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XO POLL: Moast Intelligent Human Being Known In Human Hi$tory?

Sure there was some "Homo Erectus" faggot that inv...
Talented sepia sweet tailpipe coffee pot
  07/04/25
Gotta be colt, right? That two machine guns thread settles i...
thriller space
  07/04/25
Link?
naked shitlib national security agency
  07/04/25
Kamala
ivory parlour
  07/04/25
wow
Talented sepia sweet tailpipe coffee pot
  07/04/25
Past, I'm sticking with Feynman. Present, my vote goes to...
Ultramarine national
  07/04/25
Tao and Witten have strong cases over Penrose, but he's a gr...
thriller space
  07/04/25
I think most peoples' answers will be biased by their own fi...
Ultramarine national
  07/04/25
See edit Both Tao and Witten are American mathematicians
thriller space
  07/04/25
Can we really speak to ancient peoples? So little of their w...
Ultramarine national
  07/04/25
I think all of the above have enough written work to compare...
thriller space
  07/05/25
Newton
Talented sepia sweet tailpipe coffee pot
  07/05/25
Good contender
Misunderstood violent faggot firefighter parlor
  07/05/25
...
Talented sepia sweet tailpipe coffee pot
  07/06/25
Leonardo Da Vinci
Misunderstood violent faggot firefighter parlor
  07/05/25
Expalin why over Newton™
Talented sepia sweet tailpipe coffee pot
  07/05/25
Range of accomplishments in many fields, forward thinker cen...
Misunderstood violent faggot firefighter parlor
  07/06/25
Newton was probably smarter overall but Da Vinci was a geniu...
Boyish buck-toothed legend
  07/06/25
I think Plato made the most profound intellectual impact, it...
Coral stirring dilemma skinny woman
  07/05/25
Yes especially Glaucon, what of the COCK?
Poppy unholy site wrinkle
  07/06/25
imagine being so influential that 2300 years later random we...
Coral stirring dilemma skinny woman
  07/06/25
A lot of writings (and the history of people) have been lost...
Ultramarine national
  07/06/25
all of that is true but at some point reality intervenes and...
Coral stirring dilemma skinny woman
  07/06/25
Who's to say that the four contributors to QED won't go down...
Ultramarine national
  07/06/25
Mike Church
multi-colored plum travel guidebook regret
  07/05/25
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Mentally Impaired Umber Locus
  07/06/25
CSLG
thirsty locale digit ratio
  07/05/25
I think it has to be Newton, for coming up with calculus + f...
ruddy theater
  07/06/25
Counterpoint: The majority of Einstein's career was a pretty...
Ultramarine national
  07/06/25
you have to give einstein the burst iq championship though f...
Outnumbered Stain Main People
  07/06/25
Yeah, I can't argue that. The EFEs are beautifully elegant. ...
Ultramarine national
  07/06/25
boom
Carnelian jap
  07/06/25
This is the only cr
Talented sepia sweet tailpipe coffee pot
  07/06/25
...
Talented sepia sweet tailpipe coffee pot
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...
Talented sepia sweet tailpipe coffee pot
  07/06/25
Short list: Tesla, Newton, Da Vinci, Plato
Boyish buck-toothed legend
  07/06/25
...
Talented sepia sweet tailpipe coffee pot
  07/06/25
von Neumann
Poppy unholy site wrinkle
  07/06/25
Is that the guy who invented the concept of intergalactic vo...
Talented sepia sweet tailpipe coffee pot
  07/06/25
probably some lazy faggot that no one knows that never appli...
Outnumbered Stain Main People
  07/06/25
Jansci von Nuemann As much as I hate to nominate a turd, ...
Mentally Impaired Umber Locus
  07/06/25
No love for Bose?
Ultramarine national
  07/06/25
John Moses Browning
anal dashing menage pisswyrm
  07/06/25
Diogenes and it's not even close
awkward azure trust fund native
  07/06/25
Have none of you heard of CHRISTOPHER LANGAN?
Emerald motley spot partner
  07/06/25
hes not racist enough to truly be high iq
awkward azure trust fund native
  07/06/25
Trump, bcs how in the living fuck did he get himself elected...
vibrant lay
  07/06/25
he is certainly an all time world historical figure that des...
Coral stirring dilemma skinny woman
  07/06/25
my gut says leibniz contemporary and sometimes-colleague of...
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  07/06/25


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Date: July 4th, 2025 5:58 PM
Author: Talented sepia sweet tailpipe coffee pot

Sure there was some "Homo Erectus" faggot that invented manmade fire but we dont know him/her

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5746210&forum_id=2],#49072499)



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Date: July 4th, 2025 5:59 PM
Author: thriller space

Gotta be colt, right? That two machine guns thread settles it for me

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5746210&forum_id=2],#49072502)



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Date: July 4th, 2025 6:13 PM
Author: naked shitlib national security agency

Link?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5746210&forum_id=2],#49072548)



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Date: July 4th, 2025 6:01 PM
Author: ivory parlour

Kamala

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5746210&forum_id=2],#49072507)



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Date: July 4th, 2025 6:02 PM
Author: Talented sepia sweet tailpipe coffee pot

wow

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5746210&forum_id=2],#49072510)



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Date: July 4th, 2025 6:09 PM
Author: Ultramarine national

Past, I'm sticking with Feynman.

Present, my vote goes to Penrose.

We don't have sufficient information to speak to the majority of mankind, so it's really not a meaningful question.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5746210&forum_id=2],#49072538)



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Date: July 4th, 2025 6:10 PM
Author: thriller space

Tao and Witten have strong cases over Penrose, but he's a great pick

Newton, Gauss amd Leibniz all strong contenders over Feynman, I think

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5746210&forum_id=2],#49072543)



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Date: July 4th, 2025 6:12 PM
Author: Ultramarine national

I think most peoples' answers will be biased by their own fields & areas of interest.

I really don't know anything Eastern, so my response to this question eliminates the majority of people right off the bat due to my own ignorance.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5746210&forum_id=2],#49072546)



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Date: July 4th, 2025 6:14 PM
Author: thriller space

See edit

Both Tao and Witten are American mathematicians

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5746210&forum_id=2],#49072552)



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Date: July 4th, 2025 6:24 PM
Author: Ultramarine national

Can we really speak to ancient peoples? So little of their work and others' views of them is extant. Their popularity and contributions may be more a function of momentum than objective truths... just look at any old religious book.

I'd argue even the likes of Newton or Leibniz are too old to speak of in the same way as modern people.

I actually don't know much about Witten. I bet most scientists don't have Feynman's charisma & ability to communicate, though. (Just flip through anything Penrose has written.)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5746210&forum_id=2],#49072579)



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Date: July 5th, 2025 11:49 PM
Author: thriller space

I think all of the above have enough written work to compare more than adequately

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5746210&forum_id=2],#49075405)



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Date: July 5th, 2025 11:41 PM
Author: Talented sepia sweet tailpipe coffee pot

Newton

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5746210&forum_id=2],#49075379)



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Date: July 5th, 2025 11:43 PM
Author: Misunderstood violent faggot firefighter parlor

Good contender

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5746210&forum_id=2],#49075387)



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Date: July 6th, 2025 12:48 AM
Author: Talented sepia sweet tailpipe coffee pot



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5746210&forum_id=2],#49075501)



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Date: July 5th, 2025 11:43 PM
Author: Misunderstood violent faggot firefighter parlor

Leonardo Da Vinci



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5746210&forum_id=2],#49075386)



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Date: July 5th, 2025 11:44 PM
Author: Talented sepia sweet tailpipe coffee pot

Expalin why over Newton™

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5746210&forum_id=2],#49075389)



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Date: July 6th, 2025 12:05 AM
Author: Misunderstood violent faggot firefighter parlor

Range of accomplishments in many fields, forward thinker centuries ahead of his time, extraordinarily creative.

But newton was probably smarter.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5746210&forum_id=2],#49075449)



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Date: July 6th, 2025 7:25 AM
Author: Boyish buck-toothed legend

Newton was probably smarter overall but Da Vinci was a genius in both the arts and the sciences and a true polymath. He was also self-taught

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5746210&forum_id=2],#49075744)



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Date: July 5th, 2025 11:47 PM
Author: Coral stirring dilemma skinny woman

I think Plato made the most profound intellectual impact, it is tough to say anyone is more impressive than that

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5746210&forum_id=2],#49075396)



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Date: July 6th, 2025 8:10 AM
Author: Poppy unholy site wrinkle

Yes especially Glaucon, what of the COCK?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5746210&forum_id=2],#49075780)



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Date: July 6th, 2025 4:21 PM
Author: Coral stirring dilemma skinny woman

imagine being so influential that 2300 years later random weirdos are parodying you on the internet

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5746210&forum_id=2],#49076761)



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Date: July 6th, 2025 4:33 PM
Author: Ultramarine national

A lot of writings (and the history of people) have been lost over the past 2.5k years.

There were also great contributions from India & the far East in classical & medieval times that most of us aren't aware of. (How many of us could name the author of Al-Jabr, let alone read it?)

We can speak of those the knowledge of whom is extant, or has been translated into our native language, but not so much to the 'most intelligent person ever.'

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5746210&forum_id=2],#49076775)



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Date: July 6th, 2025 5:14 PM
Author: Coral stirring dilemma skinny woman

all of that is true but at some point reality intervenes and somebody won, it was Plato, the entire tradition of western thought relies on him to this day, doing something that foundational is more impressive than theorizing some bullshit in physics that will likely turn out to have been wrong, he's a more influential figure in christianity that fucking christ for christsakes

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5746210&forum_id=2],#49076859)



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Date: July 6th, 2025 7:19 PM
Author: Ultramarine national

Who's to say that the four contributors to QED won't go down as the most intelligent, influential people of the history of the world 2.5k years from now?

I would argue that the most influential individuals aren't necessarily the most intelligent. The further back in time we go, the more influential an individual becomes. Some kid in 2021 with a wacky GUT hasn't had 2.5k years to gain the infamy of a Plato.

Besides, could Plato even handle UG physics at CalTech today? (Conversely, could a CalTech grad today do what Plato did c. 500 BCE?)

Obviously, OP's question has no absolute answer, but it's still fun to argue.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5746210&forum_id=2],#49077202)



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Date: July 5th, 2025 11:47 PM
Author: multi-colored plum travel guidebook regret

Mike Church

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5746210&forum_id=2],#49075398)



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Date: July 6th, 2025 4:57 PM
Author: Mentally Impaired Umber Locus



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5746210&forum_id=2],#49076814)



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Date: July 5th, 2025 11:51 PM
Author: thirsty locale digit ratio

CSLG

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5746210&forum_id=2],#49075417)



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Date: July 6th, 2025 12:10 AM
Author: ruddy theater

I think it has to be Newton, for coming up with calculus + figuring out all the aspects of practical physics.

The only other contender is Einstein, who on 2 occasions figured out things in physics that don't make intuitive sense at all.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5746210&forum_id=2],#49075462)



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Date: July 6th, 2025 7:21 PM
Author: Ultramarine national

Counterpoint: The majority of Einstein's career was a pretty big failure. He's highly overrated (as far as the top minds go).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5746210&forum_id=2],#49077206)



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Date: July 6th, 2025 7:25 PM
Author: Outnumbered Stain Main People

you have to give einstein the burst iq championship though for 1905

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5746210&forum_id=2],#49077222)



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Date: July 6th, 2025 7:37 PM
Author: Ultramarine national

Yeah, I can't argue that. The EFEs are beautifully elegant. Even their constituents like the Weyl tensor have broad implications to thermo & the directional arrow of time.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5746210&forum_id=2],#49077256)



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Date: July 6th, 2025 7:26 AM
Author: Carnelian jap

boom

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5746210&forum_id=2],#49075745)



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Date: July 6th, 2025 3:40 PM
Author: Talented sepia sweet tailpipe coffee pot

This is the only cr

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5746210&forum_id=2],#49076604)



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Date: July 6th, 2025 4:25 PM
Author: Talented sepia sweet tailpipe coffee pot



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5746210&forum_id=2],#49076770)



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Date: July 6th, 2025 6:10 PM
Author: Talented sepia sweet tailpipe coffee pot



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5746210&forum_id=2],#49077005)



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Date: July 6th, 2025 7:26 AM
Author: Boyish buck-toothed legend

Short list:

Tesla, Newton, Da Vinci, Plato

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5746210&forum_id=2],#49075746)



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Date: July 6th, 2025 3:40 PM
Author: Talented sepia sweet tailpipe coffee pot



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5746210&forum_id=2],#49076602)



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Date: July 6th, 2025 7:50 AM
Author: Poppy unholy site wrinkle

von Neumann

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5746210&forum_id=2],#49075761)



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Date: July 6th, 2025 3:40 PM
Author: Talented sepia sweet tailpipe coffee pot

Is that the guy who invented the concept of intergalactic von Newman probes

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5746210&forum_id=2],#49076601)



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Date: July 6th, 2025 4:23 PM
Author: Outnumbered Stain Main People

probably some lazy faggot that no one knows that never applied himself

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5746210&forum_id=2],#49076766)



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Date: July 6th, 2025 4:51 PM
Author: Mentally Impaired Umber Locus

Jansci von Nuemann

As much as I hate to nominate a turd, Ramanujan is easily a top contender

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5746210&forum_id=2],#49076800)



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Date: July 6th, 2025 5:02 PM
Author: Ultramarine national

No love for Bose?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5746210&forum_id=2],#49076825)



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Date: July 6th, 2025 4:58 PM
Author: anal dashing menage pisswyrm

John Moses Browning

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5746210&forum_id=2],#49076817)



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Date: July 6th, 2025 5:04 PM
Author: awkward azure trust fund native

Diogenes and it's not even close

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5746210&forum_id=2],#49076834)



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Date: July 6th, 2025 5:12 PM
Author: Emerald motley spot partner

Have none of you heard of CHRISTOPHER LANGAN?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5746210&forum_id=2],#49076855)



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Date: July 6th, 2025 5:44 PM
Author: awkward azure trust fund native

hes not racist enough to truly be high iq

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5746210&forum_id=2],#49076944)



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Date: July 6th, 2025 5:15 PM
Author: vibrant lay

Trump, bcs how in the living fuck did he get himself elected 2x despite being a human piece of shit that doesnt care about people while owning his felon-ness?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5746210&forum_id=2],#49076860)



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Date: July 6th, 2025 6:37 PM
Author: Coral stirring dilemma skinny woman

he is certainly an all time world historical figure that deserves comparisons to caesar

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5746210&forum_id=2],#49077078)



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Date: July 6th, 2025 6:36 PM
Author: federal coldplay fan range

my gut says leibniz

contemporary and sometimes-colleague of newton iirc

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5746210&forum_id=2],#49077075)