Comments on: The Title Game: Einstein vs. Leonardo

By: petar

petar — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 12:14:05 +0000

josh i agree with you but i da vinci made picture of airplane he didn’t make so much but he help so much with out him probably some of the ting we use today we woudn’t have…
but i also agree for tesla (not just because he is from my country xD)
he inveted eletricity and as they say many idea was stolen from him he shoud get nobel for what he done and i am not sure but i think he had first idea of telephone and some of people say he also he also made idea of zeppelin but it was also stolen…

By: Josh

Josh — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:53:02 +0000

Ok, so Tesla should be here not Da Vinci.
Sure, Leonardo had schematics for flight, so did Nikola Tesla. If you read Tesla’s history you will see his incredible inventions and how he benefited mankind. Without him I wouldnt be on this computer right now typing. There would probably be none of the amenities we have today.

By: Rott

Rott — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 05:37:44 +0000

Leonardo did everything. He had everything and he is the best at EVERYTHING. To be considered a genius in the 21st century when you were born and raised 600 years ago is not something easy. Einstein was smart, but not a genius like Leonardo. Just think for a second, If you were living 550 years back, would you be able to do what Leonardo did? My answer would be that I would not even be able to replicate even a fraction of what Leonardo has done. A genius, now and forever!

By: Shasta

Shasta — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:45:00 +0000

I’m currently reading “Fortune is a River” about Leonardo and Machiavelli, and I gotta say… Leonardo is even more of a genius than I always assumed. Every couple pages, I have to put the book down and say, “NO WAY.” His ideas are 500 years old, but they still blow my mind. Gotta love Einstein, but Leonardo did SO MANY amazing things. Architecture, urban planning, military strategy, engineering, philosophy, art… All of it ahead of his time AND recognized during his lifetime? SIGH.

By: Kelli from Buffalo

Kelli from Buffalo — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:38:00 +0000

Just a tip…for those saying they’re for “Da Vinci”- you should be saying you’re for Leonardo. Da Vinci is not his last name, it’s where he was from- a town called Vinci. Shortening his name to Da Vinci would be like nicknaming me “from Buffalo”….

By: Bill

Bill — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 13:53:00 +0000

Don’t forget; Leonardo, like Einstein, was a philosopher too.

But Leonardo explained the metaphor of perspective: “Closer things are better defined, sharper and more colorful than distant things, which are hazier and posses less color.” In other words, “we can know whats near better than what’s far off.”

By: em

em — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 07:48:00 +0000

leonardo all the way- his ideas and designs were completely ahead of his time.

also einstein was a total, cheating jerk who treated his wife like crap. i know that really shouldn’t count when weighing genius, but i don’t care.

By: Karl

Karl — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 01:51:00 +0000

Hey! Einstein is the greatest genius of all time! You can’t describe Leonardo as an Einstein without Einstein. If don’t vote for Einstein, mental_floss will cry. And there will be no more metal_floss issues. EVER. That’s my theory when Leonardo wins. But you guys will STILL regret it. Is there still next year???

By: PartiallyDeflected

PartiallyDeflected — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 01:01:00 +0000

It’s basically the greatest modern genius vs. the greatest genius of all time.

By: Trevor

Trevor — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 00:37:00 +0000

Einstein. Yes, Da Vinci has diversity on his side, but everything was based in what I can only call the ‘the real world’ – observations of what he saw, heard, and felt. Einstein’s work went beyond the everyday things that we all see… Much of Da Vinci’s has been outdated or overshadowed by other advances, but Einstein is still referred to and his work still used by contemporaries for further work.