Einstein is/was a genius.

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kadioguy

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[My original conversation]

Tom: Einstein is/was a genius.
David: That's ture.
Tom: I'd like to be another one.
David: Well, may you succeed.
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Einstein is dead, so grammatically, "was". But I feel a temptation to use "is".

What do you think?
 
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