Smartest person in the history of man kind

The Dos Equis guy?

(seriously, tho, i'm not sure)

No, me! Vote for me!

Kylabelle said:

No, me! Vote for me!

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You were my next guess

How are you defining "smart"?

I'm not a big fan of the multiple intelligences idea, but I do think there are a lot of different ways to define even just the original kind of intelligence.

Undercover said:

You were my next guess

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hahahahahaha!

I'm smart enough not to cast a vote because I know the answer would be...


...wait for it...




































...ME!


And the answer is forty-two.

You're welcome.

ancientgear said:

I mean smart as in with the highest IQ

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Well, how would that work though? First, we'd have to decide which IQ test we're talking about or at least come up with some kind of norm or standard to measure different ones against.

Second, and more of an issue, IQ testing has been around less than a century. Humankind has been around more than a century.

Richard Rothwit of Windyville, Arizona

From a town of one, apparently.

J.S.F. said:

I'm smart enough not to cast a vote because I know the answer would be...


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...ME!


And the answer is forty-two.

You're welcome.

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Gee, that's funny. I had you on the list at 29

Undercover said:

Gee, that's funny. I had you on the list at 29

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Gee, that's even funnier. You didn't even make my list!



Okay, you were number 30. And you are ALL still welcome!

Copernicus.

Or maybe that ShamWow guy.

Okay, maybe it was that DaVinky guy or Einstein who talked about relatives and all that.

Personally, I'm still gonna go with....moi.

Now REP ME!

Uh, okay. Seriously.

Jim Henson.

J.S.F. said:

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Gee, that's even funnier. You didn't even make my list!



Okay, you were number 30. And you are ALL still welcome!

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WTF JSF? What? No TLC? IDK 'bout U, man! You need to be TKO'd

Now you're 31

tsk.

bickering.

tsk.

Kylabelle said:

tsk.

bickering.

tsk.

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Don't worry Ky, you're still number 2.

Undercover said:

Don't worry Ky, you're still number 2.

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*splutter*

Well, if Jim Henson is number 1, then, I guess....

One plus one is hardly ever two...so I'm crossing off all the "maths" people...

... from another recent thread on AW:

Cathy C said:

SF author Catherine Asaro.

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Remain in awe :-O
Not sure if she's the smartest.
But she is undoubtedly on the list.
Sure must be neat to be that smart.

The person who invented that whole "size doesn't matter" concept gets my vote.

Anybody that can answer every question in Cash Cab is up there I think.

Whoever it was who first realised what coffee beans were for, I'd say. I'm certain that most of the people who have made the big discoveries have been caffeinated at crucial moments. By the transitive property, the person who introduced coffee to the world must own the other geniuses' discoveries.