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

Sure there was some "Homo Erectus" faggot that inv...
Mainlining the $ecret Truth of the Univer$e
  07/04/25
Gotta be colt, right? That two machine guns thread settles i...
STEPHEN MILLER
  07/04/25
Link?
Pierbattista Pizzaballa
  07/04/25
Kamala
Trump Tariffs Can Do No Wrong
  07/04/25
wow
Mainlining the $ecret Truth of the Univer$e
  07/04/25
Past, I'm sticking with Feynman. Present, my vote goes to...
samoth
  07/04/25
Tao and Witten have strong cases over Penrose, but he's a gr...
STEPHEN MILLER
  07/04/25
I think most peoples' answers will be biased by their own fi...
samoth
  07/04/25
See edit Both Tao and Witten are American mathematicians
STEPHEN MILLER
  07/04/25
Can we really speak to ancient peoples? So little of their w...
samoth
  07/04/25
I think all of the above have enough written work to compare...
STEPHEN MILLER
  07/05/25
Newton
Mainlining the $ecret Truth of the Univer$e
  07/05/25
Good contender
.,.,...,..,.,.,:,,:,.,.,:::,....,:,..,:.:.,:.::,
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Mainlining the $ecret Truth of the Univer$e
  07/06/25
Leonardo Da Vinci
.,.,...,..,.,.,:,,:,.,.,:::,....,:,..,:.:.,:.::,
  07/05/25
Expalin why over Newton™
Mainlining the $ecret Truth of the Univer$e
  07/05/25
Range of accomplishments in many fields, forward thinker cen...
.,.,...,..,.,.,:,,:,.,.,:::,....,:,..,:.:.,:.::,
  07/06/25
Newton was probably smarter overall but Da Vinci was a geniu...
Mace's Pajama Attire
  07/06/25
I think Plato made the most profound intellectual impact, it...
hank_scorpio
  07/05/25
Yes especially Glaucon, what of the COCK?
Fuck XII
  07/06/25
imagine being so influential that 2300 years later random we...
hank_scorpio
  07/06/25
A lot of writings (and the history of people) have been lost...
samoth
  07/06/25
all of that is true but at some point reality intervenes and...
hank_scorpio
  07/06/25
Who's to say that the four contributors to QED won't go down...
samoth
  07/06/25
Mike Church
blow off some steam
  07/05/25
...
ponyboy curtis
  07/06/25
CSLG
disco fries
  07/05/25
I think it has to be Newton, for coming up with calculus + f...
........,,,,,,......,.,.,.,,,,,,,,,,
  07/06/25
Counterpoint: The majority of Einstein's career was a pretty...
samoth
  07/06/25
you have to give einstein the burst iq championship though f...
richard clock
  07/06/25
Yeah, I can't argue that. The EFEs are beautifully elegant. ...
samoth
  07/06/25
boom
martially inspired amusement
  07/06/25
This is the only cr
Mainlining the $ecret Truth of the Univer$e
  07/06/25
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Mainlining the $ecret Truth of the Univer$e
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Mainlining the $ecret Truth of the Univer$e
  07/06/25
Short list: Tesla, Newton, Da Vinci, Plato
Mace's Pajama Attire
  07/06/25
...
Mainlining the $ecret Truth of the Univer$e
  07/06/25
von Neumann
Fuck XII
  07/06/25
Is that the guy who invented the concept of intergalactic vo...
Mainlining the $ecret Truth of the Univer$e
  07/06/25
probably some lazy faggot that no one knows that never appli...
richard clock
  07/06/25
Jansci von Nuemann As much as I hate to nominate a turd, ...
ponyboy curtis
  07/06/25
No love for Bose?
samoth
  07/06/25
John Moses Browning
Diane Rehm talking dirty
  07/06/25
Diogenes and it's not even close
i gave my cousin head
  07/06/25
Have none of you heard of CHRISTOPHER LANGAN?
Ass Sunstein
  07/06/25
hes not racist enough to truly be high iq
i gave my cousin head
  07/06/25
Trump, bcs how in the living fuck did he get himself elected...
This page intentionally left blank
  07/06/25
he is certainly an all time world historical figure that des...
hank_scorpio
  07/06/25
my gut says leibniz contemporary and sometimes-colleague of...
Arab money sheikh
  07/06/25


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Date: July 4th, 2025 5:58 PM
Author: Mainlining the $ecret Truth of the Univer$e (You = Privy to The Great Becumming™ & Yet You Recognize Nothing)

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=2Reputation#49072499)



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Date: July 4th, 2025 5:59 PM
Author: STEPHEN MILLER (FAGGOTCHIPPER / Hegemon)

Gotta be colt, right? That two machine guns thread settles it for me

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5746210&forum_id=2Reputation#49072502)



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Date: July 4th, 2025 6:13 PM
Author: Pierbattista Pizzaballa

Link?

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



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Date: July 4th, 2025 6:01 PM
Author: Trump Tariffs Can Do No Wrong (TDNW)

Kamala

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



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Date: July 4th, 2025 6:02 PM
Author: Mainlining the $ecret Truth of the Univer$e (You = Privy to The Great Becumming™ & Yet You Recognize Nothing)

wow

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



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Date: July 4th, 2025 6:09 PM
Author: samoth

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=2Reputation#49072538)



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Date: July 4th, 2025 6:10 PM
Author: STEPHEN MILLER (FAGGOTCHIPPER / Hegemon)

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=2Reputation#49072543)



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Date: July 4th, 2025 6:12 PM
Author: samoth

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=2Reputation#49072546)



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Date: July 4th, 2025 6:14 PM
Author: STEPHEN MILLER (FAGGOTCHIPPER / Hegemon)

See edit

Both Tao and Witten are American mathematicians

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



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Date: July 4th, 2025 6:24 PM
Author: samoth

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=2Reputation#49072579)



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Date: July 5th, 2025 11:49 PM
Author: STEPHEN MILLER (FAGGOTCHIPPER / Hegemon)

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=2Reputation#49075405)



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Date: July 5th, 2025 11:41 PM
Author: Mainlining the $ecret Truth of the Univer$e (You = Privy to The Great Becumming™ & Yet You Recognize Nothing)

Newton

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



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Date: July 5th, 2025 11:43 PM
Author: .,.,...,..,.,.,:,,:,.,.,:::,....,:,..,:.:.,:.::,


Good contender

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



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Date: July 6th, 2025 12:48 AM
Author: Mainlining the $ecret Truth of the Univer$e (You = Privy to The Great Becumming™ & Yet You Recognize Nothing)



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



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Date: July 5th, 2025 11:43 PM
Author: .,.,...,..,.,.,:,,:,.,.,:::,....,:,..,:.:.,:.::,


Leonardo Da Vinci



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



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Date: July 5th, 2025 11:44 PM
Author: Mainlining the $ecret Truth of the Univer$e (You = Privy to The Great Becumming™ & Yet You Recognize Nothing)

Expalin why over Newton™

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



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Date: July 6th, 2025 12:05 AM
Author: .,.,...,..,.,.,:,,:,.,.,:::,....,:,..,:.:.,:.::,


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=2Reputation#49075449)



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Date: July 6th, 2025 7:25 AM
Author: Mace's Pajama Attire (No Future)

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=2Reputation#49075744)



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Date: July 5th, 2025 11:47 PM
Author: hank_scorpio

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=2Reputation#49075396)



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Date: July 6th, 2025 8:10 AM
Author: Fuck XII

Yes especially Glaucon, what of the COCK?

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



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Date: July 6th, 2025 4:21 PM
Author: hank_scorpio

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=2Reputation#49076761)



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Date: July 6th, 2025 4:33 PM
Author: samoth

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=2Reputation#49076775)



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Date: July 6th, 2025 5:14 PM
Author: hank_scorpio

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=2Reputation#49076859)



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Date: July 6th, 2025 7:19 PM
Author: samoth

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=2Reputation#49077202)



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Date: July 5th, 2025 11:47 PM
Author: blow off some steam

Mike Church

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



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Date: July 6th, 2025 4:57 PM
Author: ponyboy curtis (If I May, tp)



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



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Date: July 5th, 2025 11:51 PM
Author: disco fries (his own flesh as well as all space was still a cage)

CSLG

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



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Date: July 6th, 2025 12:10 AM
Author: ........,,,,,,......,.,.,.,,,,,,,,,,


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=2Reputation#49075462)



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Date: July 6th, 2025 7:21 PM
Author: samoth

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=2Reputation#49077206)



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Date: July 6th, 2025 7:25 PM
Author: richard clock

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

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



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Date: July 6th, 2025 7:37 PM
Author: samoth

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=2Reputation#49077256)



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Date: July 6th, 2025 7:26 AM
Author: martially inspired amusement (gunneratttt)

boom

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



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Date: July 6th, 2025 3:40 PM
Author: Mainlining the $ecret Truth of the Univer$e (You = Privy to The Great Becumming™ & Yet You Recognize Nothing)

This is the only cr

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



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Date: July 6th, 2025 4:25 PM
Author: Mainlining the $ecret Truth of the Univer$e (You = Privy to The Great Becumming™ & Yet You Recognize Nothing)



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



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Date: July 6th, 2025 6:10 PM
Author: Mainlining the $ecret Truth of the Univer$e (You = Privy to The Great Becumming™ & Yet You Recognize Nothing)



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



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Date: July 6th, 2025 7:26 AM
Author: Mace's Pajama Attire (No Future)

Short list:

Tesla, Newton, Da Vinci, Plato

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



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Date: July 6th, 2025 3:40 PM
Author: Mainlining the $ecret Truth of the Univer$e (You = Privy to The Great Becumming™ & Yet You Recognize Nothing)



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



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Date: July 6th, 2025 7:50 AM
Author: Fuck XII

von Neumann

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



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Date: July 6th, 2025 3:40 PM
Author: Mainlining the $ecret Truth of the Univer$e (You = Privy to The Great Becumming™ & Yet You Recognize Nothing)

Is that the guy who invented the concept of intergalactic von Newman probes

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5746210&forum_id=2Reputation#49076601)



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Date: July 6th, 2025 4:23 PM
Author: richard clock

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

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



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Date: July 6th, 2025 4:51 PM
Author: ponyboy curtis (If I May, tp)

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=2Reputation#49076800)



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Date: July 6th, 2025 5:02 PM
Author: samoth

No love for Bose?

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



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Date: July 6th, 2025 4:58 PM
Author: Diane Rehm talking dirty (🐿️ )

John Moses Browning

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



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Date: July 6th, 2025 5:04 PM
Author: i gave my cousin head

Diogenes and it's not even close

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



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Date: July 6th, 2025 5:12 PM
Author: Ass Sunstein

Have none of you heard of CHRISTOPHER LANGAN?

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



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Date: July 6th, 2025 5:44 PM
Author: i gave my cousin head

hes not racist enough to truly be high iq

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



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Date: July 6th, 2025 5:15 PM
Author: This page intentionally left blank

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=2Reputation#49076860)



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Date: July 6th, 2025 6:37 PM
Author: hank_scorpio

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=2Reputation#49077078)



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Date: July 6th, 2025 6:36 PM
Author: Arab money sheikh

my gut says leibniz

contemporary and sometimes-colleague of newton iirc

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