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Hmmm tough one. I personally don't give a shit about writers, as anyone can do it on the side as a hobby, but I suppose if you put a gun to my head I would have to say Shakespeare realistically had a greater cultural impact.
Still though, if I could go back in history I'd replace him with the mechanical engineer
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It's kind of funny that to make fun of the engineers you had to draw the most lopsided possible comparison. Otherwise if you did a decently renowned engineer, but nowhere near as relatively successful as Shakespeare, lots of people would pick them.
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William Shakespeare
Geoffrey Chaucer
Mark Twain
John Steinbeck
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Thomas Edison
Leonardo da Vinci
Archimedes
Nikola Tesla
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It wouldn't be that fair of a comparison though, the scientists are pretty much renowned all over the world due to science being a lingua franca, these writers while competent in their own right are the most influential in an English speaking world.
What is more historically relevant? The Bible or Positivism?
The real point of this thread is most mechanical engineers work as parts of teams on mundane jobs, and most calculation is done by computers and CAD specialists do the heavy lifting in design. As most "liberal arts graduates" don't set the world on fire neither do most mechanical engineers.
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Actually, I have to partially agree with Putty bot here. After reading Car: A Drama of the American Workplace (a book tracking the development of the third generation Ford Taurus) the CAD people were the ones doing the design while the engineers were forced to make such miracles happen at the lowest production cost. And yes, they all worked together in a dark basement at Ford's headquarters. Definitely not a glamorous job. That being said, not every mechanical engineer is stuck behind a cubicle (at least by mid-late career).
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Re: Who is more important to human history and Culture?
Gotta go with Steinbeck and I fully admit I base my decision on two factors:
A) I really enjoyed Of Mice and Men and B) Not being some nigh useless momma's boy which is common around these parts, I could most likely fix my own washing machine. Burned out heating element? Pfft. Replace it. Broken drive belt? Easy replacement, etc.
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