Who's the smartest?

Originally posted by soleran30
Cuz Stephen Hawkings although brilliant in a scientific arena Bill Gates appeals to more people with his marketing brilliance the man is a billionare after what 15-20 years......one of the richest men on the planet......anyway Hawkings is brilliant just writes about quasars and black holes and gravity and yeah yeah tough reading

I guess it depends on what you value when you think of intelligence. For me, business success has too many 'non-intelligence' factors to be valued above other fields.

They are all very intelligant. In very different ways to each other. Psychologist, Politician, Scientist and Philosopher are all very intelligant and smart - in their field.

You should read about Sir Isaac Newton on wikipedia or in a book, I can't believe people vote Einstein instead of Newton.

I voted for Debbiejo as most intelligent, followed by Newton.

I can't vote fairly here because most of the people on the list are outstanding genius' in their own field 😬

But, I voted Einstein... very close call with Newton.

Originally posted by Ulven
You should read about Sir Isaac Newton on wikipedia or in a book, I can't believe people vote Einstein instead of Newton.

yeah, I totally agree with this

Newton > Einstein

(btw Newton got my vote)

Originally posted by xmarksthespot
Most of his theories have been disproven for one thing.

But you have to remember what he started! He pretty much founded psychoanalysis, and his ideas made major breakthroughs in how we think about psychology.

His ideas were revolutionary for not only psychology, but sociology, philosophy, political science, among others. He has influenced so many people (even you), changing the way we think about a number of different subjects and issues. Maybe some of his ideas were disproven, but what has been built on top of what he started has been phenomenal. The man was a genius, no one can deny this.

Originally posted by Neo_Version 7
I hope you're joking too. 😛

No Watson

Just adding to that Freud point: a lot of Newton's ideas have been 'disproven' as well.

If you look at the work Newton did, i'd still say he's the man to vote for.

Certainly you can't mean Freud > Newton? Who cares about "the id"? 😛

But I'm not going to force my opinions on people...ok I admit it that's exactly what I want 😉

Originally posted by Ulven
If you look at the work Newton did, i'd still say he's the man to vote for.

Certainly you can't mean Freud > Newton? Who cares about "the id"? 😛

But I'm not going to force my opinions on people...ok I admit it that's exactly what I want 😉

I didn't say Freud was more intelligent than Newton, but nor did I say the opposite.

I voted Da Vinci.

I don't think Bill Gates is that intelligent.

He is an superb business man.

I vote for Stephen Hawking.

Originally posted by Victor Von Doom
I didn't say Freud was more intelligent than Newton, but nor did I say the opposite.

I voted Da Vinci.

Yeah ok 🙂 I think I'll decide to disagree with you anyway 😉

Newton for the win 💃

Originally posted by botankus
I voted for Debbiejo as most intelligent, followed by Newton.

I must agree, or someones been hitten the hooch..drunk......It's that thinking out side the box thing......LOL ....Though I just love Albert.....and all his cult.

In the above list - definitely the philosopher Aristotle who formulated the entire thought processes directly and indirectly of the whole of the western world.

Whirly has given this a lot of thought -

Archimedes is probably the greatest of the ancient world

Leonardo Da Vinci the greatest of the renaissance

Newton the greatest post renaissance pre 20th century

The last century is very hard cases could be made for all the obvios ones Bohr, Heisenberg, Einstein, Watson and Crick, etc, etc. Some would say the most naturally gifted was the maths mystic Srinivasa Ramanujan, I am going to go with a man who like Newton, Archimedes and Da Vinci was an all rounder Richard Feynman.

Who? you say 🙂

Richard P. Feynman, scientist, teacher, raconteur, and musician._ He assisted in the development of the atomic bomb, expanded the understanding of quantum electrodynamics, translated Mayan hieroglyphics, and cut to the heart of the Challenger disaster.

He won the Nobel prize for Physics and his Genius is only now starting to be truly apprciated - In a time of giants he was the 20th Centuries Da Vinci

http://www.amasci.com/feynman.html

"I was born not knowing and have only had a little time to change that here and there."

Richard P. Feynman 1918 - 1988

hideo kojima

Other.

IMO Alexander The Great.

probably the most successful military leader ever taken over most of the world before he died.

either him or Aristocles.

But Intelligence is not really connected to fields....it has more to do with reasoning and creativity, surely they were gifted in one or the other field that doesn't necessarily mean they are most Intelligent...now going by Intelligent tests someone who is a genius in one field is not necessarily one of the most intelligent .... I still go with Mill though...cause he rocks...I like utilitarians......on that list I'd say Da Vin ci though...maybe Newton (although it's really hard to say, it's more a feeling not that I really could give much evidence....).

i would also say Alexander Fleming cause he patented someone else's idea (penicillin) and got away with it. Now everyone believes he thought it up.