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Date: July 4th, 2025 5:58 PM Author: Exciting wine community account 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\u0026mark_id=5310909#49072499) |
Date: July 4th, 2025 5:59 PM Author: Beady-eyed Den Boiling Water 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\u0026mark_id=5310909#49072502) |
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Date: July 4th, 2025 6:13 PM Author: wonderful fluffy blood rage people who are hurt Link? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5746210&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#49072548) |
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Date: July 4th, 2025 6:01 PM Author: Purple offensive voyeur site Kamala (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5746210&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#49072507) |
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Date: July 4th, 2025 6:02 PM Author: Exciting wine community account wow (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5746210&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#49072510) |
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Date: July 4th, 2025 6:09 PM Author: very tactful walnut personal credit line 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: Beady-eyed Den Boiling Water 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: very tactful walnut personal credit line 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: Beady-eyed Den Boiling Water See edit
Both Tao and Witten are American mathematicians |
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Date: July 4th, 2025 6:24 PM Author: very tactful walnut personal credit line 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: Beady-eyed Den Boiling Water 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\u0026mark_id=5310909#49075405) |
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Date: July 5th, 2025 11:41 PM Author: Exciting wine community account Newton (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5746210&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#49075379) |
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Date: July 5th, 2025 11:43 PM Author: Floppy Green Lodge Good contender (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5746210&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#49075387) |
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Date: July 6th, 2025 12:48 AM Author: Exciting wine community account (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5746210&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#49075501) |
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Date: July 5th, 2025 11:43 PM Author: Floppy Green Lodge Leonardo Da Vinci
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Date: July 5th, 2025 11:44 PM Author: Exciting wine community account Expalin why over Newton™ (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5746210&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#49075389) |
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Date: July 6th, 2025 12:05 AM Author: Floppy Green Lodge 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: Poppy diverse potus abode 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\u0026mark_id=5310909#49075744) |
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Date: July 5th, 2025 11:47 PM Author: Hideous Station 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\u0026mark_id=5310909#49075396) |
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Date: July 6th, 2025 8:10 AM Author: cruel-hearted big-titted school mad cow disease Yes especially Glaucon, what of the COCK? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5746210&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#49075780) |
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Date: July 6th, 2025 4:21 PM Author: Hideous Station 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\u0026mark_id=5310909#49076761) |
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Date: July 6th, 2025 4:33 PM Author: very tactful walnut personal credit line 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: Hideous Station 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\u0026mark_id=5310909#49076859) |
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Date: July 6th, 2025 7:19 PM Author: very tactful walnut personal credit line 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: white comical alpha Mike Church (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5746210&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#49075398) |
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Date: July 6th, 2025 4:57 PM Author: dashing domesticated business firm (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5746210&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#49076814) |
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Date: July 5th, 2025 11:51 PM Author: stimulating rambunctious mental disorder parlour CSLG (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5746210&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#49075417) |
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Date: July 6th, 2025 12:10 AM Author: black mind-boggling theatre 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: very tactful walnut personal credit line 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\u0026mark_id=5310909#49077206) |
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Date: July 6th, 2025 7:25 PM Author: appetizing senate you have to give einstein the burst iq championship though for 1905 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5746210&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#49077222) |
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Date: July 6th, 2025 7:37 PM Author: very tactful walnut personal credit line 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\u0026mark_id=5310909#49077256) |
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Date: July 6th, 2025 7:26 AM Author: hot doobsian chad boom (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5746210&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#49075745) |
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Date: July 6th, 2025 3:40 PM Author: Exciting wine community account This is the only cr (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5746210&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#49076604) |
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Date: July 6th, 2025 4:25 PM Author: Exciting wine community account (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5746210&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#49076770) |
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Date: July 6th, 2025 6:10 PM Author: Exciting wine community account (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5746210&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#49077005) |
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Date: July 6th, 2025 7:26 AM Author: Poppy diverse potus abode Short list:
Tesla, Newton, Da Vinci, Plato |
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Date: July 6th, 2025 3:40 PM Author: Exciting wine community account (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5746210&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#49076602) |
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Date: July 6th, 2025 7:50 AM Author: cruel-hearted big-titted school mad cow disease von Neumann (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5746210&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#49075761) |
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Date: July 6th, 2025 3:40 PM Author: Exciting wine community account 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\u0026mark_id=5310909#49076601) |
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Date: July 6th, 2025 4:23 PM Author: appetizing senate probably some lazy faggot that no one knows that never applied himself (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5746210&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#49076766) |
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Date: July 6th, 2025 4:51 PM Author: dashing domesticated business firm 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: very tactful walnut personal credit line No love for Bose? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5746210&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#49076825) |
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Date: July 6th, 2025 4:58 PM Author: contagious coldplay fan John Moses Browning (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5746210&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#49076817) |
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Date: July 6th, 2025 5:04 PM Author: Cyan Resort Diogenes and it's not even close (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5746210&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#49076834) |
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Date: July 6th, 2025 5:12 PM Author: Metal International Law Enforcement Agency Have none of you heard of CHRISTOPHER LANGAN? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5746210&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#49076855) |
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Date: July 6th, 2025 5:44 PM Author: Cyan Resort hes not racist enough to truly be high iq (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5746210&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#49076944) |
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Date: July 6th, 2025 5:15 PM Author: Spectacular newt 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\u0026mark_id=5310909#49076860) |
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Date: July 6th, 2025 6:37 PM Author: Hideous Station 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\u0026mark_id=5310909#49077078) |
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Date: July 6th, 2025 6:36 PM Author: Rough-skinned Kitchen Rigor my gut says leibniz contemporary and sometimes-colleague of newton iirc |
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