Balsa: Inventor of wood and vinegar?

Jews believe in Sheol; Buddhists believe in Reincarnation. I've never been one for the afterlife - I wouldn't be surprised to find out it existed, but if it didn't, I wouldn't be particularly bothered. That said, I like to think about all the great scientists getting together. I like to imagine DaVinci and the inventor of nylon, or Benjamin Franklin razzing Alexander Graham Bell for "ahoy, hoy."