>>> A man with the calibre of Steve Jobs is born once in 3 centuries.
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>> Edison lived into the early 20th century, dying in 1931 and Jobs was born in 1955, only 24 years later.
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>> So where does the "every 3 centuries" calculation come into play?
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>> Just curious who set themselves up to be proclaimers of great genius to the total exclusion of all else -- I would certainly put Bach and Mozart and Beethoven in the same category of genius as da Vinci and Edison. :-)
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> We are talking about innovators who changed the way we do our day to day activities. Including musicians and others would include comparisons beyond the topic of discussion.
No, we aren't.
We are discussing your claim that "A man with the calibre of Steve Jobs is born once in 3 centuries."
Did daVinci "change the way we do our day to day activities"?
Did Gandhi?
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