George W Bush has gone down in history as one of the world's most evil people, just behind Adolf Hitler and Osama bin Laden.
The former president beat Stalin, Mao and Lenin as a figure of hate in a new study of history's biggest heroes and villains.
Albert Einstein, meanwhile, beat Mother Theresa, Martin Luther King and even Jesus Christ to be crowned the world's biggest hero.
This is according to the opinions of almost 7,000 students from 37 countries including Argentina, Pakistan, South Korea, Italy, and the US.
The students, who had an average age of 23, were asked to give their opinions on 40 figures and significant events throughout world history.
Interestingly enough the historical figures more despised than Bush were Saddam Hussein, Osama Bin Laden, and Adolph Hitler. Great company you keep there Georgie! (Can you believe his brother actually thinks he might be elected to the White House?)
Personally I was a little disappointed to see that Jesus beat out Buddha for biggest hero, and that President Obama was nowhere on the list.
I found this study particularly interesting in that the sampling was from all over the world, and that it was focused on a fairly young population.
This indicates to me that these young people are less religious, more inspired by science (Thomas Edison and Sir Isaac Newton also made the top ten.), and totally fed up with dictators and their wars.
In other words they are moving toward a more peaceful coexistence based on a love of logic, and away from the constant state of warfare dictated by an adherence to religious doctrines.
If true that is very good news indeed.
