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Anaximenes of Miletus

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Philosopher

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    (circa 570 BC-circa 502 BC)

Why he might be annoying:

    He was a student of Anaximander.
    He was the first Chicken Little, saying, 'What if heaven falls?'
    According to his philosophical system, everything, including the gods and human souls was made out of air.
    He believed that the Earth was flat, and that the sun never went under the Earth, but circled it laterally, sometimes obscured by higher parts, which caused the night.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He correctly theorized what hail was.
    His theories were based on observation.

Credit: Nihilism Cynicism Sarcasm Orgasm


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 72.73% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 15 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 18 Votes: 61.11% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 11 Votes: 36.36% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 20 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 31 Votes: 54.84% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 23 Votes: 60.87% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 59 Votes: 62.71% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 108 Votes: 63.89% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 176 Votes: 55.68% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 397 Votes: 45.59% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 515 Votes: 45.83% Annoying
    In 2002, Out of 213 Votes: 58.22% Annoying