Author Topic: the smartest person ever? (Read 26890 times)

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.....

suckmymuscle · « **Reply #87 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.

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#1 Klaus fan · « **Reply #88 on:** May 16, 2010, 02:56:06 PM »

A smart man is the first to admit that IQ means nothing.

EL Mariachi · « **Reply #89 on:** May 16, 2010, 03:08:01 PM »

richard bandler=smart!

Tigerman · « **Reply #90 on:** May 16, 2010, 03:53:03 PM »

Probably Sidis!

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

Tapeworm · « **Reply #91 on:** May 16, 2010, 04:53:32 PM »

Someone named Savant? Is this a put on?

SF1900 · « **Reply #92 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

The Showstoppa · « **Reply #93 on:** May 16, 2010, 04:59:48 PM »

Quote from: 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

I think I bought a Big Gulp from his great-great grandson today.

SF1900 · « **Reply #94 on:** May 16, 2010, 05:02:52 PM »

Quote from: The Showstoppa on May 16, 2010, 04:59:48 PM

I think I bought a Big Gulp from his great-great grandson today.

I knew someone was going to say something like that!!!

doison · « **Reply #95 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.

Tapeworm · « **Reply #96 on:** May 16, 2010, 06:06:20 PM »

Well you should just marry Ed Witten then.

ShipSekki · « **Reply #97 on:** May 16, 2010, 06:15:49 PM »

Quote from: 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.

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.

doison · « **Reply #98 on:** May 16, 2010, 06:21:41 PM »

Quote from: Tapeworm on May 16, 2010, 06:06:20 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?

suckmymuscle · « **Reply #99 on:** May 16, 2010, 06:23:56 PM »

Quote from: doison on May 16, 2010, 06:21:41 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.

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