What people throughout history would you want to chill with?

I think I would want to hang with Jesus, well... not literally.

This seemed like an interesting thread until religion got involved. But I will contribute.

Myself when I was a freshman in college. I would have made far more moves on the women that made their intentions known. My life would be significantly different than it is now.

Others:

Da Vinci. The original Renaissance man.

Terrence Malick in the 70s. He sucks now.

Kurt Vonnegut.

Hemmingway on a fishing trip.

Edward Abbey.

Shakespeare.

Ben Franklin probably would have been interesting.

Jedediah Smith and other early explorers of the American West. A mountain man rendezvous would have been ridiculous.

Lydiard.

Buddha.

Rachel Carson.

Aldo Leopold.

Mary Austen.

Dick Proenneke.

Various native American tribes before disease ravaged the tribes. Some have an interesting philosophy on human life.

I could go on and on here. So many interesting people. So many interesting places. So little time.

Paris Hilton

Darwin

I'd share a bottle of Domecq sherry with Orson Welles.

citizen ray wrote:

I'd share a bottle of Domecq sherry with Orson Welles.

He wouldn't share it with you.

Prestor John

It'd be awesome to chill with Mozart, drink some beer and talk about music. See if he enjoys Call Me Maybe.

John Locke

Socrates/Plato/Aristotle

Nelson Mandela

Newton

Galileo

Ghandi

Muhammad

Ezana

I'd love to chill in the Harem with the Muslim Caliphs (and their prostitutes)

Julius Caesar

Justinian's wife (forgot her name)

Charles Darwin is absolutely my number 1 pick.

Its necessarily that he was a genius, but moreso the fact that he was the only person around that was able to think outside the box and veer away from the awful ignorant tradition of christianity. He was right.

You see, christianity is the biggest ROADBLOCK for the advancement of medical technology. Until Darwin and Van Leewonhook, people did not "believe" in microorganisms. They were so ignorant and arrogant and religious, that they thought that every type of illness came from satan after commiting a sin.

We now know that illness comes from bacteria, not from satan or god or the boogie man. Darwin is the man that paved the ground for intelligence and cognitive dissonance, and initiated the path away from theological stupidity.

Religion & science go together.

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/2011-02-09-gaskell-religion-science_N.htm

Anyways I'd love to meet Nikola Tesla, or Obama.

"You see, christianity is the biggest ROADBLOCK for the advancement of medical technology. Until Darwin and Van Leewonhook, people did not "believe" in microorganisms. They were so ignorant and arrogant and religious, that they thought that every type of illness came from satan after commiting a sin."

Father Stanley Jaki, who documented that modern science is rooted in a realist metaphysics, the foundation of which was laid by St. Thomas and others in the middle ages in Christian Europe.

John, Paul, George and Ringo.

Say, as long as you're all here ........

old math guy wrote:

"You see, christianity is the biggest ROADBLOCK for the advancement of medical technology. Until Darwin and Van Leewonhook, people did not "believe" in microorganisms. They were so ignorant and arrogant and religious, that they thought that every type of illness came from satan after commiting a sin."

Father Stanley Jaki, who documented that modern science is rooted in a realist metaphysics, the foundation of which was laid by St. Thomas and others in the middle ages in Christian Europe.

Don't confuse that antichrist by citing facts. It is much easier for him to bury his head in the sand and hope it all goes away.

Father Ernan McMullin, Pierre Duhem and Carl Sagan. I would like to see all of Sagan's historical mistakes pointed out.

Would also add my great grandparents on my Father's side. They were Russian immigrants. Very little is known about my family tree beyond them. When they came to the US, immigration did a terrible job spelling their Russian last name with an English alphabet. As a result, I have a last name that cannot be traced beyond the US immigration papers.