Quote Originally Posted by Jonathan
Quote Originally Posted by Rick
I'm not sure Edison is known for his imagination. He was well-known for his workaholism and for performing hundreds or thousands of experiments until he finally found a combination that worked (in his lightbulb). I think in his case LSE is not hard to believe.

I'm not sure how many socionists are serious about Da Vinci being an LSE. I don't have an opinion.

"LSE lacks imagination" is too broad a statement to be correct. There are different kinds of 'imagination,' and imagination or abstract thinking in general is also tied to IQ. The fact that Edison was an experimentor and preferred hands-on applications as opposed to paper-and-pen theorizing is a good argument for LSE over, say, ILE, ILI, or one of the other "imaginative" types.
But wasn't he also known for employing other people to perform those hundreds of thousands of experiments while he was thinking new things up? I've heard that it's a myth that he did all those experiments himself. If he saw the opportunities and got other people to do the tedious parts, wouldn't that be a case for him being ?
I've heard the same thing, and I know socionists are also aware of this. We can do a "type Edison" thread in the other section. I think there are several strong arguments for LSE -- not just the number of experiments.