Who is the greatest man of the 21st century?

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[–]GuyWhite 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

Who?

[–]Hematomato 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

Oh, just the guy who figured out how to pull nitrogen out of the air.

When he was born, there were 1.4 billion people on the planet. Today, there are 7.9 billion people on the planet. That's because of Fritz Haber. His invention is estimated to provide the food for half of the planet.

[–]elonmusk7[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

more people is better? fuck that guy I wish we had 100x less people on the planet

[–]Hematomato 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Well, without Fritz Haber, chances are that neither you nor Elon Musk would exist.

[–]elonmusk7[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Elon musk was born into wealth so he probably would have existed and as for me I was born in a village so no fertilizer was used in the food me or my ancestors ate.

[–]Hematomato 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I assure you that you've eaten plenty of food that's been fertilized. And so have your parents.

A lot of wealth came to exist because food was so abundant and we needed far fewer people to work on procuring food. Elon's family wealth may never have existed without Fritz Haber.

[–]elonmusk7[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Good point. But I'd still rather live in a world with less people even if it means giving up the king of mars.

[–]GuyWhite 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Now I know.