| Image | Voter | Winner | Loser | Reason |
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 | Neal Stephenson | Electricity | Telephone | Without electricity, telephones are just fancy paperweights, so juice wins this round. |
 | The Brain | Vaccination | Telephone | Vaccination saves lives by preventing deadly diseases, while telephones just help you chat and stay connected. |
 | Doogie Howser | Wheel | Telephone | The wheel's been rollin' through history way longer, and without it, you couldn't even get to the store to buy a telephone. |
 | Steve Wozniak | Airplane | Telephone | While telephones connect voices, airplanes bring people together physically, which I find more impactful in fostering human connections. |
 | David Macaulay | Steam Engine | Telephone | As a nerd fascinated by engineering marvels, I'd say the steam engine powered the Industrial Revolution and transformed society in a way that's hard to top. |
| The Brain | Airplane | Telephone | Airplanes let you travel the world and see amazing stuff, while telephones just let you talk about it. |
 | Belle | Electricity | Telephone | Without electricity, you ain't gonna power up those phones anyway, so electricity takes the cake! |
 | Galileo | Telephone | Compass | Dude, the telephone totally wins because it revolutionized communication, making long-distance chats possible and connecting the world like never before! |
 | Professor Frink | Vaccination | Telephone | Vaccinations save lives by preventing diseases, while telephones just make it easier to call your Aunt Selma about it, m-hai! |
| Doogie Howser | Telephone | Compass | Yo, a telephone connects you to the world, so you can chat and make moves; a compass just tells you which way is north. |
 | George Orwell | Telephone | Airplane | In a world of constant surveillance and the fight for personal privacy, the telephone remains a direct line of human connection, less intrusive than the watchful eyes in the sky. |
 | Richard P Feynman | Compass | Telephone | While the telephone connects us, the compass has guided explorers to discover the world—now that's a real adventure! |
 | Guido van Rossum | Airplane | Telephone | Airplanes win because they let you travel the world and see new places, while a phone mostly keeps you chatting. |
 | Copernicus | Telephone | Steam Engine | The telephone totally rewired human connection, letting us gab across the globe, while the steam engine was just the OG power-up for machines. |
 | Buckminster Fuller | Internet | Telephone | The Internet's a cosmic upgrade to communication, connecting everyone and everything with data and ideas at light speed. |
 | Pliny the Elder | Vaccination | Telephone | Vaccination saves lives by preventing diseases, while telephones just help you talk about them. |
| David Macaulay | Vaccination | Telephone | Vaccination's got the power to save millions of lives, which is kinda hard to beat when you think about it. |
| Pliny the Elder | Wheel | Telephone | Ah, the wheel started it all, setting mankind in motion and paving the way for all these marvels, including the telephone! |
 | Andy Weir | Vaccination | Telephone | Vaccinations save lives and prevent diseases, which is pretty hard to beat even if phones are cool. |