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

Sure there was some "Homo Erectus" faggot that inv...
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Gotta be colt, right? That two machine guns thread settles i...
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Link?
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  07/04/25
Kamala
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  07/04/25
wow
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Past, I'm sticking with Feynman. Present, my vote goes to...
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  07/04/25
Tao and Witten have strong cases over Penrose, but he's a gr...
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I think most peoples' answers will be biased by their own fi...
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See edit Both Tao and Witten are American mathematicians
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Can we really speak to ancient peoples? So little of their w...
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I think all of the above have enough written work to compare...
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Newton
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Good contender
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Leonardo Da Vinci
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Expalin why over Newton™
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Range of accomplishments in many fields, forward thinker cen...
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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...
plum mewling ape
  07/05/25
Yes especially Glaucon, what of the COCK?
supple spot
  07/06/25
imagine being so influential that 2300 years later random we...
plum mewling ape
  07/06/25
A lot of writings (and the history of people) have been lost...
Zombie-like Salmon Party Of The First Part Tattoo
  07/06/25
all of that is true but at some point reality intervenes and...
plum mewling ape
  07/06/25
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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you have to give einstein the burst iq championship though f...
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Yeah, I can't argue that. The EFEs are beautifully elegant. ...
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boom
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Short list: Tesla, Newton, Da Vinci, Plato
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von Neumann
supple spot
  07/06/25
Is that the guy who invented the concept of intergalactic vo...
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probably some lazy faggot that no one knows that never appli...
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Jansci von Nuemann As much as I hate to nominate a turd, ...
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No love for Bose?
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  07/06/25
John Moses Browning
Titillating property
  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?
Swashbuckling Lilac Dingle Berry
  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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my gut says leibniz contemporary and sometimes-colleague of...
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Date: July 4th, 2025 5:58 PM
Author: Mauve Spectacular Marketing Idea

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: Cruel-hearted exhilarant main people trailer park

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: Bateful point

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: Electric step-uncle's house

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: Mauve Spectacular Marketing Idea

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: Zombie-like Salmon Party Of The First Part Tattoo

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: Cruel-hearted exhilarant main people trailer park

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: Zombie-like Salmon Party Of The First Part Tattoo

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: Cruel-hearted exhilarant main people trailer park

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: Zombie-like Salmon Party Of The First Part Tattoo

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: Cruel-hearted exhilarant main people trailer park

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: Mauve Spectacular Marketing Idea

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: Lascivious box office

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: Mauve Spectacular Marketing Idea



(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: Lascivious box office

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: Mauve Spectacular Marketing Idea

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: Lascivious box office

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: Razzle circlehead lettuce

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: plum mewling ape

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: supple spot

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: plum mewling ape

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: Zombie-like Salmon Party Of The First Part Tattoo

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: plum mewling ape

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: Zombie-like Salmon Party Of The First Part Tattoo

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: Pearly Hell Kitty Cat

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: henna bbw



(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: alcoholic self-centered orchestra pit fat ankles

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: Overrated Native Dog Poop

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: Zombie-like Salmon Party Of The First Part Tattoo

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: Godawful carmine ladyboy antidepressant drug

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: Zombie-like Salmon Party Of The First Part Tattoo

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: Beady-eyed chapel

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: Mauve Spectacular Marketing Idea

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: Mauve Spectacular Marketing Idea



(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: Mauve Spectacular Marketing Idea



(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: Razzle circlehead lettuce

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: Mauve Spectacular Marketing Idea



(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: supple spot

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: Mauve Spectacular Marketing Idea

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: Godawful carmine ladyboy antidepressant drug

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: henna bbw

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: Zombie-like Salmon Party Of The First Part Tattoo

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: Titillating property

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: Domesticated multi-colored faggotry rigpig

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: Swashbuckling Lilac Dingle Berry

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: Domesticated multi-colored faggotry rigpig

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: Wonderful canary nursing home

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: plum mewling ape

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: Hairraiser know-it-all crackhouse new version

my gut says leibniz

contemporary and sometimes-colleague of newton iirc

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



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Date: February 21st, 2026 3:42 PM
Author: Mainlining the $ecret Truth of the Univer$e (One Year Performance 1978-1979 (Cage Piece) (Awfully coy u are))



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5746210&forum_id=2#49685398)