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

Sure there was some "Homo Erectus" faggot that inv...
Umber corn cake pistol
  07/04/25
Gotta be colt, right? That two machine guns thread settles i...
vivacious shrine
  07/04/25
Link?
Anal Cocky Den Stock Car
  07/04/25
Kamala
sepia up-to-no-good indirect expression
  07/04/25
wow
Umber corn cake pistol
  07/04/25
Past, I'm sticking with Feynman. Present, my vote goes to...
Walnut twisted volcanic crater
  07/04/25
Tao and Witten have strong cases over Penrose, but he's a gr...
vivacious shrine
  07/04/25
I think most peoples' answers will be biased by their own fi...
Walnut twisted volcanic crater
  07/04/25
See edit Both Tao and Witten are American mathematicians
vivacious shrine
  07/04/25
Can we really speak to ancient peoples? So little of their w...
Walnut twisted volcanic crater
  07/04/25
I think all of the above have enough written work to compare...
vivacious shrine
  07/05/25
Newton
Umber corn cake pistol
  07/05/25
Good contender
violent partner
  07/05/25
...
Umber corn cake pistol
  07/06/25
Leonardo Da Vinci
violent partner
  07/05/25
Expalin why over Newton™
Umber corn cake pistol
  07/05/25
Range of accomplishments in many fields, forward thinker cen...
violent partner
  07/06/25
Newton was probably smarter overall but Da Vinci was a geniu...
ivory fragrant point
  07/06/25
I think Plato made the most profound intellectual impact, it...
Olive Judgmental Set
  07/05/25
Yes especially Glaucon, what of the COCK?
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  07/06/25
imagine being so influential that 2300 years later random we...
Olive Judgmental Set
  07/06/25
A lot of writings (and the history of people) have been lost...
Walnut twisted volcanic crater
  07/06/25
all of that is true but at some point reality intervenes and...
Olive Judgmental Set
  07/06/25
Who's to say that the four contributors to QED won't go down...
Walnut twisted volcanic crater
  07/06/25
Mike Church
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  07/05/25
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CSLG
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  07/05/25
I think it has to be Newton, for coming up with calculus + f...
Diverse institution hairy legs
  07/06/25
Counterpoint: The majority of Einstein's career was a pretty...
Walnut twisted volcanic crater
  07/06/25
you have to give einstein the burst iq championship though f...
Hot crusty theater
  07/06/25
Yeah, I can't argue that. The EFEs are beautifully elegant. ...
Walnut twisted volcanic crater
  07/06/25
boom
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  07/06/25
This is the only cr
Umber corn cake pistol
  07/06/25
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  07/06/25
Short list: Tesla, Newton, Da Vinci, Plato
ivory fragrant point
  07/06/25
...
Umber corn cake pistol
  07/06/25
von Neumann
contagious love of her life tanning salon
  07/06/25
Is that the guy who invented the concept of intergalactic vo...
Umber corn cake pistol
  07/06/25
probably some lazy faggot that no one knows that never appli...
Hot crusty theater
  07/06/25
Jansci von Nuemann As much as I hate to nominate a turd, ...
indigo weed whacker casino
  07/06/25
No love for Bose?
Walnut twisted volcanic crater
  07/06/25
John Moses Browning
Crystalline adulterous business firm alpha
  07/06/25
Diogenes and it's not even close
Spruce stimulating preventive strike
  07/06/25
Have none of you heard of CHRISTOPHER LANGAN?
arousing flirting principal's office chad
  07/06/25
hes not racist enough to truly be high iq
Spruce stimulating preventive strike
  07/06/25
Trump, bcs how in the living fuck did he get himself elected...
nighttime puppy
  07/06/25
he is certainly an all time world historical figure that des...
Olive Judgmental Set
  07/06/25
my gut says leibniz contemporary and sometimes-colleague of...
buff cracking public bath candlestick maker
  07/06/25


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Date: July 4th, 2025 5:58 PM
Author: Umber corn cake pistol

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=2Elisa#49072499)



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Date: July 4th, 2025 5:59 PM
Author: vivacious shrine

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

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



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Date: July 4th, 2025 6:13 PM
Author: Anal Cocky Den Stock Car

Link?

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



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Date: July 4th, 2025 6:01 PM
Author: sepia up-to-no-good indirect expression

Kamala

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



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Date: July 4th, 2025 6:02 PM
Author: Umber corn cake pistol

wow

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



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Date: July 4th, 2025 6:09 PM
Author: Walnut twisted volcanic crater

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=2Elisa#49072538)



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Date: July 4th, 2025 6:10 PM
Author: vivacious shrine

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=2Elisa#49072543)



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Date: July 4th, 2025 6:12 PM
Author: Walnut twisted volcanic crater

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=2Elisa#49072546)



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Date: July 4th, 2025 6:14 PM
Author: vivacious shrine

See edit

Both Tao and Witten are American mathematicians

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



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Date: July 4th, 2025 6:24 PM
Author: Walnut twisted volcanic crater

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=2Elisa#49072579)



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Date: July 5th, 2025 11:49 PM
Author: vivacious shrine

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=2Elisa#49075405)



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Date: July 5th, 2025 11:41 PM
Author: Umber corn cake pistol

Newton

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



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Date: July 5th, 2025 11:43 PM
Author: violent partner

Good contender

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



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Date: July 6th, 2025 12:48 AM
Author: Umber corn cake pistol



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



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Date: July 5th, 2025 11:43 PM
Author: violent partner

Leonardo Da Vinci



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



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Date: July 5th, 2025 11:44 PM
Author: Umber corn cake pistol

Expalin why over Newton™

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



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Date: July 6th, 2025 12:05 AM
Author: violent partner

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=2Elisa#49075449)



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Date: July 6th, 2025 7:25 AM
Author: ivory fragrant point

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=2Elisa#49075744)



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Date: July 5th, 2025 11:47 PM
Author: Olive Judgmental Set

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=2Elisa#49075396)



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Date: July 6th, 2025 8:10 AM
Author: contagious love of her life tanning salon

Yes especially Glaucon, what of the COCK?

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



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Date: July 6th, 2025 4:21 PM
Author: Olive Judgmental Set

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=2Elisa#49076761)



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Date: July 6th, 2025 4:33 PM
Author: Walnut twisted volcanic crater

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=2Elisa#49076775)



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Date: July 6th, 2025 5:14 PM
Author: Olive Judgmental Set

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=2Elisa#49076859)



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Date: July 6th, 2025 7:19 PM
Author: Walnut twisted volcanic crater

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=2Elisa#49077202)



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Date: July 5th, 2025 11:47 PM
Author: Chestnut Senate Cuck

Mike Church

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



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Date: July 6th, 2025 4:57 PM
Author: indigo weed whacker casino



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



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Date: July 5th, 2025 11:51 PM
Author: Turquoise fortuitous meteor

CSLG

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



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Date: July 6th, 2025 12:10 AM
Author: Diverse institution hairy legs

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=2Elisa#49075462)



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Date: July 6th, 2025 7:21 PM
Author: Walnut twisted volcanic crater

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=2Elisa#49077206)



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Date: July 6th, 2025 7:25 PM
Author: Hot crusty theater

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

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



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Date: July 6th, 2025 7:37 PM
Author: Walnut twisted volcanic crater

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=2Elisa#49077256)



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Date: July 6th, 2025 7:26 AM
Author: Lilac histrionic digit ratio deer antler

boom

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



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Date: July 6th, 2025 3:40 PM
Author: Umber corn cake pistol

This is the only cr

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



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Date: July 6th, 2025 4:25 PM
Author: Umber corn cake pistol



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



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Date: July 6th, 2025 6:10 PM
Author: Umber corn cake pistol



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



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Date: July 6th, 2025 7:26 AM
Author: ivory fragrant point

Short list:

Tesla, Newton, Da Vinci, Plato

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



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Date: July 6th, 2025 3:40 PM
Author: Umber corn cake pistol



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



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Date: July 6th, 2025 7:50 AM
Author: contagious love of her life tanning salon

von Neumann

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



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Date: July 6th, 2025 3:40 PM
Author: Umber corn cake pistol

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

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



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Date: July 6th, 2025 4:23 PM
Author: Hot crusty theater

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

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



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Date: July 6th, 2025 4:51 PM
Author: indigo weed whacker casino

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=2Elisa#49076800)



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Date: July 6th, 2025 5:02 PM
Author: Walnut twisted volcanic crater

No love for Bose?

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



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Date: July 6th, 2025 4:58 PM
Author: Crystalline adulterous business firm alpha

John Moses Browning

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



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Date: July 6th, 2025 5:04 PM
Author: Spruce stimulating preventive strike

Diogenes and it's not even close

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



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Date: July 6th, 2025 5:12 PM
Author: arousing flirting principal's office chad

Have none of you heard of CHRISTOPHER LANGAN?

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



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Date: July 6th, 2025 5:44 PM
Author: Spruce stimulating preventive strike

hes not racist enough to truly be high iq

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



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Date: July 6th, 2025 5:15 PM
Author: nighttime puppy

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=2Elisa#49076860)



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Date: July 6th, 2025 6:37 PM
Author: Olive Judgmental Set

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=2Elisa#49077078)



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Date: July 6th, 2025 6:36 PM
Author: buff cracking public bath candlestick maker

my gut says leibniz

contemporary and sometimes-colleague of newton iirc

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