Re: Who was the most brilliant person ?

On 30 Dec 2005 18:32:15 -0800, "Golden State Poppy" <GoldenStatePoppy@xxxxxxx> wrote:

>I notice that you did not include any woman in your list. I favor
>doers over thinkers.
>
>I nominate Lady Ada Augusta Lovelace, the mathematician daughter of
>Lord Byron, who corrected errors Charles Babbage's analytic engine, and
>developed binary storage. She is considered the first computer
>programmer.
>
>Or, I nominate Margaret Mead, anthropologist, who observed and recorded
>many societies before they were overwhelmed by Western culture. Don't
>bother telling me that some of her work was later criticized. She was
>an original.

In that case I vote for the mother giant pandas at the
National Zoo (Mei Xiang),
and the
San Diego Zoo (Bai Yun).
These bear folk are brilliant. Certainly smarter than the
primate folk care takers.
.