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[–]joemoffett1 4 points5 points ago

Why is hitchens in the front :( Hes pretty awesome but i feel Sagan should be in the front

[–]RyuSythe 8 points9 points ago

1) Those of you whining about reposts, STFU and read up on some reddiquette

2) For the one ragging [pun most intended] about no Ladies in there, shut up and make your own version then

3) It's my first time seeing it, I know know a few off the people shown, and I quite like it.

[–]WeaponsGradeHumanity 1 point2 points ago

It appears to be missing Sam Harris, James Randi, Ayaan Hirsi Ali and probably a bazillion other people that couldn't realistically fit into a reasonable sized drawing anyway.

It's still epic.. it's just that I want it to be perfect.

[–]MatteusImperator 2 points3 points ago

Why, in all of fuck, aren't Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle in this image?

[–]yeshlizayingadol 0 points1 point ago

Why don't you try and fix it?

[–]Goodrita 2 points3 points ago

I'm guessing this is the 5th repost of this image?

[–]Augustorm 0 points1 point ago

Repost or not, i wanna know who the guy with the luxurious beard is.

[–]Daemonskald 0 points1 point ago

Darwin or Randi

[–]supergenius1337 0 points1 point ago

The lack of glasses makes me think that it's Darwin.

[–]Kuato2012 0 points1 point ago

I thought Dan Dennett

[–]ticklemepenis 0 points1 point ago

Darwin

[–]ticklemepenis 0 points1 point ago

Who is the guy in the center?

[–]maxlaser 0 points1 point ago

Does anyone have more information on this? I would love a source, a print on canvas, etc...

[–]maxlaser 2 points3 points ago

Aha! Including a PSD file for printing. http://saejinoh.blogspot.com/2012/05/champions-of-reason.html

[–]chriscrewdson 0 points1 point ago

Anyone know of a good printer that would do this as a poster?

[–]supergenius1337 -1 points0 points ago

Ok, if you think a certain group of people is underrepresented/not represented at all, you need to give some names of who from that group should be on this picture. I'm not doubting that there are plenty of worthy people from said groups, I just don't know who. Don't just say that there are no people of group X. Give some names.

[–]bigmill -1 points0 points ago

Where the hell is Sam Harris!

[–]atRizon -3 points-2 points ago

Apparently no woman has ever been a "Champion of Reason."

This picture pisses me off every time it gets reposted.

[–]Lowilru 1 point2 points ago

You have a few in mind I take it?

No sarcasm intended.

[–]atRizon -4 points-3 points ago

I can think of some off the top of my head, yes. Although, that should have nothing to do with the picture at hand, since I didn't draw the picture, and I was making a point on how there are no women included in it.

Or are you suggesting there are no female champions of reason? Perhaps Google can help you out...

[–]supergenius1337 2 points3 points ago

You can think of some off the top of your head? Then why aren't you giving names? I'm not doubting you, it's just that if you think there should be some women on there, you should say who. It bugs me that you aren't giving names. The first name that comes to mind is Marie Curie. The second is Madalyn Murray O'Hair (Googled to make sure I spell that correctly).

Technically, I only know of Curie as a champion of Science as opposed to a champion of reason. But oh well.

[–]Lowilru 1 point2 points ago

I was hoping for names. Some that might click in my head ect. No hostility intended.

[–]Trioate 1 point2 points ago

Apparently no Asians have, either. And that really upsets me. White men are awful.

[–]ticklemepenis 3 points4 points ago

Michio Kaku is in the bottom right. Tyson is next to him. Majority white men, but not all

[–]DKN19 1 point2 points ago

Bruce Lee gogo.

[–]supergenius1337 0 points1 point ago

I'm going to ask you the same thing I asked the person who mentioned a lack of women. I'm going to ask you to name some Asian champions of reason. I don't doubt that there are some, but I don't know who. Besides Michio Kaku that is.

[–]Trioate -1 points0 points ago

Shut up, misogynist! Are you saying all Asians are morons?!

[–]supergenius1337 0 points1 point ago

No. I'm saying I don't know which Asians are champions of reason. Perhaps you'd like to tell me?

[–]doctorwerewolf -2 points-1 points ago

Yeah totally agreed. It's cause the internet is full of teenage boys who have been indoctrinated into a system that tells them they can't admire women for any reason other than sex.

The culture of earth is a real fixer upper.

[–]Drcarnatron3000 2 points3 points ago

Or maybe because in the history of Science, most of the research concerning this topic was done by men?

[–]doctorwerewolf 0 points1 point ago

Not good enough for me, this picture contains many still living or recently deceased people.

[–]atRizon -3 points-2 points ago

What does your statement even mean?

In case you can't read, it says "Champions of Reason." It doesn't say Champions of Science (of which there should also be women), or Champions of <Scientific Field> (of which there should also be women)...

[–]WeaponsGradeHumanity 2 points3 points ago

Reason is, itself, a research topic. Get an education.

[–]atRizon -1 points0 points ago

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reason

Or:

Verb:
Think, understand, and form judgments by a process of logic: "humans do not reason entirely from facts"; "the reasoning behind the review".

[–]Goodrita 2 points3 points ago

I'm a teenage boy and I admire Tara Strong :)

[–]doctorwerewolf 0 points1 point ago

Upvote for you.

[–]mouka 0 points1 point ago

Even if this is a repost, I have never seen this and I thank you for posting it, because it is AWESOME. And it needs to be on my WALL.

It makes me sad that everyone is picking this picture apart saying it doesn't have women, or enough (insert random minority here) :( Maybe these are just the artist's favourite peeps? Maybe he just thinks he sucks at drawing the female form? (When I draw, I usually draw exclusively females because I can't draw the male form for beans.)

[–]bobabeep -4 points-3 points ago

Why the hell is Hitchens at the front? Most of the others have contributed far more to reason and the intellectual wealth of our species.

[–]Tr0llphace 0 points1 point ago

because fuck you