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Gutenberg did not invent the printing press. He copied it from the Chinese and gave himself credit for "inventing" it because inventions by non-white people don't count. Not something worthy of hero-worship in my opinion.

did he know that the chinese had invented it before him?

salm wrote:did he know that the chinese had invented it before him?

Dunno

And while the Chinese may have been the first to use it, it was Gutenburg's introduction of it to Europe that helped revitalize Europe and assured the West's continued cultural dynamism.

Next of Kin wrote:Morihei Ueshiba -- for translating his knowledge of daito-ryu aiki-jujitsu into modern day aikido.

Gozo Shioda -- for creating the Yoshinkan, the hard school, of Aikido.

Brilliant men!

Ooh, I need to do some extra training for forgetting to mention O Sensei. Then again, sensei's decided to start using me as his training dummy, so I may not need the extra work...he accidentally hyperextended my ankle last week, and his grip is like a bear's (no offense intended, YB).

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