70sFan wrote:One_and_Done wrote:NZB2323 wrote:
It’s kind of like saying all the Generals today are better than Napoleon because they know how to use modern forces.
Or that physicists today are better than Einstein because they have more knowledge now.
The question is whether they could adapt to today's game. Einstein was a genius so he clearly could. A caveman could not, because all his greatness is based on being first, not on any inherent and objectuve genius.
Do you genuinely believe that there were no geniuses among "cavemen"? Seriously?
Not to mention that Cousy was born way later than Einstein, he's alive and yet he's the one compared to a caveman. Would you say that to Cousy with a straight face? Are you 15 or what?
One of us should be incredulous at the last post they read, but it's not you. Someone discovering something first doesn't make them the smartest in that field, because the level of genius required to do 2 things in a specific field is often completely different. Stone age people who learned to hack clay out of walls were the 'first' miners. It does not make them equal in intelligence to the guys who figured out how to make steel or refine petroleum, or create artificial diamonds.
Yes, I would tell Cousy to his face that I don't think he could cut it in today's league. Hopefully Cousy is self aware enough to know this, I'd honestly be worried about him if he thought otherwise. I also know it does nothing to lessen the great achievements he had, or the legacy he left in the league. Cousy can be a great hall of famer, and beloved Celtic legend, while still not cutting it in today's league.