Lannan13 Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 I've been thinking on this for sometime, but if we were to have a Nerd Mount Rushmore who do you think would be on it? Quote Tiocfaidh ár lá =Censored by Politics and War Moderation team= Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Lannan13 Posted January 2, 2016 Author Share Posted January 2, 2016 I'm thinking maybe: Captin Kirk, George Lucas, Superman, and Harry Potter. Quote Tiocfaidh ár lá =Censored by Politics and War Moderation team= Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReaverAxis Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 Gary Gygax. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailor Jerry Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 Gary Gygax. Hell yeah! I remember starting out with his stuff in the late 70's! The good old days! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lannan13 Posted January 3, 2016 Author Share Posted January 3, 2016 I think Link would be great as well. Quote Tiocfaidh ár lá =Censored by Politics and War Moderation team= Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Mcfloyd Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 I'm thinking maybe: Captin Kirk, George Lucas, Superman, and Harry Potter. your point Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
durmij Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 Depends if we go fictional or non fictional Non-Fictional: Gygax, Rodenberry, Lucas, Stan Lee. Fictional: Harry Potter, Mario, Darth Vader, Goddzilla Quote https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjI4ROuPyuY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUUEHv8GHcE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnl023 Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Spock? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doktor Avalanche Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Nikola Tesla has to be on it, just because it is !@#$ing Nikola Tesla! 5 Quote Beer. Damn Good Beer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lannan13 Posted January 4, 2016 Author Share Posted January 4, 2016 Nikola Tesla has to be on it, just because it is !@#$ Nikola Tesla! He has done some pretty awesome stuff. To bad he died before he got to invent most of it. Quote Tiocfaidh ár lá =Censored by Politics and War Moderation team= Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurdanak Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Nikola Tesla has to be on it, just because it is !@#$ Nikola Tesla! Without a doubt. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox Fire Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Fox Fire Fox Fire Fox Fire Fox Fire Fox Fire Fox Fire Fox Fire Fox Fire Fox Fire Fox Fire Fox Fire Fox Fire Fox Fire Fox Fire Fox Fire Fox Fire Fox Fire Fox Fire Fox Fire Fox Fire Fox Fire Fox Fire Fox Fire Fox Fire Fox Fire Fox Fire Fox Fire Fox Fire Fox Fire Fox Fire Fox Fire Fox Fire Fox Fire What was this about? Do I get a prize? Quote _________________________________________________________________ <Jroc> I heard \ is an anagram of cocaine<\> I can't be rearranged into a line, I already am a line. --Foxburo Wiki-- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilal the Great Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 No Tolkien? how about Heinlein? Asimov? Quote King Bilal the Great Mediocre The Average monarch of Billonesia Wikia page (if you're into roleplay things). We Tvtropes now. (down the rabbit hole!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Winchell Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 A giant fist smushing someone's pimply face, complete with broken glasses. And/or a giant butt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Haggar Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Nikola Tesla has to be on it, just because it is !@#$ Nikola Tesla! Thread over. I'd be hard pressed to think of three other people to put with him. DaVinci, maybe. Modern science would not have been possible without Al-Khwarzmi. Sushruta pioneered surgery before anesthesia. It's difficult to decide, because there were a lot of scientists and thinkers who were terrific nerds that simply didn't have the tools to figure out which ideas were correct. While I disagree with much of modern "traditional" Chinese medicine, they did pioneer the concepts of treating diseases with chemicals that we still use today (anybody ever take an aspirin?). As for cultural "nerditry", I view interest in the fantastical or hypothetical as more geekery or dorkism than nerditry. Nerditry tends to be more tied to the actual world. While there's a lot of cross-over, I don't view cultural artists or artifacts as nerdity. And the lack of Arthur C. Clark and Robert E. Howard is disturbing. George Lucas is a hack whose first couple of movies were saved by his ex-wife. His influences are easy to see, and the three "prequels" are actually a standard for him, rather than an "exception". Just see the TV specials or anything else he had unchecked influence over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
durmij Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 I think the problem is we have too many nerds of too many flavours to pick from. Even narrowing it down to something like authors or physicists would give us huge pools to draw from. But it's a good problem to have. #NerdsRunThisShit Quote https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjI4ROuPyuY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUUEHv8GHcE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Haggar Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 I think the problem is we have too many nerds of too many flavours to pick from. Even narrowing it down to something like authors or physicists would give us huge pools to draw from. But it's a good problem to have. #NerdsRunThisShit Not to mention that we have to figure out just how to measure their impact. Is it lives saved? Then Norman Borlaug is a huge omission on my part. Is it later influence? Then the unknown that invented writing wins hands-down. But I agree. While soldiers rule as far as their arms will take them, scientists and scribes are the force multipliers. Spartans were nothing without their metallurgists. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odin Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Dr. Axel Stoll (rip) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doktor Avalanche Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Nikola Tesla H.P. Lovecraft David Bowie Boba Fett 1 Quote Beer. Damn Good Beer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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