Comments on: (4) Mark Twain vs. (12) Jonas Salk

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:04:00 +0000

This is one where I reversed my usual route and went with the artist, Twain. Salk did amazing things and was brilliant, but remember that Sabin also invented a polio vaccine. When the time was right, and someone else would’ve invented the same thing a couple of years later, that doesn’t compare to the fact that noone else would’ve ever written Tom Sawyer or Huck Finn.

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By: Johnny Cat

Johnny Cat — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 05:15:00 +0000

Thanks Jason, I voted now and it worked!

By: Jason English

Jason English — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 02:56:00 +0000

Johnny Cat — None of these polls will be closed until Sunday night. If it won’t let you vote now, you might have to come back later.

(I swear this isn’t a secret plan to increase pageviews — it has to do with our increased voter fraud security. Making sure you can’t vote 2400 times is also making it harder to vote once. Elections are tough.)

By: Johnny Cat

Johnny Cat — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 02:37:00 +0000

50-50 and voting is closed? at 673 votes. I couldn’t until now and I would have totally chosen Twain.

By: nutmeag

nutmeag — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 02:23:00 +0000

Wow, looks like everyone else is having as hard of a time choosing as I am. It’s at 50-50 right now. Either man is quite deserving.

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 01:25:00 +0000

Salk didn’t even patent the vaccine when he found it just so it would be even easier for everyone to get it cheaply and quickly. He could have made a ton off of that.

Genius move? Maybe not. Awesome display of character? For sure.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:15:00 +0000

Defeating polio is good, but in terms of genius, I have to take the complete body of work into account, which for me gives Twain a slight edge. If the tournament was about who has most benefited humanity, I’d go with Salk.

By: Ellie

Ellie — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 23:51:00 +0000

Yeah, I would much rather have polio then read “A Separate Peace”

By: Sarah in CA

Sarah in CA — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:54:00 +0000

Such a hard decision… I will have to think it over and get back to you, ha.