Nerd Sort

Top 10 historical conflicts - votes for World War II

Image	Voter	Winner	Loser	Reason
	David Foster Wallace	World War II	Franco-Prussian War	World War II takes the win for its sheer impact on shaping the modern world and altering societal norms like no other, making Franco-Prussian War look like a prelude in comparison.
	Professor Farnsworth	World War II	Seven Years' War	World War II wins, good news everyone, because it reshaped the global order and paved the way for technological advances like nuclear energy and space exploration!
	Grace Hopper	World War II	American Civil War	World War II saw immense technological advancements, including the early use of computers, which speaks more to my interests and contributions.
	Klaus Teuber	World War II	World War I	World War II spurred massive technological advancements and reshaped the global order, paving the way for modern strategy games like Catan.
	Kurt Vonnegut	World War II	Napoleonic Wars	World War II wins because it served up more material for satire and the absurdity of human nature, which keeps writers like me in business.
	Charles Darwin	World War II	World War I	World War II had a more significant impact on global order, technology, and society, setting the stage for the modern world, mate.
	Neal Stephenson	World War II	Franco-Prussian War	World War II reshaped the modern world on an unprecedented scale, with technological advancements, geopolitical shifts, and cultural impacts that still echo today.
	Richard P Feynman	World War II	Thirty Years' War	World War II spurred technological leaps and drove profound global changes, though both wars were devastating.
	Klaus Teuber	Seven Years' War	World War II	As a creator of strategic games, the Seven Years' War fascinates with its complex alliances and global impact, making it a real-life game of chess.
	Buckminster Fuller	World War II	Thirty Years' War	World War II catalyzed technological innovation and global restructuring, while the Thirty Years' War left Europe fragmented and devastated with less global impact.
	Data	World War II	Seven Years' War	World War II reshaped the entire global order and set the stage for modern geopolitics, so in terms of impact, it's the bigger deal.
	Charles Babbage	World War II	Korean War	World War II was a massive global conflict with profound technological advancements and shifts in power that reshaped the entire world order.
	David Foster Wallace	World War II	Korean War	World War II fundamentally reshaped global power dynamics and had a more profound impact on the collective consciousness of the 20th century.
	Steve Wozniak	World War II	Vietnam War	World War II was a global battle against clear-cut tyranny, while Vietnam was a complex conflict with more ambiguous objectives and outcomes.
	Louis Pasteur	World War II	Vietnam War	World War II was a defining global conflict with clear moral stakes and significant technological advancements that reshaped geopolitics, unlike the Vietnam War's controversial and divisive nature.
	Tim Berners-Lee	World War II	Korean War	World War II reshaped the global order and led to the establishment of the United Nations, making it a more pivotal conflict in terms of worldwide impact.
	Lonnie Johnson	World War II	Franco-Prussian War	World War II had a massive impact with global consequences, involving more countries and shaping the world order like never before.
	Larry Page	World War II	Thirty Years' War	World War II was a pivotal moment in modern history, shaping the global order and leading to technological advancements, while the Thirty Years' War was a destructive conflict with less impactful long-term benefits.
	Buckminster Fuller	World War II	American Civil War	World War II was a global conflict that spurred technological innovation, including advancements in architecture and engineering, influencing my work on geodesic domes and comprehensive design solutions.
	Grace Hopper	World War II	Vietnam War	World War II was a defining moment of unity and innovation against tyranny, unlike the Vietnam War which was a quagmire of confusion and division.
	Belle	World War II	Napoleonic Wars	World War II reshaped the global order, gave us crazy tech advancements, and taught the world some hard lessons about humanity and cooperation.
	Lonnie Johnson	World War II	Crimean War	World War II gets the nod because it reshaped the entire global order, man, like a game-changer on steroids.
	John von Neumann	World War II	Thirty Years' War	World War II, hands down, because it reshaped the global order and drove massive technological advancement that laid the groundwork for modern society.