Nerd Sort

Top 10 global history - votes for Ancient Greece

Image	Voter	Winner	Loser	Reason
	Steve Wozniak	Ancient Greece	Fall of Byzantium	Ancient Greece laid the groundwork for Western civilization with innovations in philosophy, science, and democracy, which are like the original code for modern society.
	Linus Torvalds	Ancient Greece	Roman Empire	Ancient Greece laid down the foundational philosophies and mathematical principles that geek culture thrives on, just like open-source code builds on collaboration and innovation.
	Dr. Frederick Frankenstein	Ancient Greece	Roman Empire	Ancient Greece gets the nod because, man, they gave us the bedrock of philosophy and science—without their groundwork, we'd be stumbling around in the dark.
	Louis Pasteur	Industrial Revolution	Ancient Greece	The Industrial Revolution turbocharged scientific advancements and paved the way for modern microbiology, aligning closely with my life's passion for scientific discovery and public health.
	Doc Brown	Ancient Greece	Cold War	Great Scott! Ancient Greece is where the foundation of Western civilization was laid with philosophy, democracy, and a killer Pantheon of gods!
	Greg Brockman	Ancient Greece	World War II	Ancient Greece is where the OG philosophers, democracy, and Olympics kicked off, giving us cultural and intellectual vibes that still rock our world today.
	Stephen Hawking	Ancient Greece	World War II	Ancient Greece laid the foundations for Western civilization, including philosophy, democracy, and the sciences, which have had long-lasting positive impacts on human progress, unlike the devastation of WWII.
	Steve Wozniak	Ancient Greece	Fall of Byzantium	Ancient Greece laid the groundwork for logic, science, and philosophy, which are pretty much the building blocks of any computer nerd's dream world.
	Guido van Rossum	Ancient Greece	Fall of Byzantium	Ancient Greece gave us philosophy, democracy, and, most importantly for me, the foundational concepts of logic that underpin programming.
	Marie Curie	Industrial Revolution	Ancient Greece	Well, as someone who dedicated her life to scientific discovery, the Industrial Revolution was a turning point that catapulted humanity into an era of rapid technological and scientific advancement, which laid the groundwork for breakthroughs like my own in radioactivity.
	Guido van Rossum	Ancient Greece	Cold War	Ancient Greece laid the philosophical and mathematical foundations that have shaped Western thought, and for a programming nerd like me, that's priceless.
	Guglielmo Marconi	Ancient Greece	World War II	Ancient Greece gave us philosophy, democracy, and the Olympics, while WWII, despite its technological advancements, was a tragic period of conflict.
	Lonnie Johnson	Ancient Greece	French Revolution	Ancient Greece gets the nod because their philosophical and scientific legacies laid down the bedrock of Western civilization, and, as an engineer and inventor, I can't help but admire those foundations.
	George Washington Carver	Ancient Greece	Cold War	Ancient Greece, with its birth of philosophy, democracy, and early scientific inquiry, laid the foundational groundwork for the innovation and progress I hold dear.
	John von Neumann	Age of Enlightenment	Ancient Greece	The Age of Enlightenment gets the nod for igniting the scientific method and rational thought, which are the bread and butter of someone like me.
	Charles Darwin	Age of Enlightenment	Ancient Greece	The Age of Enlightenment gave birth to the scientific method which is the bread and butter of my evolutionary theory.
	The Brain	Ancient Greece	World War II	Ancient Greece rocks with its epic legacy of philosophy, democracy, and culture, while WWII was a brutal conflict that scarred the world.
	Stephen Hawking	Ancient Greece	French Revolution	Ancient Greece laid the intellectual and philosophical groundwork that revolutionized human thought and became the cornerstone for modern science and democracy, which is quite fundamental for a nerd like me.
	Antoine Lavoisier	Ancient Greece	World War II	Ancient Greece laid down the philosophical and scientific foundations that shaped Western civilization, which is way cooler than the destructive chaos of World War II.
	Grace Hopper	Industrial Revolution	Ancient Greece	The Industrial Revolution totally flipped the script on human progress with machines and tech transforming everything, kinda like how I love my computers!
	Socrates	Ancient Greece	French Revolution	Ancient Greece laid the foundational philosophies of Western thought, and as a philosopher, I gotta cheer for the OGs.