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

Sure there was some "Homo Erectus" faggot that inv...
Flesh Bateful Locale Liquid Oxygen
  07/04/25
Gotta be colt, right? That two machine guns thread settles i...
motley crotch
  07/04/25
Link?
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  07/04/25
Kamala
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  07/04/25
wow
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  07/04/25
Past, I'm sticking with Feynman. Present, my vote goes to...
opaque address headpube
  07/04/25
Tao and Witten have strong cases over Penrose, but he's a gr...
motley crotch
  07/04/25
I think most peoples' answers will be biased by their own fi...
opaque address headpube
  07/04/25
See edit Both Tao and Witten are American mathematicians
motley crotch
  07/04/25
Can we really speak to ancient peoples? So little of their w...
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  07/04/25
I think all of the above have enough written work to compare...
motley crotch
  07/05/25
Newton
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  07/05/25
Good contender
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  07/06/25
Leonardo Da Vinci
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Expalin why over Newton™
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  07/05/25
Range of accomplishments in many fields, forward thinker cen...
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  07/06/25
Newton was probably smarter overall but Da Vinci was a geniu...
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  07/06/25
I think Plato made the most profound intellectual impact, it...
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Yes especially Glaucon, what of the COCK?
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  07/06/25
imagine being so influential that 2300 years later random we...
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A lot of writings (and the history of people) have been lost...
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  07/06/25
all of that is true but at some point reality intervenes and...
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Who's to say that the four contributors to QED won't go down...
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  07/06/25
Mike Church
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CSLG
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I think it has to be Newton, for coming up with calculus + f...
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Counterpoint: The majority of Einstein's career was a pretty...
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  07/06/25
you have to give einstein the burst iq championship though f...
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  07/06/25
Yeah, I can't argue that. The EFEs are beautifully elegant. ...
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  07/06/25
boom
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  07/06/25
This is the only cr
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Short list: Tesla, Newton, Da Vinci, Plato
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...
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  07/06/25
von Neumann
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  07/06/25
Is that the guy who invented the concept of intergalactic vo...
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  07/06/25
probably some lazy faggot that no one knows that never appli...
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  07/06/25
Jansci von Nuemann As much as I hate to nominate a turd, ...
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  07/06/25
No love for Bose?
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  07/06/25
John Moses Browning
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  07/06/25
Diogenes and it's not even close
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  07/06/25
Have none of you heard of CHRISTOPHER LANGAN?
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  07/06/25
hes not racist enough to truly be high iq
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  07/06/25
Trump, bcs how in the living fuck did he get himself elected...
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he is certainly an all time world historical figure that des...
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Date: July 4th, 2025 5:58 PM
Author: Flesh Bateful Locale Liquid Oxygen

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)



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Date: July 4th, 2025 5:59 PM
Author: motley crotch

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: Exciting domesticated crackhouse depressive

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: internet-worthy adventurous state preventive strike

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: Flesh Bateful Locale Liquid Oxygen

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: opaque address headpube

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#49072538)



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Date: July 4th, 2025 6:10 PM
Author: motley crotch

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#49072543)



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Date: July 4th, 2025 6:12 PM
Author: opaque address headpube

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#49072546)



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Date: July 4th, 2025 6:14 PM
Author: motley crotch

See edit

Both Tao and Witten are American mathematicians

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



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Date: July 4th, 2025 6:24 PM
Author: opaque address headpube

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#49072579)



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Date: July 5th, 2025 11:49 PM
Author: motley crotch

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: Flesh Bateful Locale Liquid Oxygen

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: costumed red haunted graveyard institution

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: Flesh Bateful Locale Liquid Oxygen



(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: costumed red haunted graveyard institution

Leonardo Da Vinci



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



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Date: July 5th, 2025 11:44 PM
Author: Flesh Bateful Locale Liquid Oxygen

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: costumed red haunted graveyard institution

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#49075449)



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Date: July 6th, 2025 7:25 AM
Author: Racy avocado theater

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: Fragrant Pistol Personal Credit Line

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: spectacular candlestick maker locus

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: Fragrant Pistol Personal Credit Line

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: opaque address headpube

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#49076775)



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Date: July 6th, 2025 5:14 PM
Author: Fragrant Pistol Personal Credit Line

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: opaque address headpube

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#49077202)



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Date: July 5th, 2025 11:47 PM
Author: Lime associate resort

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: hairraiser brass famous landscape painting water buffalo



(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: Glittery hunting ground casino

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: Trip Shimmering Ladyboy Principal's Office

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#49075462)



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Date: July 6th, 2025 7:21 PM
Author: opaque address headpube

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: Fishy razzle-dazzle incel

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: opaque address headpube

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: Alcoholic Piazza

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: Flesh Bateful Locale Liquid Oxygen

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: Flesh Bateful Locale Liquid Oxygen



(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: Flesh Bateful Locale Liquid Oxygen



(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: Racy avocado theater

Short list:

Tesla, Newton, Da Vinci, Plato

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



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Date: July 6th, 2025 3:40 PM
Author: Flesh Bateful Locale Liquid Oxygen



(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: spectacular candlestick maker locus

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: Flesh Bateful Locale Liquid Oxygen

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: Fishy razzle-dazzle incel

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: hairraiser brass famous landscape painting water buffalo

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#49076800)



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Date: July 6th, 2025 5:02 PM
Author: opaque address headpube

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: rambunctious queen of the night roast beef

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: Heady prole indian lodge

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: razzle honey-headed chapel

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: Heady prole indian lodge

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: stimulating jet home dingle berry

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: Fragrant Pistol Personal Credit Line

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: greedy chestnut parlour old irish cottage

my gut says leibniz

contemporary and sometimes-colleague of newton iirc

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