[Titan416]

Originally Posted by JSN

lol for starters he never wrote anything, and windows is simply a second rate ripoff of the mac's grapic OS.

your argument is tantamount to arguing that westinghouse was more important than tesla.

You do know he had an hand in creating numerous programming languages used to today that were the basis for every type of program currently coded. Software controls everything, from your DVD player, to cars, super computers and traffic lights. If it wasn't for Bill, and the approach he took to software engineering, the world would be completely and utterly different right now.

Windows is his most profitable work, but it's a joke in comparison to some of the things he and others working under him did.

Absolutely nothing you do today that involves any sort of technology would exist today if it wasn't for some of the fundamentals in software engineering he pioneered.

He also completely changed the global economy because Software combined with technology has made every single thing on earth more obtainable. Water, wood, rocks, natural gasses, etc..

He was also named in the top 100 influential people in the 20th cenatury numerous times and the work and money he has put into Humanitarian efforts have led to more medical breakthroughs then any company in the history of planet earth.

If it wasn't for Gates, Aids research would also still be in the stone age because he was the only person to step up and take on the American government, who was pressuring the FDA to ignore HIV and AIDS drugs.

So yes, Hawkings theories (most of his best work is not even proven), revolutionized the way we think about the Universe, but Gates and the things he has done revolutionized the way we live our lives.

[enginekid]

I know this guy that is uber smart. i mean i am talking so smart that he gets bored talking to me. i can see that sometimes the things that i say seem almost painful to him. he just kind of grins and bears it. he has an amazing handle on the English language. his vocabulary and understanding of ideas and concepts is amazing.

the sad thing is, he never has amounted to anything financially. all he does is sleep through the day and go to cafe's and bars at night. takes his guitar, writes poetry, drinks and smokes a pack or two a day.

his family's collective IQ is probably off the charts. they immigrated from Croatia escaping Hitler. both his older brothers are lawyers with their own practices. both his sisters are also in the legal profession. when he was young he was a boxer and i the guy can really fight. his hands are huge. if he was younger today he could have been an MMA fighter easy. but he chose the path of the vagabond/gypsy/bohemian.

for money he does those odd job things where you just show up at 6AM and they hook you up for a 1 day job digging ditches or something. than they pay you cash at the end of the day. and he takes that, buys smokes. hits the cafe and bars until its all gone. than repeats the process.

it's a shame that he never had any ambition becuase if he applied himself he could have been or done anything he set his mind to. he has squandered his gifts. but that's not the way he looks at it i guess. he takes solace in his poetry and music, even though it's basically like a pastime for him, nothing more. and he often tells me that in life people that choose security lack significance, as if they are trading in a life of significance for one of financial stability. so, i guess he feels that his life is more significant than peoples lives who work or own a business or are financially successful.

i am not so sure i agree with him there. i think being successful is the real measure of whether your life held significance. i dont mean just financially successful. i mean successful all-around. happy relationships. healthy lifestyle. achieving goals and getting the satisfaction of knowing you created your own success. than passing that on to the people around you, like your children.

[endurance]

whats a vagabond. I also think a high iq is good. A person that can make good choices and works hard can keep up. With aa high iq you seem to get board easy.

[Titan416]

Originally Posted by enginekid

I know this guy that is uber smart. i mean i am talking so smart that he gets bored talking to me. i can see that sometimes the things that i say seem almost painful to him. he just kind of grins and bears it. he has an amazing handle on the English language. his vocabulary and understanding of ideas and concepts is amazing.

the sad thing is, he never has amounted to anything financially. all he does is sleep through the day and go to cafe's and bars at night. takes his guitar, writes poetry, drinks and smokes a pack or two a day.

his family's collective IQ is probably off the charts. they immigrated from Croatia escaping Hitler. both his older brothers are lawyers with their own practices. both his sisters are also in the legal profession. when he was young he was a boxer and i the guy can really fight. his hands are huge. if he was younger today he could have been an MMA fighter easy. but he chose the path of the vagabond/gypsy/bohemian.

for money he does those odd job things where you just show up at 6AM and they hook you up for a 1 day job digging ditches or something. than they pay you cash at the end of the day. and he takes that, buys smokes. hits the cafe and bars until its all gone. than repeats the process.

it's a shame that he never had any ambition becuase if he applied himself he could have been or done anything he set his mind to. he has squandered his gifts. but that's not the way he looks at it i guess. he takes solace in his poetry and music, even though it's basically like a pastime for him, nothing more. and he often tells me that in life people that choose security lack significance, as if they are trading in a life of significance for one of financial stability. so, i guess he feels that his life is more significant than peoples lives who work or own a business or are financially successful.

i am not so sure i agree with him there. i think being successful is the real measure of whether your life held significance. i dont mean just financially successful. i mean successful all-around. happy relationships. healthy lifestyle. achieving goals and getting the satisfaction of knowing you created your own success. than passing that on to the people around you, like your children.

You're successful if you are happy. If he is happy then he is successful in his own right.

People earn money, work jobs and live life in an attempt to be happy. If he is happy with his life and doesn't need money, then he is better off then most of us.

[enginekid]

Originally Posted by Titan416

You're successful if you are happy. If he is happy then he is successful in his own right.

People earn money, work jobs and live life in an attempt to be happy. If he is happy with his life and doesn't need money, then he is better off then most of us.

yes but does attaining blissful happiness mean you have lived a significant life?

[Jimmy Key v.1.4]

it seems to me, that the person with the world's highest iq would be easily able to reflect upon his own life, and see it for what it really is...a massive waste. i mean, being a fucking bouncer? gimme a break. that's like using a computer as a coffee table.

[Hydroburger]

Originally Posted by JSN

lol for starters he never wrote anything

This isn't true at all.

He wrote Microsoft BASIC in the 70's. Before Macintosh even started.

[Hydroburger]

Originally Posted by Titan416

You're successful if you are happy. If he is happy then he is successful in his own right.

People earn money, work jobs and live life in an attempt to be happy. If he is happy with his life and doesn't need money, then he is better off then most of us.

I don't think that's true. Humans are selfish. Being successful means people envy what you have. Sure, happiness might be a piece of the pie, but it's not the only measure of success.

[PitBullFan]

HAHAHAHAHA.......he says he came up with a new way to do AI and neural networks, a fight broke out, and he "forgot" and could not remember what is was. The bar fights "erased" his memory from what he was thinking and he claims that he came up with brilliant ideas and the "bar fights erased" the memory.....(edit - video #2 from the TS)

I am not impressed....

[6StingHero]

Originally Posted by bobbylight

My point of laughing at the fact that the man with the highest iq in the world believes in God is that I have heard many people on this forum say that pretty much anyone that believes in God is stupid. One person even went so far as to say those that taught theology at ivy league schools were dumb as well.

So you think he's dumb because other people on this forum think that anyone that believes in God is stupid, is this what you are saying?