Who's the smartest person in history?

i the smartest in history

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[QUOTE="ProudLarry"]

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.

HomicidalCherry

*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.

My first choice goes to Jesus (as stated, being God gives him an advantage), second goes to King Solomon. I'm basing this on wisdom, not scientific prowess. Solomon is considered by some to be one of the first great philosophers. His books Proverbs and Ecclesiastes certainly certainly show philosophical thinking (though, some try to argue some proverbs in the book of Proverbs were already well known in that day).

Outside of these two, many people come to mind but I'm too lazy to list them all. :P

Bruce Lee FTW

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

hyrueprince11

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

Surely you jest? Galileo was a ****ing genius.

hmmmm, probably the top 5 in my list are Da Vinci, because he came up with the first schematics of an air transportation vehicle, Isaac Newton, who discovered the laws of physics, Albert Einstein because, welll we all know why =), Galileo, who discovered a lot about space, and.....God =) because he knows everything that goes on because he kind of made us, lol. I'm the top 10 smartest in my school at least. I'm probably the 7th smartest. Not joking, 8th grade, taking 10th grade math and science. Acing it =)

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[QUOTE="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.

mindstorm

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.

My first choice goes to Jesus (as stated, being God gives him an advantage), second goes to King Solomon. I'm basing this on wisdom, not scientific prowess. Solomon is considered by some to be one of the first great philosophers. His books Proverbs and Ecclesiastes certainly certainly show philosophical thinking (though, some try to argue some proverbs in the book of Proverbs were already well known in that day).

Outside of these two, many people come to mind but I'm too lazy to list them all. :P

*also a biased atheist alert* Dude, Jesus knows everything and so does his father (talking to the guy you quoted who quoted that guy). Who do you think made us and made everything that happens int he universe.(hope I'm not being offensive). Soyah, Jesus is the smartest, and he died for our sins because, well, he had no choice, everyone in the city hated him for....just read theBible.

By the way, I'll join your Christian Union. I'm Catholic all the way!!! =) Go Rome!

Isaac Newton.

definitely not one of the posters around here.

Easy Michio Kaku.

nVidiaGaMer

Albert Einstein :)

I'll be different and say Adam Smith

Marilyn vos Savant

Ofcourse, i´m just saying that because i somewhat like her, not because i know for a fact that she happens to be the smartest person in history. That´s fairly unanswerable (obviously derr derr ;p)

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Easy Michio Kaku.

NewbAmoeba

I would say that Kaku is smart, but not the smartest. I mean, Newton created calculus, without it, there wouldn't even be QFT.

IMHO, Da Vinci shouldn't even be compared, he was a great artist , a thinker or an anatomist, but to say that he's one of the greatest mathematicians or scientists is quite a stretch. Somehow, some of his polymath attributes are exaggerated, his contributions were minimal as compared to many scientists.

In terms of Mathematics, Euler and Gauss is somewhere up there.

For Physics, I would said Einstein, Bohr , Witten and many other scientists. Somehow, there's just too many brilliant minds in history, and the term "smart" or "intelligent" itself is pretty subjective.

Then again, there's also Alhazen.

Paris Hilton

The Popes, to pull that massive of a shroud over the people's eyes for centuries has to count for something.

first thought was Da Vinci. he was amazingly intelligent. einstein was also brilliant obviously, but you cant really compare them, as they worked in different areas.

Jesus! .... This is a hard question :)
But i would probs say... darwin, einstien, tesla, Newton,stevie hawkins. The Usual possie...

Seeing as physics is the most complex subject, Einstein.

Socrates.

da vinci or newton

Im going to be different here and say Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus, over two thousand years ago he gave us the foundations of our modern civilisations to this day.

This is relative.

In my opinion though it's Einstein. When he came up with the theory of special relativity, nobody understood it, only himself. Only long after his death it became clearer.

Amadeus, he was rumoured to have an IQ of over 200 :O

Keanu Reeves.Sajo7

I knew no one could really be that dumb, good cover keanu!

It depends, I'd say Aristotle. He thought from the ground up, rejecting the mystic teachings of Plato and his contemporaries, using logic and reason, acknowledging existence as existing and so on laying the intellectual foundation (axioms) of all rational thinking.... and his work still stands today even in contrast of blissfully ignorant idealist teachings of today which most sheep cling to.

You could just as easily say Sir Isaac Newton, Nikola Tesla, Richard Feynman, Einstein etc... Out of them I'd say Isaac Newton without question.

DaVinci, read the first sentence of his wiki page and then you'll understand.Im_single

Da Vinci has got to be up there, incredible artist, engineer... he was the man

Of course theres einstein and these big science guys, but Da Vinci invented the siccors! Thats epic win

Archimedes in his day was incredible smart. He was supposed to be inspirational toLeonardo da vinci. We only know a fraction off all his work too, as most ofhis records were lost when the Alexandria library caught on fire.