The greatest human ever....

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A very difficult one but given a choice of one person to represent the species who is the pinnacle of Human evolution?

Il allow a slight deviation if you want to select a mental and physical pinnacle and someone alive or dead too. The must be a proven being however so no Jesus, Muhammad etc

But gun to your head given a choice to represent the species in a meeting with an alien race who would you choose?

Stephen hawking, mother Theresa, Ghandi, Jefferson, Edison, etc????

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MegaCat said:

Nelson Mandela

That’s a good choice, was he necessarily an intelligent man though? Is there a difference between the greatest human being ever and the human you’d want to represent us in the presence of an alien being?

Stephen hawking is a very intelligent man but it may not even matter in the presence of another species if it pales in significance to their intelligence. Do we then want a significantly ‘good’ or ‘whole’ human being to represent us?