Spend an hour with anyone - who?
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Warmuth
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Any of the OG Roman Empire leaders would be acceptable. Julius Caesar would probably top my list just because his legends are better than Octavians even though he’s probably the most successful ruler in world history.
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Young me, Someone from the previous Epoch, Maybe the Giant they killed near Khandahar....who am I kidding...Donald Trump of course!
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That just made me realize that I'm not aware of any muslims on this board? Serious question.
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Aristotle, just to see if I could see that real 'spark' in him, in real life, just maybe. I want to know if he was legit or if he is just a product of our imagination.
I'd like to meet Darwin too, but one hour is a legitimately pathetic amount of time.
If I am only limited to one hour I might pick a more contemporary person such as Sam Harris or Jordan Peterson.
If I could have a day or a week or a month, I'd pick Aristotle or Darwin.
Maybe Alexander or Caesar. Or Orwell. Or Hemingway. Or Adams. Or Lincoln. One hour is just not enough time.
I'd like to meet Darwin too, but one hour is a legitimately pathetic amount of time.
If I am only limited to one hour I might pick a more contemporary person such as Sam Harris or Jordan Peterson.
If I could have a day or a week or a month, I'd pick Aristotle or Darwin.
Maybe Alexander or Caesar. Or Orwell. Or Hemingway. Or Adams. Or Lincoln. One hour is just not enough time.
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To my knowledge our last open Muslim was Osiris. My several years old recollection is that he didn't like any portrayal of Muhammad as anything but a saint.
I'll give the guy some credit, he hung in there with us shitlord atheists for some months. But like all Muslims, he eventually reached 'Critical Butthurt' in service of his cult leader and ragequit as an eternal virtue-signal to his Allah.
To my knowledge he was one of only two or three open Muslims we've ever had here and he got BTFO'd by redneck American nerds who had read more of the Quran than he had.
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Not sure I understand the question. I remember the guy and his general trend as a poster, not any sort of specific thread or post.
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My recollection of him was from the Atheist Thread. Punches also tend not to be pulled in that thread as well so it very well may have triggered Muhammad's Snowflake.
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If we can choose an unspecific person, it would have to be a ruler or high priest from "Atlantis". Not sure I believe in the true myth of that sunken continent, but I do think the legend may have some historical foundation by which some city state was destroyed by catastrophe. Would be interesting to see what their culture was like.
But, if it has to be someone specific, then I might go with Pontius Pilate, about an hour before he has to judge a certain rebellious Jew. I would try and convince him to let that person go. No Crucifixion, no Christianity. Wonder what sort of a world I would return to!
But, if it has to be someone specific, then I might go with Pontius Pilate, about an hour before he has to judge a certain rebellious Jew. I would try and convince him to let that person go. No Crucifixion, no Christianity. Wonder what sort of a world I would return to!
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Ukerric
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Since "Atlantis" was almost surely Santorini, at 1500BC, we're looking at bronze-age pre-mycaenian period. The thing is, in that era, each civilization was significantly different from the others. Crete was very different from the Mittani, which were different from Egyptians. The only thing we know is that they were almost certainly very very different from the classical civilizations (like Greece - the mycaenian civilization that is featured in Homer was invaders from central Eurasia arriving in Greece around that time).
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