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Ok, that seems to pretty much narrow it down to a social science. With 4 Qs left that's basically what we have to assume anyway.

JM Keynes sounds a bit too easy, but the second most likely economist (Marshall) seems too hard.

I have no idea about British psychologists, sociologists etc.

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removed - we'll talk about it afterwards

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04-24-2013 , 05:24 AM

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Yes I consider social sciences as science.

Edit: I don't know what it otherwise should be under?
Feel free to educate me.

A lot of people equate science with "hard" science, not "soft" science (ie social sciences). In the context of this game that might be misleading though.

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removed - we'll talk about it afterwards

I wonder what this was

Anyway, anyone feel free to chime in with British scientists that aren't already excluded by those Qs. As long as JMK is guessed or excluded by Qs I'm fine with whatever guesses there are.

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A lot of people equate science with "hard" science, not "soft" science (ie social sciences). In the context of this game that might be misleading though.

Yeah - I found out.

According to wiki the field you're searching for it CAN be considered a science.

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I was considering heroshatting Alan Turing before Nick mentioned it circa Q14, glad I didn't

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04-24-2013 , 07:51 AM

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Alexander Graham Bell might be a possibility. Those inventors/engineers might've slipped through the net.

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1. Dead
2. Male
3. Not from America
4. Europe
5. Died after 1900
6. Died before 1975
7. Not know for art or sport
8. Know for either Science or military
9. Is know for science
10. Is NOT from a Scandinavian country, Germany, Poland or Be-Ne-Lux
11. Is from France, UK, Spain, Portugal, Italy
12. Is from France or UK
13. Is from UK
14. The person have never won a Nobel Prize.
15. It is NOT a physical science? (physics, chemistry etc.)
16. Is not know for Math, computer, biology or philosophy.

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04-24-2013 , 08:15 AM

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John Logie Baird, the inventor of the TV. I have nfi.

If it's an inventor, it's probably one of the celebrities listed below:

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Linoleum: Frederick Walton, 1860
Sewage system: Joseph Bazalgette, 1865
Modern Torpedo: Robert Whitehead, 1866
Telephone: Alexander Graham Bell, 1876
Light Bulb: Joseph Swan, 1880
Steam turbine: Charles Parsons, 1884
Safety bicycle: John Kemp Stanley, 1885
Pneumatic tyre: John Boyd Dunlop, 1887
Thermos flask: Sir James Dewar, 1892
Electric vacuum cleaner: Hubert Cecil Booth, 1901
Disc Brakes: Frederick William Lanchester, 1902
Stainless Steel: Harry Brearley, 1913
Military tank: Ernest Swinton, 1914
Television: John Logie Baird, 1925

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04-24-2013 , 08:20 AM

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nick, what do you think about: "is it one of JM Keynes, G. E. Moore, Bertrand Russell, Herbert Spencer, John Lubbock, Alfred Kinsey, F. H. Bradley, Bernard Bosanquet, Harold Joachim, John Henry Muirhead, Geoffrey Reginald Gilchrist Mure?" (not a q)

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04-24-2013 , 08:22 AM

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maybe ask inventor first? if yes, your list, if no, my list?

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Moore, Russel, Spencer, Bradley, Bosanquet, Joachim, Muirhead, Mure (philosophers) and Kinsey (American) seems to be ruled out already, unless I'm missing something.

Bell may or may not be ruled out considering his Canadian citizenship. Guess he was "primarily" British though.

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Primarily known as an inventor?

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04-24-2013 , 08:35 AM

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lol, missed philosphy being ruled out^^

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04-24-2013 , 08:36 AM

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I do that all the time

I think the inventor Q is good, whether yes or no we're still in a pretty ****ty spot though.

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I think this one is a bit harder than some of the others - but I think you're all going to say wtf, when it's guessed.

fyp?

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Primarily known as an inventor?

Was waiting for this question. To clarify, I'm answering:

1. Dead
2. Male
3. Not from America
4. Europe
5. Died after 1900
6. Died before 1975
7. Not know for art or sport
8. Know for either Science or military
9. Is know for science
10. Is NOT from a Scandinavian country, Germany, Poland or Be-Ne-Lux
11. Is from France, UK, Spain, Portugal, Italy
12. Is from France or UK
13. Is from UK
14. The person have never won a Nobel Prize.
15. It is NOT a physical science? (physics, chemistry etc.)
16. Is not know for Math, computer, biology or philosophy.
17. Is primarily known for discovering something.

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Alexander Flemming would be a pretty elite guess if he hadn't recieved the Nobel Prize. I don't know how he wasn't on the list of the greatest 50 British inventions I found. Guess it could be some other guy in medicine.

Edit: x-post, yeah maybe penicillin and other medicine "inventions" are considered discoveries.

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04-24-2013 , 08:45 AM

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discovering = someone like curie?

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04-24-2013 , 08:48 AM

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Alexander Flemming would be a pretty elite guess if he hadn't recieved the Nobel Prize.

also biologist, no?

thats my big problem right now. discovering seems paradox with the ruled out professions

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04-24-2013 , 08:50 AM

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Fire the last questions then

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04-24-2013 , 08:51 AM

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Oh yeah, also biologist.

I'm thinking about Scott, Shackleton and Wilson. Not sure if any of them can be considered a scientist, but some of their expeditions at least were scientific.

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04-24-2013 , 08:53 AM

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just fire, nick, im not completly in the game yet

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04-24-2013 , 08:54 AM

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maybe consider joseph lister

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Oh yeah, also biologist.

I'm thinking about Scott, Shackleton and Wilson. Not sure if any of them can be considered a scientist, but some of their expeditions at least were scientific.

Wilson seems like the only fit, but he's also the lest well known of the 3.

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