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

Sure there was some "Homo Erectus" faggot that inv...
Ruddy multi-colored school cafeteria striped hyena
  07/04/25
Gotta be colt, right? That two machine guns thread settles i...
sable regret milk
  07/04/25
Link?
irradiated gay half-breed dilemma
  07/04/25
Kamala
Outnumbered exhilarant box office feces
  07/04/25
wow
Ruddy multi-colored school cafeteria striped hyena
  07/04/25
Past, I'm sticking with Feynman. Present, my vote goes to...
Frozen hell internal respiration
  07/04/25
Tao and Witten have strong cases over Penrose, but he's a gr...
sable regret milk
  07/04/25
I think most peoples' answers will be biased by their own fi...
Frozen hell internal respiration
  07/04/25
See edit Both Tao and Witten are American mathematicians
sable regret milk
  07/04/25
Can we really speak to ancient peoples? So little of their w...
Frozen hell internal respiration
  07/04/25
I think all of the above have enough written work to compare...
sable regret milk
  07/05/25
Newton
Ruddy multi-colored school cafeteria striped hyena
  07/05/25
Good contender
irate sick brunch chad
  07/05/25
...
Ruddy multi-colored school cafeteria striped hyena
  07/06/25
Leonardo Da Vinci
irate sick brunch chad
  07/05/25
Expalin why over Newton™
Ruddy multi-colored school cafeteria striped hyena
  07/05/25
Range of accomplishments in many fields, forward thinker cen...
irate sick brunch chad
  07/06/25
Newton was probably smarter overall but Da Vinci was a geniu...
talented arrogant double fault selfie
  07/06/25
I think Plato made the most profound intellectual impact, it...
cowardly coral area new version
  07/05/25
Yes especially Glaucon, what of the COCK?
Garnet gay wizard
  07/06/25
imagine being so influential that 2300 years later random we...
cowardly coral area new version
  07/06/25
A lot of writings (and the history of people) have been lost...
Frozen hell internal respiration
  07/06/25
all of that is true but at some point reality intervenes and...
cowardly coral area new version
  07/06/25
Who's to say that the four contributors to QED won't go down...
Frozen hell internal respiration
  07/06/25
Mike Church
Honey-headed center
  07/05/25
...
hairraiser dull hall keepsake machete
  07/06/25
CSLG
Beady-eyed Skinny Woman Lay
  07/05/25
I think it has to be Newton, for coming up with calculus + f...
Comical Principal's Office Depressive
  07/06/25
Counterpoint: The majority of Einstein's career was a pretty...
Frozen hell internal respiration
  07/06/25
you have to give einstein the burst iq championship though f...
mind-boggling mood rigpig
  07/06/25
Yeah, I can't argue that. The EFEs are beautifully elegant. ...
Frozen hell internal respiration
  07/06/25
boom
Tan background story menage
  07/06/25
This is the only cr
Ruddy multi-colored school cafeteria striped hyena
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Ruddy multi-colored school cafeteria striped hyena
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Ruddy multi-colored school cafeteria striped hyena
  07/06/25
Short list: Tesla, Newton, Da Vinci, Plato
talented arrogant double fault selfie
  07/06/25
...
Ruddy multi-colored school cafeteria striped hyena
  07/06/25
von Neumann
Garnet gay wizard
  07/06/25
Is that the guy who invented the concept of intergalactic vo...
Ruddy multi-colored school cafeteria striped hyena
  07/06/25
probably some lazy faggot that no one knows that never appli...
mind-boggling mood rigpig
  07/06/25
Jansci von Nuemann As much as I hate to nominate a turd, ...
hairraiser dull hall keepsake machete
  07/06/25
No love for Bose?
Frozen hell internal respiration
  07/06/25
John Moses Browning
brindle motley quadroon
  07/06/25
Diogenes and it's not even close
Haunting theater stage
  07/06/25
Have none of you heard of CHRISTOPHER LANGAN?
peach misunderstood telephone ape
  07/06/25
hes not racist enough to truly be high iq
Haunting theater stage
  07/06/25
Trump, bcs how in the living fuck did he get himself elected...
Slate Vibrant Locus
  07/06/25
he is certainly an all time world historical figure that des...
cowardly coral area new version
  07/06/25
my gut says leibniz contemporary and sometimes-colleague of...
Galvanic deep useless brakes
  07/06/25
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Mainlining the $ecret Truth of the Univer$e
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Date: July 4th, 2025 5:58 PM
Author: Ruddy multi-colored school cafeteria striped hyena

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: sable regret milk

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: irradiated gay half-breed dilemma

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: Outnumbered exhilarant box office feces

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: Ruddy multi-colored school cafeteria striped hyena

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: Frozen hell internal respiration

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: sable regret milk

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: Frozen hell internal respiration

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: sable regret milk

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: Frozen hell internal respiration

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: sable regret milk

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: Ruddy multi-colored school cafeteria striped hyena

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: irate sick brunch chad

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: Ruddy multi-colored school cafeteria striped hyena



(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: irate sick brunch chad

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: Ruddy multi-colored school cafeteria striped hyena

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: irate sick brunch chad

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: talented arrogant double fault 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#49075744)



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Date: July 5th, 2025 11:47 PM
Author: cowardly coral area new version

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: Garnet gay wizard

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: cowardly coral area new version

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: Frozen hell internal respiration

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: cowardly coral area new version

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: Frozen hell internal respiration

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: Honey-headed center

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 dull hall keepsake machete



(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: Beady-eyed Skinny Woman Lay

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: Comical Principal's Office Depressive

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: Frozen hell internal respiration

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: mind-boggling mood rigpig

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: Frozen hell internal respiration

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: Tan background story menage

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: Ruddy multi-colored school cafeteria striped hyena

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: Ruddy multi-colored school cafeteria striped hyena



(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: Ruddy multi-colored school cafeteria striped hyena



(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: talented arrogant double fault selfie

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: Ruddy multi-colored school cafeteria striped hyena



(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: Garnet gay wizard

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: Ruddy multi-colored school cafeteria striped hyena

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: mind-boggling mood rigpig

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 dull hall keepsake machete

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: Frozen hell internal respiration

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: brindle motley quadroon

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: Haunting theater stage

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: peach misunderstood telephone ape

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: Haunting theater stage

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: Slate Vibrant Locus

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: cowardly coral area new version

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: Galvanic deep useless brakes

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)