Ten Smartest Non Poker Players

[maurile]

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From my IQ post:

150 to 160 No limitations Lincoln, Copernicus, Jefferson
160 to 174 No limitations Descartes, Einstein, Spinoza
174 to 200 No limitations Shakespeare, Goethe, Newton

Notice that Shakespeare was much smater than Einstein.

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That's all kind of silly since there were no IQ tests until well after everybody on your list died, except for Einstein.

The first IQ test was created in 1904. And it didn't even purport to measure what we commonly think of today as IQ. It measured knowledge, not computing power.

So to come up with a number that is supposed to represent Shakespeare's IQ is just nonsense.

[etgryphon]

Feynman has to be higher than #8...

Also this gets in to the discussion of where were are giveing ample room for diversified knowledge. Are Renaissance men (women) more intelligent than savants in one field?

-Gryph

[GuruCane]

Honestly Zaxx, do you ever get tired of disclosing your resume/stats to the group? Please tell me that you want to work at BIGLAW in New York, because we chew up arrogant twits such as yourself and send them packing in less than two years with a lot of student debt and a bruised ego.

For the record, I mainly just lurk on 2+2 and don't mean to be rude, but you, and those like you, sicken me.

[dmk]

I'm interested in knowing what makes you think you're qualified to create a list like this...

[TransientR]

I think your right about that. There is other evidence of Gould's abilities/fascination with what everyone now calls multitasking.

My point was that these lists do nothing much but stir up trouble.

And all this talk about I.Q. scores, and can a 120 I.Q. person play this well, etc., is nearly worthless, IMO. What I.Q. test are you talking about? There are many, with different standardization procedures and different orientations - some more verbally oriented, some more spatial, etc.

Fact is all of these tests are competent more or less to identify what may be mental handicaps, or tell you that someone is probably brighter than average. But they are woefully inadequate at assessing who is going to perform at a world class level. Crude tools, in other words....

Frank

[JTrout]

Where are the Asians? I thought they're the best at math?

[jakuda]

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Where are the Asians? I thought they're the best at math?

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Dude I hope you aren't serious with that post...

[zaxx19]

YA bc everyone knows Jews are the best at math... [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]


Thats a joke....liberals you can resume breathing now.

[djoyce003]

bog you left out stephen hawking the current smartest guy on planet earth.

[Zeno]

Hardy 'discovered' Ramanujan and collabrated with him on 'somewhat equal terms'. See A Mathematician's Apology by G. H. Hardy.

This book is both very profound and immensely interesting.

-Zeno