On 25 Aug 2001, at 21:39, Jim Windle wrote:
> As an addendum I would add Claude Shannon. In fact I can't think of a single lawyer
>in the 20th century who had the long term influesnce on society that either Shannon
>or von Neumann did. The list of other influential non-lawyers might also be expanded
>to include Turing, Godel, von Braun,
Crick and Watson. Washington's myopia in thinking olny lawyers are worth listening to
is indicative of the type of government we have.
>
> Jim
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Don't forget Muhammed Ali and Andrew Dice Clay.
I know you've only been listing scientists, but you said
non-lawyers. Anyone who gets a lot of attention,
for whatever reasom, is likely to be able to have a hell
of a lot more influence on society than most lawyers or
politicians.
George
