If you could meet a historical figure, who would it be and why?

I would not pretend to be able to understand the Physics of the general and special theories of relativity, but Einstein has always seemed to be an interesting person. I think I know a bit about him, like he worked in a patent office. But I don’t know much. I think he regretted his research bringing about the atomic bomb, and about quantum mechanics. I think I remember him saying ‘God doesn’t play dice’, meaning he didn’t believe in quantum theory.
Recently Einstein has been depicted on British TV in an advert trying to persuade people to have smart meters installed in their homes. Given that 3G signals are being cut off and about 8 million smart meters run on 3G and are about to be turned off? I would ask him if he approved and also would he laugh at the awful makeup the ad makers have used to depict him!
From what I have seen it looks like Einstein had a sense of humour as well as a tremendous intellect. I would just like to have a general conversation with him, and if he was alive now, what would he think of our crazy world?

Well I’ll risk the eye roll 𤣠and say Jesus. I’d love to see that time in human history more than anything. But there are so many artistic and scientific geniuses that I’d love a look see at…this question is delicious torture. I would worry though that my current admiration would be tainted. 𤣠Maybe many of them were assholes. š¤·š¼āāļø
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The further back you went the harder it would be to communicate. I don’t know, Arameic or Latin so I would be stumped.
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Fair point I oddly hadn’t considered. I suppose I’d smuggle a Hebrew scholar onto the time machine with me.
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