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I think the surprise here isn't just that he was born on January 8th, but also that he was born in 1942 which made it exactly 300 years to the day. With that s
by mrduncan 18y ago
I think the surprise here isn't just that he was born on January 8th, but also that he was born in 1942 which made it exactly 300 years to the day.
With that said, I still don't find it to be a big deal that the date lined up with Galileo's death.
- nopassrecover 18y agoNumber of famous scientists/thinkers * at least 2 (birthday, day of death, could probably include other significant days in their lives) leaves an awfully high probability that most days line up with someone famous. Divide that by the number of years people take as significant (probably any mulitple of 50) and the number is reduced somewhat but still for someone so rational it seems odd to always bring this up.