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Re: The Greatest Person of the 20th Century?
« Reply #75 on: February 02, 2019, 11:16:19 AM »
Quote from: Trentvoyager on February 01, 2019, 07:06:48 PM
And no category that composers sit easily in. The whole series seems ill thought out and restrcitive to me.

I agree.
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Re: The Greatest Person of the 20th Century?
« Reply #76 on: February 02, 2019, 03:15:38 PM »
Mahatma Gandhi
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Re: The Greatest Person of the 20th Century?
« Reply #77 on: February 02, 2019, 03:21:01 PM »
Glad Martin Luther King won a category, he being one of my all-time heroes.
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Re: The Greatest Person of the 20th Century?
« Reply #78 on: February 06, 2019, 09:44:57 AM »
Turing wins overall - thoughts please. Is he really the greatest person of the 20th century?
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Re: The Greatest Person of the 20th Century?
« Reply #79 on: February 06, 2019, 09:49:32 AM »
Quote from: ProfessorDavey on February 06, 2019, 09:44:57 AM
Turing wins overall - thoughts please. Is he really the greatest person of the 20th century?
I certainly wouldn't have given it to Turing. He made an important contribution to winning the war, and to computer science, but so did many others. His treatment by the authorities for his homosexuality was shameful, but he didn't do anything praiseworthy in that respect.
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Re: The Greatest Person of the 20th Century?
« Reply #80 on: February 06, 2019, 10:14:18 AM »
Quote from: ProfessorDavey on February 06, 2019, 09:44:57 AM
Turing wins overall - thoughts please. Is he really the greatest person of the 20th century?
Not for me. Of course, as already covered, he wouldn't be the greatest scientist of the 20th Century for me. I didn't watch the programme but the twitterati were very big on Chris Packham's speech being brilliantly effective. In the end these things are fluff.
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Re: The Greatest Person of the 20th Century?
« Reply #81 on: February 06, 2019, 10:34:20 AM »
Quote from: ProfessorDavey on February 06, 2019, 09:44:57 AM
Turing wins overall - thoughts please. Is he really the greatest person of the 20th century?
Dunno... can't engage with the basic idea of the programme ... and didn't watch.
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Re: The Greatest Person of the 20th Century?
« Reply #82 on: February 06, 2019, 07:01:08 PM »
Quote from: ProfessorDavey on February 06, 2019, 09:44:57 AM
Turing wins overall - thoughts please. Is he really the greatest person of the 20th century?
As already discussed, he is not even the greatest scientist.
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Re: The Greatest Person of the 20th Century?
« Reply #83 on: February 13, 2019, 11:26:49 AM »
I've since seen Chris Packham's speech as an advocate for Turing. It's very well done.
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