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Title: the smartest person ever?
Post by: JOHN MATRIX on September 24, 2009, 06:05:44 PM
ive been wondering lately, id always thought da vinci probably held that title but now i think Archimedes may be pushing him. and then theres Imhotep, and theres probably great minds of antiquity from the east too that i dont know about, no doubt some Chinese and indians. who do you think is the smartest person ever?

oh and im about to workout arms btw gonna try to get some beef on my tiny bicep/forearm muscle bellies.
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: G o a t b o y on September 24, 2009, 06:11:51 PM
MattT?   ;D
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: dr.chimps on September 24, 2009, 06:12:22 PM
ive been wondering lately, id always thought da vinci probably held that title but now i think Archimedes may be pushing him. and then theres Imhotep, and theres probably great minds of antiquity from the east too that i dont know about, no doubt some Chinese and indians. who do you think is the smartest person ever?

oh and im about to workout arms btw gonna try to get some beef on my tiny bicep/forearm muscle bellies.
Probably some guy who did nothing at all, maybe repaired watches. What the fark does this have to do with oiled-up men in sparkly thongs.  ::)       ;)
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: The Master on September 24, 2009, 06:16:12 PM
ive been wondering lately, id always thought da vinci probably held that title but now i think Archimedes may be pushing him. and then theres Imhotep, and theres probably great minds of antiquity from the east too that i dont know about, no doubt some Chinese and indians. who do you think is the smartest person ever?

oh and im about to workout arms btw gonna try to get some beef on my tiny bicep/forearm muscle bellies.

Probably William Sidis, the son of Boris Sidis, at least that is the one we know about.
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: sync pulse on September 24, 2009, 06:16:54 PM
ive been wondering lately, id always thought da vinci probably held that title but now i think Archimedes may be pushing him. and then theres Imhotep, and theres probably great minds of antiquity from the east too that i dont know about, no doubt some Chinese and indians. who do you think is the smartest person ever?

oh and im about to workout arms btw gonna try to get some beef on my tiny bicep/forearm muscle bellies.
 
Leonardo Da Vinci had no sur name,...He was what is politely known as illegitimate or born out of wedlock.  The words Da Vinci refer to the town that he was from.  If you refer to him with just one word it would be Leonardo.  The book and the movie had it wrong...  
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: Tapeworm on September 24, 2009, 06:17:02 PM
I like de Soto.
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: bRIZZAd on September 24, 2009, 06:18:38 PM
Tesla
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: sync pulse on September 24, 2009, 06:19:04 PM
De Soto Water?
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: kiwiol on September 24, 2009, 06:19:57 PM
Probably William Sidis, the son of Boris Sidis, at least that is the one we know about.

Isn't he the one who died when he was quite young?

Anyway, Yawn, none of you are smart and everything you say is an insult to my intelligence ::)
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: tendonitis on September 24, 2009, 06:21:22 PM
MattC is the smartest person ever.  Don't believe me, just ask him.   ;D
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: #1 Klaus fan on September 24, 2009, 06:21:32 PM
The guy who invented the American rugby...
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: The Master on September 24, 2009, 06:22:27 PM
Isn't he the one who died when he was quite young?

Anyway, Yawn, none of you are smart and everything you say is an insult to my intelligence ::)

Yep.

His father, Boris, was a psychologist with his own theories about "genius". Supposedly he used hypnotic techniques on William as a baby to promote his intellectual gifts. Wheter it worked or not is uncertain (it could have been just genetics), but his intellectual feats were unparalleled. His IQ has been estimated to 250, but the validity of this estimation is uncertain.

Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: G o a t b o y on September 24, 2009, 06:24:31 PM
Tesla

He's the guy who invented bad 80's hair metal and the Tesla Roadster, right?

Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: bRIZZAd on September 24, 2009, 06:25:51 PM
While not "Smart" as we're defining it here... some savants are worthy mentions in this thread for those who are unaware of them.

Kim Peek:

http://www.webtvhub.com/kim-peek-videos-amazing-memory-of-individual-with-savant-syndrome/

Quote
He can read a page of a book in less than 10 seconds (about a book an hour) with his left eye reading the left page and his right eye reading the right page at the same time. Everything he reads he memorizes. He is literally a wealth of knowledge memorizing practically everything he comes across...
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: sync pulse on September 24, 2009, 06:27:10 PM
alternating current, sinusoidal, rootmean square...
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: Tapeworm on September 24, 2009, 06:27:25 PM
De Soto Water?

They named it Mississippi, but yours is better.
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: kiwiol on September 24, 2009, 06:27:57 PM
Yep.

His father, Boris, was a psychologist with his own theories about "genius". Supposedly he used hypnotic techniques on William as a baby to promote his intellectual gifts. Wheter it worked or not is uncertain (it could have been just genetics), but his intellectual feats were unparalleled. His IQ has been estimated to 250, but the validity of this estimation is uncertain.



Yawn
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: bRIZZAd on September 24, 2009, 06:28:02 PM
He's the guy who invented bad 80's hair metal and the Tesla Roadster, right?

Close!  Nikola Tesla actually:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla

Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: dr.chimps on September 24, 2009, 06:31:49 PM
Yawn
Exactly, Kiwi. Probably the guy who sold me my choco-ice last week.

/was damn good. he's got my vote
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: G o a t b o y on September 24, 2009, 06:34:12 PM

Close!  Nikola Tesla actually:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla




Thanks, but no Wiki needed...  I was being a smartass.
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: johnnynoname on September 24, 2009, 06:34:23 PM
fuck tesla

this guy is a GENIUS
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: NarcissisticDeity on September 24, 2009, 06:38:46 PM
ive been wondering lately, id always thought da vinci probably held that title but now i think Archimedes may be pushing him. and then theres Imhotep, and theres probably great minds of antiquity from the east too that i dont know about, no doubt some Chinese and indians. who do you think is the smartest person ever?

oh and im about to workout arms btw gonna try to get some beef on my tiny bicep/forearm muscle bellies.

Newton
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: The Master on September 24, 2009, 06:40:24 PM
Yawn

What does "Yawn" mean?
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: bRIZZAd on September 24, 2009, 06:41:38 PM

Thanks, but no Wiki needed...  I was being a smartass.
So was I :)
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: kiwiol on September 24, 2009, 06:44:23 PM
Exactly, Kiwi. Probably the guy who sold me my choco-ice last week.

/was damn good. he's got my vote

What does "Yawn" mean?

Yaaaaaaaaaawn try harder gimmick ::)
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: sync pulse on September 24, 2009, 06:53:21 PM
.
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: The Master on September 24, 2009, 06:55:46 PM
Yaaaaaaaaaawn try harder gimmick ::)

 ::)

,,

qb
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: JOHN MATRIX on September 24, 2009, 06:59:54 PM
 
Leonardo Da Vinci had no sur name,...He was what is politely known as illegitimate or born out of wedlock.  The words Da Vinci refer to the town that he was from.  If you refer to him with just one word it would be Leonardo.  The book and the movie had it wrong...  

yes true but this being an internet forum, i simply used the title most are familiar with.
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: #1 Klaus fan on September 24, 2009, 07:08:42 PM
Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo and Raphaello were all master minds but people often forget that Splinter was their mentor...
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: titusisback on September 24, 2009, 07:18:08 PM
Bethany for sure
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: The Master on September 24, 2009, 07:18:37 PM
Bethany for sure


 ;D
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: Viking11 on September 24, 2009, 10:32:37 PM
Joe Weider.  He discovered all those principles.... ;)
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: Stark on September 24, 2009, 10:37:46 PM
da vinci why?

Because he invented the helicopter?

Fuck no

just because you draw something on paper and say - That will fly - does make it so.

Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: disturbia on September 24, 2009, 10:54:25 PM
Will Hunting is the smartest person ever/thread   

How you like them apples?
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: noworries on September 25, 2009, 02:44:35 AM
This is an easy one.  It is suckhisowndick.  He is the smartest, toughest, strongest, richest, and most experienced on Getbig or the world.  He already has said his IQ is over 180.  We hear it all the time................ only from him of course.   ;D
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: disco_stu on September 25, 2009, 03:10:13 AM
Savant was perhaps the smartest person ever.

Marilyn vos Savant

and IQ tests over 200 are believed to be complete BS these days. Savant scored 230 back in the day but depending on the test she couldve got as low as 169.

IQ doesnt work too good for those at the extreme end of the spectrum.



Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: The Master on September 25, 2009, 03:13:57 AM
Savant was perhaps the smartest person ever.

Marilyn vos Savant

and IQ tests over 200 are believed to be complete BS these days. Savant scored 230 back in the day but depending on the test she couldve got as low as 169.

IQ doesnt work too good for those at the extreme end of the spectrum.






Good point. There is very little data on very IQ people, like for 140-145+, which is natural due to the nature of the bell curve.

Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: JasonH on September 25, 2009, 03:16:16 AM
Connie Rolemodel.
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: The Master on September 25, 2009, 03:18:28 AM
Connie Rolemodel.

Shut up you synesthesia ridden spelling savant >:( Debussey has motion synesthesia, hears sounds when it sees movement
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: Immortal_Technique on September 25, 2009, 03:32:16 AM
ive been wondering lately, id always thought da vinci probably held that title but now i think Archimedes may be pushing him. and then theres Imhotep, and theres probably great minds of antiquity from the east too that i dont know about, no doubt some Chinese and indians. who do you think is the smartest person ever?

oh and im about to workout arms btw gonna try to get some beef on my tiny bicep/forearm muscle bellies.

I think that Newton chap wasn't stupid.

Socrates was pretty badass, Plato, Aristotle etc.

There's no one measure of "smartness" so it comes down to preference. I think insanely artistic minds which can capture what it is to be alive in a single brush-stroke or note, or whatever are the coolest. But the scientific brains which gave us electricity or the telephone are kinda cool.

People keep naming Ninja Turtles, maybe Dexter Jackson?
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: JasonH on September 25, 2009, 04:52:24 AM
Shut up you synesthesia ridden spelling savant >:( Debussey has motion synesthesia, hears sounds when it sees movement

Haha - is my inability to spell anything wrong irritating you Debussey?
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: The Master on September 25, 2009, 04:55:50 AM
Haha - is my inability to spell anything wrong irritating you Debussey?

No, its actually mad cool that you have synaesthesia that improves your spelling. It is suspected that Richard Feynman had some kind of synaesthesia as well.
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: wavelength on September 25, 2009, 04:59:02 AM
fuck tesla

this guy is a GENIUS


Hahaha Beetle is amazing ;D
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: Determinator on September 25, 2009, 05:13:04 AM
I am.
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: The Master on September 25, 2009, 05:16:43 AM
I am.


You = Awesome 8)
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: Cleanest Natural on September 25, 2009, 05:17:42 AM
2 retards acting smart : defussy and kiwi

morons .. pay attention

IQ tests don't test intelligence

they test programming potential

another bit of info they forgot to tell ya  ;)
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: The Master on September 25, 2009, 05:19:08 AM
2 retards acting smart : defussy and kiwi

morons .. pay attention

IQ tests don't test intelligence

they test programming potential

another bit of info they forgot to tell ya  ;)


ROFL ;D Good to see you back here in your rambling lunatic mode ;D
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: dr.chimps on September 25, 2009, 05:21:01 AM

Good point. There is very little data on very IQ people, like for 140-145+, which is natural due to the nature of the bell curve.
Doesn't stop them from telling all and sundry about it, tho. *YAWN*    ;)
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: The Master on September 25, 2009, 05:22:04 AM
Doesn't stop them from telling all and sundry about it, tho. *YAWN*    ;)

Nothing wrong with telling the world about your own superiority 8)
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: dr.chimps on September 25, 2009, 05:24:35 AM
Nothing wrong with telling the world about your own superiority 8)
Haha. Why is it that the social Darwinists are so cocky and yet they are the same clowns who are petrified about biological Darwinism. Buffoons.  ;)
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: The Master on September 25, 2009, 05:25:59 AM
Haha. Why is it that the social Darwinists are so cocky and yet they are the same clowns who are petrified about biological Darwinism. Buffoons.  ;)

Stop trying to act smart >:(
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: dr.chimps on September 25, 2009, 05:27:25 AM
Stop trying to act smart >:(
Damn! And I thought today was gonna be a good one. Thanks for the heads up.  :-\
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: wavelength on September 25, 2009, 05:31:06 AM
you're all smartasses in my book
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: dr.chimps on September 25, 2009, 05:31:51 AM
you're all smartasses in my book
Yes! Now that is a title I'll stake a claim to.   :)
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: Cleanest Natural on September 25, 2009, 05:33:23 AM

ROFL ;D Good to see you back here in your rambling lunatic mode ;D
a little ironic lol
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: johnnynoname on September 25, 2009, 05:36:02 AM
Hahaha Beetle is amazing ;D

who me?
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: wavelength on September 25, 2009, 05:38:59 AM
who me?

Ah don know ;D
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: Mr. Magoo on September 25, 2009, 05:39:06 AM
I like de Soto.

"De soto, what did he do?"

"he discovered the mississippi"

"oh yea, like they wouldnt have found that anyway"
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: johnnynoname on September 25, 2009, 05:42:35 AM
Ah don know ;D

goo for you, pal
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: The Master on September 25, 2009, 05:42:55 AM
Yes! Now that is a title I'll stake a claim to.   :)


Yet you fail to see why Mariah is superior :o You are like eh dumb! :-*
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: wavelength on September 25, 2009, 05:44:03 AM
goo for you, pal

Ah don care, thas yow problem I got mah own problems
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: dr.chimps on September 25, 2009, 05:45:17 AM

Yet you fail to see why Mariah is superior :o You are like eh dumb! :-*
Yes, her sound is identical to 10 other singers.  Nice rack, tho.
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: johnnynoname on September 25, 2009, 05:45:37 AM
Ah don care, thas yow problem I got mah own problems

lol
believe it or not, i'm listening to this clip as i type this
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: The Master on September 25, 2009, 05:46:45 AM
Mariah rejected me once when I tried to sell her lottery tickets to support my baseball team. DAmn her!


 :o
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: Hurricane Beef ! on September 25, 2009, 05:50:01 AM
Big Daddy Langan



The beef
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: dr.chimps on September 25, 2009, 05:50:07 AM

 :o
LOL.  OUTED! (again!)  
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: The Master on September 25, 2009, 05:50:52 AM
Big Daddy Langan



The beef


Finally he showed up 8)
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: Victor VonDoom on September 25, 2009, 06:21:19 AM
Nothing wrong with telling the world about your own superiority 8)

Bah! I stand above you all.
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: dr.chimps on September 25, 2009, 06:22:10 AM

Finally he showed up 8)
LOL. The real genius is Errol Morris, bro, not his oh so modest subject. Right there in front of you, and yet you can't even see it. You're too busy being impressed by the most intelligent man, blahblah.  ;)
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: The Master on September 25, 2009, 06:23:09 AM
LOL. The real genius is Errol Morris, bro, not his oh so modest subject. Right there in front of you, and yet you can't even see it. You're too busy being impressed by the most intelligent man, blahblah.  ;)


Old art historian meltdown :o
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: Immortal_Technique on September 25, 2009, 06:26:12 AM
IQ tests only tell you how good you are at IQ tests.
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: Tapeworm on September 25, 2009, 06:27:37 AM
"De soto, what did he do?"

"he discovered the mississippi"

"oh yea, like they wouldnt have found that anyway"

 :)

Do you imagine there's a particle physics message board where they argue once a week about who has biggest quads?
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: dr.chimps on September 25, 2009, 06:29:24 AM
:)

Do you imagine there's a particle physics message board where they argue once a week about who has biggest quads?
LOL. Yes! Einstein was known for his 20-rep breathing squats. 
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: Tapeworm on September 25, 2009, 06:40:09 AM
LOL. Yes! Einstein was known for his 20-rep breathing squats. 

Dude, Big Al woulda loved it.  I heard Hawking does a lot of trolling there.  "Eye would kigk all uv ur sgkinny azzes."
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: dr.chimps on September 25, 2009, 06:44:54 AM
Dude, Big Al woulda loved it.  I heard Hawking does a lot of trolling there.  "Eye would kigk all uv ur sgkinny azzes."
Bad ass dude.
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: kiwiol on September 25, 2009, 07:10:21 AM

ROFL ;D

Ditto. Nearly choked on my pizza.
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: wavelength on September 25, 2009, 07:14:58 AM
hawking is an interesting dude, obviously extremely smart yet can't see the logic flaw in his scientific positivism
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: dr.chimps on September 25, 2009, 07:54:46 AM
hawking is an interesting dude, obviously extremely smart yet can't see the logic flaw in his scientific positivism
Hey, guy's been married and divorced. How smart can he be!?   ;D
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: Mr Nobody on September 25, 2009, 08:06:00 AM
What does "Yawn" mean?
Yawn mean kiwiol is bored
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: MAXX on September 25, 2009, 08:10:08 AM
Suckmymuscle according to himself.

his iq exceeds all iq tests scales.
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: dr.chimps on September 25, 2009, 09:07:43 AM
Ditto. Nearly choked on my pizza.
How no one has 'fixed' this qoute is beyond me. Must be a slow day.   ;D
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: suckmymuscle on May 16, 2010, 01:48:51 PM
Suckmymuscle according to himself.

his iq exceeds all iq tests scales.

  Yeppp.

SUCKMYMUSCLE
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: kiwiol on May 16, 2010, 02:07:21 PM
How no one has 'fixed' this qoute is beyond me. Must be a slow day.   ;D

Hey now, don't go putting ideas into people's heads ;D
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: suckmymuscle on May 16, 2010, 02:11:28 PM
  Kiiol is the smartest guy in this thread.

SUCKMYMUSCLE
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: Cavalier22 on May 16, 2010, 02:14:15 PM
Newton has to be up there.

St Augustine

James Joyce

Al Gore
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: kiwiol on May 16, 2010, 02:15:25 PM
  Kiiol is the smartest guy in this thread.

SUCKMYMUSCLE

Thanks man, but I wouldn't go that far. I'm actually insane if anything, lol.
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: ToxicAvenger on May 16, 2010, 02:16:05 PM
ive been wondering lately, id always thought da vinci probably held that title but now i think Archimedes may be pushing him. and then theres Imhotep, and theres probably great minds of antiquity from the east too that i dont know about, no doubt some Chinese and indians. who do you think is the smartest person ever?

oh and im about to workout arms btw gonna try to get some beef on my tiny bicep/forearm muscle bellies.

i'd say Tesla...

although i suspect there r some brilliant minds out there living in the back woods in America or some forgotton village in india who make einstein look like fucko the clown, who r just content to live in peace and not be bothered.....
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: suckmymuscle on May 16, 2010, 02:31:25 PM
  According to Guiness, it's Marilyn Savant, ith an IQ of 228 on the Stanford-Binet test. Hoever, that as a score obtained at the age of 10 and as a ratio score - meaning mental age divided by chronological age -, and hen you convert a ratio IQ to a deviation score, it becomes 185.

SUCKMYMUSCLE
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: #1 Klaus fan on May 16, 2010, 02:56:06 PM
A smart man is the first to admit that IQ means nothing.
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: EL Mariachi on May 16, 2010, 03:08:01 PM
richard bandler=smart!
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: Tigerman on May 16, 2010, 03:53:03 PM
Probably Sidis!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_James_Sidis
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: Tapeworm on May 16, 2010, 04:53:32 PM
Someone named Savant?  Is this a put on?
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: SF1900 on May 16, 2010, 04:57:26 PM
Close this thread. Here is the smartest person ever.

Srīnivāsa Aiyangār Rāmānujan FRS, better known as Srinivasa Iyengar Ramanujan (Tamil: சீனிவாச இராமானுஜன் or ஸ்ரீனிவாஸ ஐயங்கார் ராமானுஜன்) (22 December 1887 – 26 April 1920) was an Indian mathematician and autodidact who, with almost no formal training in pure mathematics, made substantial contributions to mathematical analysis, number theory, infinite series and continued fractions.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Srinivasa_Ramanujan
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: The Showstoppa on May 16, 2010, 04:59:48 PM
Close this thread. Here is the smartest person ever.

Srīnivāsa Aiyangār Rāmānujan FRS, better known as Srinivasa Iyengar Ramanujan (Tamil: சீனிவாச இராமானுஜன் or ஸ்ரீனிவாஸ ஐயங்கார் ராமானுஜன்) (22 December 1887 – 26 April 1920) was an Indian mathematician and autodidact who, with almost no formal training in pure mathematics, made substantial contributions to mathematical analysis, number theory, infinite series and continued fractions.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Srinivasa_Ramanujan

I think I bought a Big Gulp from his great-great grandson today.
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: SF1900 on May 16, 2010, 05:02:52 PM
I think I bought a Big Gulp from his great-great grandson today.

I knew someone was going to say something like that!!!  :-X
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: doison on May 16, 2010, 05:51:00 PM
Leonhard Euler
Bernhard Riemann

Smartest living man is Ed Witten.  The reason half the theorists working on string theory/M-theory are still working on it as opposed to LQD, Lisi's E8 model, and other various forms of QFT/GR unification is because Ed Witten is still working on it. 
When some of the most intelligent people in the world say that the biggest reason String theory still looks like a possible TOE candidate is "Ed Witten believes in it."


There are too many to choose from to name a single person, but it sure as hell isn't some fuckstick artist or musician.  I don't place too much faith in IQ tests either.  Obviously, a person 15 standard deviations from the norm is going to be "smarter" than the average person, but beyond about 125 or so the tests just don't seem to provide any direct correlation between increase in IQ and increase in novel "brilliant" ideas that improve upon theoretical models of various fields of study.

MattT is probably pretty close to Ed Witten though.
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: Tapeworm on May 16, 2010, 06:06:20 PM
Well you should just marry Ed Witten then.
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: ShipSekki on May 16, 2010, 06:15:49 PM
ive been wondering lately, id always thought da vinci probably held that title but now i think Archimedes may be pushing him. and then theres Imhotep, and theres probably great minds of antiquity from the east too that i dont know about, no doubt some Chinese and indians. who do you think is the smartest person ever?

oh and im about to workout arms btw gonna try to get some beef on my tiny bicep/forearm muscle bellies.

 The smartest man ever probably lived and died as a field slave, was homeless, or was a mystic or monk.

 Fame is elusive and elitist.
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: doison on May 16, 2010, 06:21:41 PM
Well you should just marry Ed Witten then.

I marry for money, tight vaginas, and belief that a woman's role is to take care of a man and take care of her appearance, not intelligence. 
Why the fuck would I marry someone because they're smart?  Were you serious with that put down, or is this some kind of "haha...I say really silly things and then see if the person catches the sarcasm" thing?

Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: suckmymuscle on May 16, 2010, 06:23:56 PM
I marry for money, tight vaginas, and belief that a woman's role is to take care of a man and take care of her appearance, not intelligence. 
Why the fuck would I marry someone because they're smart?  Were you serious with that put down, or is this some kind of "haha...I say really silly things and then see if the person catches the sarcasm" thing?



  I think it is because you seem infatuated with him.

SUCKMYMUSCLE

Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: suckmymuscle on May 16, 2010, 06:25:20 PM
Leonhard Euler
Bernhard Riemann

Smartest living man is Ed Witten.  The reason half the theorists working on string theory/M-theory are still working on it as opposed to LQD, Lisi's E8 model, and other various forms of QFT/GR unification is because Ed Witten is still working on it. 
When some of the most intelligent people in the world say that the biggest reason String theory still looks like a possible TOE candidate is "Ed Witten believes in it."


There are too many to choose from to name a single person, but it sure as hell isn't some fuckstick artist or musician.  I don't place too much faith in IQ tests either.  Obviously, a person 15 standard deviations from the norm is going to be "smarter" than the average person, but beyond about 125 or so the tests just don't seem to provide any direct correlation between increase in IQ and increase in novel "brilliant" ideas that improve upon theoretical models of various fields of study.

MattT is probably pretty close to Ed Witten though.

  I am writing my dissertation on heterotic string theory. Do you think this Ed Witten guy can help me?

SUCKMYMUSCLE
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: doison on May 16, 2010, 06:28:08 PM
  I think it is because you seem infatuated with him.

SUCKMYMUSCLE



The thread is filled with people posting who they believe to be the smartest person ever.  I followed suit, and posted a funny paraphrase from another physicist to emphasize my point.  

You know what?  I'm finding his fucking info right now and proposing.  What time is it in 'suck my dick while I eat a double meat sub' land?
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: Tapeworm on May 16, 2010, 06:40:37 PM
I marry for money, tight vaginas, and belief that a woman's role is to take care of a man and take care of her appearance, not intelligence. 
Why the fuck would I marry someone because they're smart?  Were you serious with that put down, or is this some kind of "haha...I say really silly things and then see if the person catches the sarcasm" thing?



Whoa.  Set down the axe there, beardman.  Just seemed like a good time to bust your chops.

Hope old Ed like 'em sassy.
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: doison on May 16, 2010, 07:00:10 PM
 I am writing my dissertation on heterotic string theory. Do you think this Ed Witten guy can help me?

SUCKMYMUSCLE

I don't know that I believe you, but if you can answer this basic question from an introduction to string theory course (first graduate course in string theory, so it should be pretty easy), I'll answer your question.  

Consider the Polyakov action of a string moving in D-dimensional Minkowski space background (with metric ημν taking the typical 4x4 matrix form):

S= -T/2 ∫dσ2√h(σ)hαβ(σ)∂αXμβXμ

σα = {στ}; Xμ = Xμα); σ∈[o,π]; τ ∈(-∞,∞)

∑ = the world sheet; hαβγ) = metric on the world sheet

h(σγ) = -det(hαβ); α = 1,2; μ = 0,...,D-1

(I used a short hand notation for partial derivatives, but didn't use the pre-subscript comma that is often used in tensor analysis in case your profs don't regularly use it)
Obviously, I used summation suppression as usual.

Now:
1) Show the LOCAL symmetry transformations:
    (HINT: one will be reparametrization, the other will be weyl transformations)

2) Compute the energy momentum tensor Tαβ defined by:
       hαβ ⟶ hαβ + δhαβ ⇒ S ⟶ S + δS

       δS = -T/2 ∫dσ2√h(σ)hαβ(σ)Tαβ

Which condition on Tαβ does invariance under Weyl transformation imply?

(see...we're not even considering a space-time where the curvature tensor doesn't vanish, so you only have to deal with a flat geometry for space-time)

I don't have Latex on this computer, so I had to do it with the damned "special characters" on the mac fonts.  You can reply with latex or post a scan of your scratch work if it's easier.

Good luck on your dissertation!  I don't know why you chose Heterotic string theory, but I guess you have to go with what you're interested in.
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: MAXX on May 16, 2010, 07:03:44 PM
highest measured IQ woman. interesting hearing her thoughts. annoying interviewer though.

Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: HTexan on May 16, 2010, 07:52:52 PM
Jesus Christ
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: Matt C on May 16, 2010, 10:15:49 PM
;D

What happened to this infamous getbig member?  ???
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: no one on May 17, 2010, 05:31:15 AM
hawking is an interesting dude, obviously extremely smart yet can't see the logic flaw in his scientific positivism



a guy who posts on a forum called 'getbig' saying stephen hawking is flawed.

maybe you should stop by CERN on the way home from the gym and get that particle accelerator working.



Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: Sherief Shalaby on May 17, 2010, 05:32:14 AM
http://www.ummah.net/history/scholars/

also check

www.hugenasser.com
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: wavelength on May 17, 2010, 11:38:26 AM
a guy who posts on a forum called 'getbig' saying stephen hawking is flawed.
maybe you should stop by CERN on the way home from the gym and get that particle accelerator working.

I wasn't talking about his scientific achievments but his rather lame attempts at philosophy.
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: Azn Muscle on May 17, 2010, 01:13:49 PM
For combination of Muscle and Brains it's Huge Nasser El Sonbaty all the way. (and on the way!)

/thread
 
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: El Diablo Blanco on May 17, 2010, 01:24:15 PM
I don't know that I believe you, but if you can answer this basic question from an introduction to string theory course (first graduate course in string theory, so it should be pretty easy), I'll answer your question.  

Consider the Polyakov action of a string moving in D-dimensional Minkowski space background (with metric ημν taking the typical 4x4 matrix form):

S= -T/2 ∫dσ2√h(σ)hαβ(σ)∂αXμβXμ

σα = {στ}; Xμ = Xμα); σ∈[o,π]; τ ∈(-∞,∞)

∑ = the world sheet; hαβγ) = metric on the world sheet

h(σγ) = -det(hαβ); α = 1,2; μ = 0,...,D-1

(I used a short hand notation for partial derivatives, but didn't use the pre-subscript comma that is often used in tensor analysis in case your profs don't regularly use it)
Obviously, I used summation suppression as usual.

Now:
1) Show the LOCAL symmetry transformations:
    (HINT: one will be reparametrization, the other will be weyl transformations)

2) Compute the energy momentum tensor Tαβ defined by:
       hαβ ⟶ hαβ + δhαβ ⇒ S ⟶ S + δS

       δS = -T/2 ∫dσ2√h(σ)hαβ(σ)Tαβ

Which condition on Tαβ does invariance under Weyl transformation imply?

(see...we're not even considering a space-time where the curvature tensor doesn't vanish, so you only have to deal with a flat geometry for space-time)

I don't have Latex on this computer, so I had to do it with the damned "special characters" on the mac fonts.  You can reply with latex or post a scan of your scratch work if it's easier.

Good luck on your dissertation!  I don't know why you chose Heterotic string theory, but I guess you have to go with what you're interested in.

Isaac Asimov never considered himself smart, just considered himself an expert at what he does.  Knowing the equations above doesn't make you smart, it just means you understand string theory.  Asimov also said he wouldn't consider himself any smarter than an auto mechanic because he is not dumb enough to try and fix his own car.

Intelligence is all relative to what you do.
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: no one on May 17, 2010, 02:26:37 PM
I don't know that I believe you, but if you can answer this basic question from an introduction to string theory course (first graduate course in string theory, so it should be pretty easy), I'll answer your question.  

Consider the Polyakov action of a string moving in D-dimensional Minkowski space background (with metric ημν taking the typical 4x4 matrix form):

S= -T/2 ∫dσ2√h(σ)hαβ(σ)∂αXμβXμ

σα = {στ}; Xμ = Xμα); σ∈[o,π]; τ ∈(-∞,∞)

∑ = the world sheet; hαβγ) = metric on the world sheet

h(σγ) = -det(hαβ); α = 1,2; μ = 0,...,D-1

(I used a short hand notation for partial derivatives, but didn't use the pre-subscript comma that is often used in tensor analysis in case your profs don't regularly use it)
Obviously, I used summation suppression as usual.

Now:
1) Show the LOCAL symmetry transformations:
    (HINT: one will be reparametrization, the other will be weyl transformations)

2) Compute the energy momentum tensor Tαβ defined by:
       hαβ ⟶ hαβ + δhαβ ⇒ S ⟶ S + δS

       δS = -T/2 ∫dσ2√h(σ)hαβ(σ)Tαβ

Which condition on Tαβ does invariance under Weyl transformation imply?

(see...we're not even considering a space-time where the curvature tensor doesn't vanish, so you only have to deal with a flat geometry for space-time)

I don't have Latex on this computer, so I had to do it with the damned "special characters" on the mac fonts.  You can reply with latex or post a scan of your scratch work if it's easier.

Good luck on your dissertation!  I don't know why you chose Heterotic string theory, but I guess you have to go with what you're interested in.

i notice that 'suckmymuscle' has managed to post in several threads since you posted this query, but somehow must have conveniently forgotten about this thread.

i wish had a nickle for everytime he's been exposed for being a know it all who really knows nothing.
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: MAXX on May 17, 2010, 02:50:12 PM
i notice that 'suckmymuscle' has managed to post in several threads since you posted this query, but somehow must have conveniently forgotten about this thread.

i wish had a nickle for everytime he's been exposed for being a know it all who really knows nothing.
he's busy registring on various physics forums to ask for the answer
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: ironneck on May 17, 2010, 03:04:26 PM
(http://www.elazig.pol.tr/Eem/atat%C3%BCrk-arma.JPG)
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: Mr Nobody on May 17, 2010, 03:31:27 PM
(http://www.elazig.pol.tr/Eem/atat%C3%BCrk-arma.JPG)
Looks like that dude might whip some ass.
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: ironneck on May 17, 2010, 03:54:11 PM
Looks like that dude might whip some ass.

sure he killed some greeks back in time
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: clued-up on May 17, 2010, 04:07:49 PM
I think insanely artistic minds which can capture what it is to be alive in a single brush-stroke or note, or whatever are the coolest.

Yes, truly brilliant mind required to breath life into something.
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: Lundgren on September 25, 2010, 06:11:04 PM
Nothing wrong with telling the world about your own superiority 8)
I miss you :'(
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: arce1988 on September 25, 2010, 11:27:13 PM
 Albert E.
 S. Hawking
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: WillGrant on September 25, 2010, 11:30:45 PM
Albert E.
 S. Hawking
What about TTT
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: Dr Kincaid on September 26, 2010, 01:55:41 AM
Thats not Lee Priest.
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: Purple Aki on September 26, 2010, 02:00:57 AM
highest measured IQ woman. interesting hearing her thoughts. annoying interviewer though.



Yes, I'd possibly let her suck me off.

Maybe, while fingering my anus at the same time.
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: DK II on September 26, 2010, 02:06:30 AM
John Stuart Mill.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stuart_Mill

Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: Tito24 on September 26, 2010, 02:16:23 AM
hot woman indeed. not arrogant or something too.
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: WillGrant on September 26, 2010, 02:48:06 AM
hot woman indeed. not arrogant or something too.
(http://www.fohguild.org/forums/attachments/screenshots/151494d1285120725-pretty-girl-thread-wallpaper-725801.jpg)
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: outby43 on September 26, 2010, 02:48:40 AM
(http://www.fohguild.org/forums/attachments/screenshots/151494d1285120725-pretty-girl-thread-wallpaper-725801.jpg)

any anal vids?
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: The Ugly on September 26, 2010, 09:55:30 AM
The Professor from Gilligan's Island, no-brainer.
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: Nirvana on September 26, 2010, 10:43:38 AM
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs086.ash2/37644_145206138825584_100000085964738_424441_1512144_n.jpg)
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: tallgerman on September 26, 2010, 01:08:10 PM
Hugh Hefner.
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: WillGrant on September 26, 2010, 04:07:17 PM
any anal vids?
I wish  :'(
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: Mr. Magoo on September 26, 2010, 04:14:26 PM
John Stuart Mill.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stuart_Mill



haha

gayer than having to provide a wikipedia link to tell us who mill is
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: kiwiol on September 26, 2010, 04:15:21 PM
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs086.ash2/37644_145206138825584_100000085964738_424441_1512144_n.jpg)

Hard to argue there, lmao!
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: Kim Jong Bob on September 27, 2010, 12:20:22 AM
(http://www.fohguild.org/forums/attachments/screenshots/151494d1285120725-pretty-girl-thread-wallpaper-725801.jpg)
nice
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: garebear on September 27, 2010, 03:32:39 AM
Big Daddy Langan



The beef

I'm not impressed. He claims to have an IQ higher than Einstein, but I've never even heard of him.

Shit, I could sit around for a few hours and brag about how smart I am, but it doesn't put an accomplishment in my pocket.
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: DK II on September 27, 2010, 05:22:01 AM
haha

gayer than having to provide a wikipedia link to tell us who mill is

Dude, this is getbig.

Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: MAXX on September 27, 2010, 05:23:23 AM
I'm not impressed. He claims to have an IQ higher than Einstein, but I've never even heard of him.

Shit, I could sit around for a few hours and brag about how smart I am, but it doesn't put an accomplishment in my pocket.
High IQ doesn't necessarily mean you will do something with it. For example Marilyn Vos Savant's biggest accomplishment is creating the numbriz puzzle. Chris Langan wrote some bullshit indespicable quasi scientific paper he likes to call the "Cognitive-Theoretic Model of the Universe" which no scientists takes seriously. High IQ merely shows your ability to solve patterns.

Like Steven Hawking said; "people bragging over high IQ are retards"
Title: Re: the smartest person ever?
Post by: DK II on September 27, 2010, 05:25:47 AM


Like Steven Hawking said; "people bragging over high IQ are retards"

Spot on.