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Originally Posted by SanoBaron

guys, wasn't it brought up earlier that the eyecons are probably not referring to heroes, just people whose lives burned brighter than others.

hell, one of the eyecons is gonna be Charles Darwin.

so the only reason Edison is an eyecon is because he was famous.
not because any of them were good people in real life.

Yes, but that wasn't really the basis of the discussion, it's just that Dr. Kain brought up that he does consider Columbus, Nobunaga et al as heroes, which I was contending with.

(for the record, the word used is eiyuu, which does refer to a "great person" or "hero," though as you say it does seem they're just taking that to mean notable individuals)

I'm not sure why Darwin would necessarily affect this one way or another, anyway. He made an immense contribution to the field of biological science, so including him in a list of people who have benefited the world seems fair. I guess I wouldn't exactly call him a hero, but there's room for important scientists to be honored in a silly show about ghost jackets. His contributions weren't quite as impactful as Newton's, but they are still important and relevant.