Which single person has contributed most to the human race?

[josef90]

In your onion which single person has contributed most to the human race?

[phaginator]

Newton or Tesla.

(if we're talking about good things)

[Mav3535]

My onion doesn't have opinions it just makes me cry

^^edit: srs answer is what above poster said and also anyone who has come up with vaccines and cures for any sort of disease. Think Jonas Salk, Pasteur, Jenner, etc. Man there are so many different people though that could be on this list... generals that have had to make huge decisions that have decided wars, kings and emperors in the past who made decisions that affected the whole course of the known world, etc.

If you want to get really technical about this, then probably Genghis Khan. He legit "contributed" the most to the human race being that at some point more than 1% of everyone on the planet had his DNA at some point lmao

[headinahole]

Darwin, Tesla or ItsYaBoyDave

[Power_Strike92]

OG Bobby Johnson

[NonSmoker]

Christopher Columbus or Einschtein

[DRain89]

inb4 Hitler

I'd probably second Newton, Darwin or Tesla

[Raphael8]

This is a tough one having to pick only one person..
Einstein

[vash1789]

edison

[memcop]

HeyZues

[JihadJoe]

Edison and Da Vinci



Aristotle and Homer and Virgil need major dabz though because everything material originated from something consciouus

[Actonspur]

Newton.

Aware me on how Tesla even compares to Newton. Genuine question? Id put Maxwell / Bohr / Heisenberg / Einstein above Tesla.

[KidKhaleel]

edison

[bigdeadlift]

jason genova

[llegos]

For better of worse, Genghis Khan definitely changed the course of history through his actions.

[Dreamer889]

Chief Keef and or Peyton Manning.

[Aperture]

Euclid or one of the other OG mathematicians and scientists who helped establish modern science.

[B4DM0N]

Jesus

[ElbosTupointee]

Newton.

Aware me on how Tesla even compares to Newton. Genuine question? Id put Maxwell / Bohr / Heisenberg / Einstein above Tesla.

It's more of Tesla vs Edison than Newton when comparing.

[gwem32170191]

lol @ darwin.

Newton. Galileo. Einstein. Tesla (greatest shame on the men who used this great man, lookin at you Edison).

Also if we're talking strictly genetics. David and then Genghis Khan.


*EDIT* IDK how I forgot Euclid. GOAT right there.

[PsychoManlet]

heetler

[4204Casper]

lil b

[Dan_S]

Reminds me of a video I saw, or maybe a paper. It's the reason why I say it doesn't matter (was originally going to go with Newton).

Essentially, it said that things would have been figured out within a relatively small time frame of when they were if it weren't for the disoverer. Throughout history, there have been multiple people working on similar ideas, but we credit the guy who did it first (or claimed it first).

For example: Newton and calculus. Leibniz also figured it out at the same time.
Electricity with Tesla and Edison (although Tesla did it better).
Evolution with Darwin and Lamarck
Telephone with Bell and Gray

So what it comes down to is, these things all would've happened with or without the person attributed to their discovery. And therefore, there is no person who contributed the most.

Edit: Seeing some of the responses while I was typing that, I think I would have to go with a world leader. Genghis Khan is a good one, Alexander the Great might be one too.

[veganbrah]

Chief Keef and or Peyton Manning.

Probably almighty so

[JoeTheBarbarian]

Barack Obama or Ronan Farrow!

[rmaerz]

In after Obama

[Aideybhoy]

Newton.

Aware me on how Tesla even compares to Newton. Genuine question? Id put Maxwell / Bohr / Heisenberg / Einstein above Tesla.

You would put an evil meth dealer over Tesla?

[Carpig]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_da_vinci

[phaginator]

Newton.

Aware me on how Tesla even compares to Newton. Genuine question? Id put Maxwell / Bohr / Heisenberg / Einstein above Tesla.

He had so many inventions that made all of the present technology possible.

X-ray, laser, induction motor, principles of radio, found a way do distribute light, wireless communication/energy,...

The man was a genius and forgotten by many and has been rediscovered by many after a long time.

[Hesher]

I'm saying Jesus.

Before you neckbeards get up in arms, go back and look at his moral teachings. There's not a single thing he teaches that wouldn't make the world a better place if everyone implemented it.