Who's the smartest person in history?

I'm gonna say Kepler because he was able to find the hidden patterns (that the planets move in ellipses) in data taken over many decades by astronomers.

Once again..... 'tis I!

I'd say da vinci, because being really good at one thing is common but being really good in many things like he was is unique

but since einstein found a lot of really strange hidden patterns so he might also be the smartest person in history

EDIT: WOOOOOOOOOO!!!! I'm the smartest person in history

Isaac Newton

Smartest in what terms? What defines smartness? There are too many fields for just one answer. Are we going to include who have the most diversified knowledge of the world? A sort of jack of all trades, master of all (if that can even exist)? Do we want to include savants who can remember and recall so many different things, but often have some social and constructive disadvantages? Are we talking about scientists, mathematicans, and engineers who have made the most breakthroughs? That doesn't define smartness, that just defines the drive, work ethic, and luck to make said breakthroughs. Or are we going to include politicians, lawyers, or historians who have made the greatest impact on society and history? That doesn't have to be the work of a smart person to say the least. Or are we going to include authors, artists, or philosophers? So much of that is too abstract to define and as a whole very subjective.

I'm sorry, but I don't know how to answer your question.

Da Vinci has to be up there

Easy Michio Kaku.

Da Vinci has to be up there

Bedizen

Kanye West of course

Newton, Einstein or Tesla... Oh what am i saying... clearly it's Chuck Norris.

There was a blog on MSN about this today. Some famous people with very high IQs. According to that, Bill Gates has a very high IQ, and James Woods has an IQ of 180. Again, I can't say if that's accurate or not, but still. I would say da Vinci would be there somewhere, and perhaps Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

Bill Gates!!t3hrubikscube

He sure was a smart businessman. Or do you say that because he is currently the richest man in the world?

That question is impossible to answer, since all the "smartest" people in history are smart in different, unique ways, and perhaps there are people even smarter than them who never became famous or well-known.

[QUOTE="t3hrubikscube"]Bill Gates!!jetpower3

He sure was a smart businessman. Or do you say that because he is currently the richest man in the world?

Easy Michio Kaku.

nVidiaGaMer

he's very smart but don't even think that he's the smartest person on earth at the moment

BTW I love watching the universe (I'm guessing you've seen michio kaku in the program the universe from history channel)

There was a blog on MSN about this today. Some famous people with very high IQs. According to that, Bill Gates has a very high IQ, and James Woods has an IQ of 180. Again, I can't say if that's accurate or not, but still. I would say da Vinci would be there somewhere, and perhaps Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

xMP44x

Is IQ really the best way to measure smartness? It is still based on a series of testing, which not everyone, including extremely smart people, is particularly good at, and it can thus be prone to distortion or manipulation.

God is the smartest

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Easy Michio Kaku.

hyrueprince11

he's very smart but don't even think that he's the smartest person on earth at the moment

BTW I love watching the universe (I'm guessing you've seen michio kaku in the program the universe from history channel)

Then whos smarter? Stephen Hawking? Ronald Mallet?

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Easy Michio Kaku.

nVidiaGaMer

he's very smart but don't even think that he's the smartest person on earth at the moment

BTW I love watching the universe (I'm guessing you've seen michio kaku in the program the universe from history channel)

Then whos smarter? Stephen Hawking? Ronald Mallet?

I was thinking stephen hawking

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[QUOTE="t3hrubikscube"]Bill Gates!!t3hrubikscube

He sure was a smart businessman. Or do you say that because he is currently the richest man in the world?

From what I've read and have been told, he didn't actually make many of the innovations that came to the PC, but rather he made them popular and accessible to the world at large. Is that an accurate statement in regards to this?

This Guy.

Impossible to determine really as how is 'smartest' determined?

but as everyone always puts physists at the peak, Einstein, Newton, Heisenberg, Pauli, Dirac, Feynman etc, but I personally think Leonard Euler deserve an honourable mention :)

From what I've read and have been told, he didn't actually make many of the innovations that came to the PC, but rather he made them popular and accessible to the world at large. Is that an accurate statement in regards to this?jetpower3

Jesus!

Albert Einstein, but Jesus was much smarter.

If Jesus was so smart why couldn't he figure out a way to absolve man of his sins without dying? I'm sure even Einstein could have thought of something.

If Jesus was so smart why couldn't he figure out a way to absolve man of his sins without dying? I'm sure even Einstein could have thought of something.

ProudLarry

maybe you should ask him :)

Kanye West of course

hedden93

Kanye West.... genius!!

Can't believe I'm the first to say Einsten. If it's not Einstein, it's probably Stephen Hawking.KHAndAnime

Einstein had a very unique intellect at the very least, even if he is not considered the smartest by any objective measure.

In truth the question is not easy to answer, however I am inclined to say Newton simply because the ideas he came up with were so unbelievably groundbreaking and unprecedented for his time. For a man, with nothing but 17th century technology to successfully model the physical behavior of the macroscopic universe and independently create calculus is unbelievable. Nothing but an amazing mind could advance scientific knowledge so much in under a century.

If Jesus was so smart why couldn't he figure out a way to absolve man of his sins without dying? I'm sure even Einstein could have thought of something.

ProudLarry

*biased atheist alert, biased atheist alert* He was born like a lamb, he had the title of "The Lamb of God", he was sacrificed like a lamb. Its a lot more to it, and its alot to explain. And plus he is GOD! If he could have 5 loaves of bread and a couple of fish and he had to feed 5 thousand people hewould have to be smart.He wanted to show he would do anything for his children. Just defending myself from people who bash my beliefs. Im not bashing you beliefs.

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If Jesus was so smart why couldn't he figure out a way to absolve man of his sins without dying? I'm sure even Einstein could have thought of something.

iginlawasup

*biased atheist alert, biased atheist alert* He was born like a lamb, he had the title of "The Lamb of God", he was sacrificed like a lamb. Its a lot more to it, and its alot to explain. And plus he is GOD! If he could have 5 loaves of bread and a couple of fish and he had to feed 5 thousand people hewould have to be smart.He wanted to show he would do anything for his children. Just defending myself from people who bash my beliefs. Im not bashing you beliefs.

Cicero, Livy, and Tacitus are excellent answers. I absolutely love Cicero. Translating his works is a hard task, but it's so satisfying. He was a beautiful orator.t3hrubikscube

Galileo. He confirmed that we revolve around the sun. Despite what the Catholic Church was feeding the masses.

That question is impossible to answer. People are smart in different ways.

Da Vinci has to be up there

Bedizen

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If Jesus was so smart why couldn't he figure out a way to absolve man of his sins without dying? I'm sure even Einstein could have thought of something.

iginlawasup

*biased atheist alert, biased atheist alert* He was born like a lamb, he had the title of "The Lamb of God", he was sacrificed like a lamb. Its a lot more to it, and its alot to explain. And plus he is GOD! If he could have 5 loaves of bread and a couple of fish and he had to feed 5 thousand people hewould have to be smart.He wanted to show he would do anything for his children. Just defending myself from people who bash my beliefs. Im not bashing you beliefs.

Still, can you really call him the smartest person in history? Firstly, he never shows great intelligence in the Bible. He showed great compassion and leadership, but he wasn't doing differential equations in his head.

Secondly, he's God according to Christians. I don't think God is included in person.

Galileo. He confirmed that we revolve around the sun. Despite what the Catholic Church was feeding the masses.

Rob0_Jesus

I totally disagree with that compared with einstein, newton and da vinci, galileo is nothing