darwin... and that's only 100 years ago

1700s, Washington, Jefferson, all those founding fathers (from an American perspective)

1600s, King James I is the only name that really comes to mind immediately, so on and so forth

believe it or not, we will be reduced to a tiny blip on a huge map someday... kinda makes you feel insignificant

Are we talking about being remembered by History or by the common person?

I was thinking common person, but in many ways the 2 are pretty similar, over time especially.  But yes, the premise is if you asked someone in 500 years to name someone from the 20th century, I think you'd get Neil Armstrong and maybe one other...maybe

history books of course will have more, but little will likely be emphasized from this 100 year period; look at how texts gloss through decades and centuries as if they are blips ona  radar

I don't think they're similar at all, nor do I see the value of what the common person remembers. But that's neither here nor there. But I do think you are underselling the importance of the past century and I think History will remember it as a crucial time.

I agree with the first part, disagree with the last part. I don't think the last century will be viewed as more crucial than present. I think each century will be increasingly crucial as technology grows and globalization increases.

Exactly.  The rate of technological advances went so whacky in the last century so it all seems fresh and amazing, and maybe it will be remembered for being the genesis of a bunch of huge original ideas, but the rate of advances will continue to increase exponentially, so those original ideas may seem more like something more along the lines of man discovering fire or the wheel - which are no less significant, just seemingly primitive.