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

Sure there was some "Homo Erectus" faggot that inv...
multi-colored scarlet depressive
  07/04/25
Gotta be colt, right? That two machine guns thread settles i...
Umber garrison
  07/04/25
Link?
Laughsome vengeful lodge hominid
  07/04/25
Kamala
Violet juggernaut
  07/04/25
wow
multi-colored scarlet depressive
  07/04/25
Past, I'm sticking with Feynman. Present, my vote goes to...
shivering box office generalized bond
  07/04/25
Tao and Witten have strong cases over Penrose, but he's a gr...
Umber garrison
  07/04/25
I think most peoples' answers will be biased by their own fi...
shivering box office generalized bond
  07/04/25
See edit Both Tao and Witten are American mathematicians
Umber garrison
  07/04/25
Can we really speak to ancient peoples? So little of their w...
shivering box office generalized bond
  07/04/25
I think all of the above have enough written work to compare...
Umber garrison
  07/05/25
Newton
multi-colored scarlet depressive
  07/05/25
Good contender
Autistic orchid crotch university
  07/05/25
...
multi-colored scarlet depressive
  07/06/25
Leonardo Da Vinci
Autistic orchid crotch university
  07/05/25
Expalin why over Newton™
multi-colored scarlet depressive
  07/05/25
Range of accomplishments in many fields, forward thinker cen...
Autistic orchid crotch university
  07/06/25
Newton was probably smarter overall but Da Vinci was a geniu...
wine racy shrine
  07/06/25
I think Plato made the most profound intellectual impact, it...
Dull indian lodge dysfunction
  07/05/25
Yes especially Glaucon, what of the COCK?
cerebral ungodly abode puppy
  07/06/25
imagine being so influential that 2300 years later random we...
Dull indian lodge dysfunction
  07/06/25
A lot of writings (and the history of people) have been lost...
shivering box office generalized bond
  07/06/25
all of that is true but at some point reality intervenes and...
Dull indian lodge dysfunction
  07/06/25
Who's to say that the four contributors to QED won't go down...
shivering box office generalized bond
  07/06/25
Mike Church
Soul-stirring Drab Liquid Oxygen Property
  07/05/25
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Curious principal's office
  07/06/25
CSLG
Indigo fortuitous meteor stage
  07/05/25
I think it has to be Newton, for coming up with calculus + f...
cheese-eating orchestra pit
  07/06/25
Counterpoint: The majority of Einstein's career was a pretty...
shivering box office generalized bond
  07/06/25
you have to give einstein the burst iq championship though f...
Dead Organic Girlfriend
  07/06/25
Yeah, I can't argue that. The EFEs are beautifully elegant. ...
shivering box office generalized bond
  07/06/25
boom
Amethyst antidepressant drug nursing home
  07/06/25
This is the only cr
multi-colored scarlet depressive
  07/06/25
...
multi-colored scarlet depressive
  07/06/25
...
multi-colored scarlet depressive
  07/06/25
Short list: Tesla, Newton, Da Vinci, Plato
wine racy shrine
  07/06/25
...
multi-colored scarlet depressive
  07/06/25
von Neumann
cerebral ungodly abode puppy
  07/06/25
Is that the guy who invented the concept of intergalactic vo...
multi-colored scarlet depressive
  07/06/25
probably some lazy faggot that no one knows that never appli...
Dead Organic Girlfriend
  07/06/25
Jansci von Nuemann As much as I hate to nominate a turd, ...
Curious principal's office
  07/06/25
No love for Bose?
shivering box office generalized bond
  07/06/25
John Moses Browning
effete canary set
  07/06/25
Diogenes and it's not even close
Alcoholic school cafeteria
  07/06/25
Have none of you heard of CHRISTOPHER LANGAN?
rough-skinned rigor locus
  07/06/25
hes not racist enough to truly be high iq
Alcoholic school cafeteria
  07/06/25
Trump, bcs how in the living fuck did he get himself elected...
cyan mental disorder
  07/06/25
he is certainly an all time world historical figure that des...
Dull indian lodge dysfunction
  07/06/25
my gut says leibniz contemporary and sometimes-colleague of...
thriller ivory athletic conference
  07/06/25


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Date: July 4th, 2025 5:58 PM
Author: multi-colored scarlet depressive

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...id#49072499)



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Date: July 4th, 2025 5:59 PM
Author: Umber garrison

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...id#49072502)



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Date: July 4th, 2025 6:13 PM
Author: Laughsome vengeful lodge hominid

Link?

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



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Date: July 4th, 2025 6:01 PM
Author: Violet juggernaut

Kamala

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



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Date: July 4th, 2025 6:02 PM
Author: multi-colored scarlet depressive

wow

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



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Date: July 4th, 2025 6:09 PM
Author: shivering box office generalized bond

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...id#49072538)



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Date: July 4th, 2025 6:10 PM
Author: Umber garrison

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...id#49072543)



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Date: July 4th, 2025 6:12 PM
Author: shivering box office generalized bond

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...id#49072546)



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Date: July 4th, 2025 6:14 PM
Author: Umber garrison

See edit

Both Tao and Witten are American mathematicians

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



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Date: July 4th, 2025 6:24 PM
Author: shivering box office generalized bond

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...id#49072579)



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Date: July 5th, 2025 11:49 PM
Author: Umber garrison

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...id#49075405)



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Date: July 5th, 2025 11:41 PM
Author: multi-colored scarlet depressive

Newton

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



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Date: July 5th, 2025 11:43 PM
Author: Autistic orchid crotch university

Good contender

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



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Date: July 6th, 2025 12:48 AM
Author: multi-colored scarlet depressive



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



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Date: July 5th, 2025 11:43 PM
Author: Autistic orchid crotch university

Leonardo Da Vinci



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



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Date: July 5th, 2025 11:44 PM
Author: multi-colored scarlet depressive

Expalin why over Newton™

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



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Date: July 6th, 2025 12:05 AM
Author: Autistic orchid crotch university

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...id#49075449)



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Date: July 6th, 2025 7:25 AM
Author: wine racy shrine

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...id#49075744)



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Date: July 5th, 2025 11:47 PM
Author: Dull indian lodge dysfunction

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...id#49075396)



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Date: July 6th, 2025 8:10 AM
Author: cerebral ungodly abode puppy

Yes especially Glaucon, what of the COCK?

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



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Date: July 6th, 2025 4:21 PM
Author: Dull indian lodge dysfunction

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...id#49076761)



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Date: July 6th, 2025 4:33 PM
Author: shivering box office generalized bond

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...id#49076775)



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Date: July 6th, 2025 5:14 PM
Author: Dull indian lodge dysfunction

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...id#49076859)



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Date: July 6th, 2025 7:19 PM
Author: shivering box office generalized bond

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...id#49077202)



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Date: July 5th, 2025 11:47 PM
Author: Soul-stirring Drab Liquid Oxygen Property

Mike Church

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



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Date: July 6th, 2025 4:57 PM
Author: Curious principal's office



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



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

CSLG

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



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Date: July 6th, 2025 12:10 AM
Author: cheese-eating orchestra pit

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...id#49075462)



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Date: July 6th, 2025 7:21 PM
Author: shivering box office generalized bond

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...id#49077206)



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Date: July 6th, 2025 7:25 PM
Author: Dead Organic Girlfriend

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

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



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Date: July 6th, 2025 7:37 PM
Author: shivering box office generalized bond

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...id#49077256)



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Date: July 6th, 2025 7:26 AM
Author: Amethyst antidepressant drug nursing home

boom

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



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Date: July 6th, 2025 3:40 PM
Author: multi-colored scarlet depressive

This is the only cr

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



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Date: July 6th, 2025 4:25 PM
Author: multi-colored scarlet depressive



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



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Date: July 6th, 2025 6:10 PM
Author: multi-colored scarlet depressive



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



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Date: July 6th, 2025 7:26 AM
Author: wine racy shrine

Short list:

Tesla, Newton, Da Vinci, Plato

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



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Date: July 6th, 2025 3:40 PM
Author: multi-colored scarlet depressive



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



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Date: July 6th, 2025 7:50 AM
Author: cerebral ungodly abode puppy

von Neumann

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



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Date: July 6th, 2025 3:40 PM
Author: multi-colored scarlet depressive

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...id#49076601)



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Date: July 6th, 2025 4:23 PM
Author: Dead Organic Girlfriend

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

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



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Date: July 6th, 2025 4:51 PM
Author: Curious principal's office

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...id#49076800)



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Date: July 6th, 2025 5:02 PM
Author: shivering box office generalized bond

No love for Bose?

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



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Date: July 6th, 2025 4:58 PM
Author: effete canary set

John Moses Browning

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



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Date: July 6th, 2025 5:04 PM
Author: Alcoholic school cafeteria

Diogenes and it's not even close

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



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Date: July 6th, 2025 5:12 PM
Author: rough-skinned rigor locus

Have none of you heard of CHRISTOPHER LANGAN?

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



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Date: July 6th, 2025 5:44 PM
Author: Alcoholic school cafeteria

hes not racist enough to truly be high iq

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



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Date: July 6th, 2025 5:15 PM
Author: cyan mental disorder

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...id#49076860)



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Date: July 6th, 2025 6:37 PM
Author: Dull indian lodge dysfunction

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...id#49077078)



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Date: July 6th, 2025 6:36 PM
Author: thriller ivory athletic conference

my gut says leibniz

contemporary and sometimes-colleague of newton iirc

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