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XO POLL: Moast Intelligent Human Being Known In Human Hi$tory?
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Date: July 4th, 2025 5:58 PM Author: aromatic duck-like gas station 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) |
Date: July 4th, 2025 5:59 PM Author: burgundy kitchen philosopher-king 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: Motley obsidian place of business 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: Copper glittery coffee pot 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: aromatic duck-like gas station 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: wine rambunctious point ladyboy 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. |
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Date: July 4th, 2025 6:10 PM Author: burgundy kitchen philosopher-king 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 |
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Date: July 4th, 2025 6:12 PM Author: wine rambunctious point ladyboy 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. |
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Date: July 4th, 2025 6:14 PM Author: burgundy kitchen philosopher-king See edit
Both Tao and Witten are American mathematicians |
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Date: July 4th, 2025 6:24 PM Author: wine rambunctious point ladyboy 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.) |
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Date: July 5th, 2025 11:49 PM Author: burgundy kitchen philosopher-king 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: aromatic duck-like gas station 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: cyan internet-worthy plaza idiot 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: aromatic duck-like gas station (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: cyan internet-worthy plaza idiot Leonardo Da Vinci
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Date: July 5th, 2025 11:44 PM Author: aromatic duck-like gas station 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: cyan internet-worthy plaza idiot Range of accomplishments in many fields, forward thinker centuries ahead of his time, extraordinarily creative.
But newton was probably smarter. |
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Date: July 6th, 2025 7:25 AM Author: Lemon Adventurous Turdskin Boistinker 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: Topaz Multi-colored Ticket Booth 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: Carmine kink-friendly location voyeur 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: Topaz Multi-colored Ticket Booth 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: wine rambunctious point ladyboy 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.' |
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Date: July 6th, 2025 5:14 PM Author: Topaz Multi-colored Ticket Booth 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: wine rambunctious point ladyboy 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. |
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Date: July 5th, 2025 11:47 PM Author: charcoal sandwich 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: Out-of-control Twisted Dog Poop Hospital (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: razzmatazz rehab black woman 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: Exhilarant big-titted people who are hurt 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. |
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Date: July 6th, 2025 7:21 PM Author: wine rambunctious point ladyboy 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: alcoholic impertinent indian lodge community account 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: wine rambunctious point ladyboy 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: Insecure cowardly whorehouse 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: aromatic duck-like gas station 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: aromatic duck-like gas station (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: aromatic duck-like gas station (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: Lemon Adventurous Turdskin Boistinker Short list:
Tesla, Newton, Da Vinci, Plato |
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Date: July 6th, 2025 3:40 PM Author: aromatic duck-like gas station (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: Carmine kink-friendly location voyeur 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: aromatic duck-like gas station 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: alcoholic impertinent indian lodge community account 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: Out-of-control Twisted Dog Poop Hospital Jansci von Nuemann
As much as I hate to nominate a turd, Ramanujan is easily a top contender |
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Date: July 6th, 2025 5:02 PM Author: wine rambunctious point ladyboy 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: ruby fat ankles messiness 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: amber school 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: shaky thriller police squad site 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: amber school 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: Filthy fuchsia theatre 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=2#49076860) |
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Date: July 6th, 2025 6:37 PM Author: Topaz Multi-colored Ticket Booth 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: domesticated hominid mother my gut says leibniz contemporary and sometimes-colleague of newton iirc |