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In response to "today's Quote worth Requoting ... from Plato, c. 427 B.C. ..." by i'm not dead yet !

There are three deaths ...

Posted by Beryllium (aka grayman) Aug 23 '13, 13:24

“There are three deaths. The first is when the body ceases to function. The second is when the body is consigned to the grave. The third is that moment, sometime in the future, when your name is spoken for the last time.” -- David Eagleman

This thread makes me think of all those people from our recorded history who have not yet been forgotten. Especially the ones who are remembered for only a common quotation or two.

Who of our current generation would be remembered in 400 years, and for what?

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that last thing is very depressing. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 23, 14:34
some possible candidates: Steve Jobs, Paul McCartney, Tim Berners-Lee. -- nm - loosilu Aug 23, 13:33
Stephen Hawking -- nm - amoxy Aug 23, 13:26
adjunct thought - Beryllium Aug 23, 13:25 4
- Yep - Body Moving in Kirk's first scene. Like how Sabotage played in his first scene in the reboot. -- nm - Roger More Aug 23, 13:32 1
  - Ah, right -- nm - Beryllium Aug 23, 13:38
- that'd be a cool Easter Egg for a future-scenario sci-fi movie ... inserting actual late 20th / early 21st century music -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Aug 23, 13:31 1
  - "Oh! Oh! I know this one ... yeah, we heard about it in history class, yeah ... it's Nickelback!" -- nm - Beryllium Aug 23, 13:38

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