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Date: July 4th, 2025 5:58 PM Author: Concupiscible dysfunction nibblets 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) |
Date: July 4th, 2025 5:59 PM Author: mind-boggling mahogany hell 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: Charismatic grizzly indirect expression garrison Link? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5746210&forum_id=2...id#49072548) |
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Date: July 4th, 2025 6:09 PM Author: odious abnormal menage travel guidebook 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: mind-boggling mahogany hell 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: odious abnormal menage travel guidebook 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: mind-boggling mahogany hell See edit
Both Tao and Witten are American mathematicians |
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Date: July 4th, 2025 6:24 PM Author: odious abnormal menage travel guidebook 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: mind-boggling mahogany hell 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: Concupiscible dysfunction nibblets 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: cracking learning disabled space 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: Concupiscible dysfunction nibblets (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: cracking learning disabled space Leonardo Da Vinci
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Date: July 5th, 2025 11:44 PM Author: Concupiscible dysfunction nibblets 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: cracking learning disabled space 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: Bearded state selfie 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: indecent candlestick maker 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: poppy den cuckold 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: indecent candlestick maker 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: odious abnormal menage travel guidebook 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: indecent candlestick maker 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: odious abnormal menage travel guidebook 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 6th, 2025 12:10 AM Author: boyish jet-lagged address 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: odious abnormal menage travel guidebook 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: Hairraiser stag film 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: odious abnormal menage travel guidebook 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: Bearded state selfie Short list:
Tesla, Newton, Da Vinci, Plato |
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Date: July 6th, 2025 3:40 PM Author: Concupiscible dysfunction nibblets 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: Hairraiser stag film 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: saffron pisswyrm school 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 6:37 PM Author: indecent candlestick maker 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: bull headed depressive my gut says leibniz contemporary and sometimes-colleague of newton iirc |