2007-02-19 17:04:09 · 14 answers · asked by george p 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
There is no quantitative way to decide who the smartest person ever is. It also depends on how you define being smart. Is it containing the most knowledge or having the best problem-solving skills. Strictly speaking in terms of I.Q., my best guess would be Leonardo Da Vinci. He tampered in practically every field known to man, designed and created countless inventions, and there is no telling what someone with his mind could do with today's technology. Others to consider would include Sir Isaac Newton (invented Calculus and discovered gravity), Socrates (considered to be the greatest philosophical thinker), and Marilyn Vos Savant (listed in the Guinness Book of Records for the highest recorded IQ).
2007-02-19 20:30:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
it is a very subjective question, the guy who won a long time on jeapardy knew a lot but wasn't necessarily smart.
Einstein, and Hawkins were very smart in a very narrow field
So what makes the smartest ever, I don't think there is a way of quantifying these things
Lots of people are expert at their speciality and not smart about other things
other people are smart generally but haven't gone gung ho in a specific direction.
others are talented in other ways like music, or art, or designing buildings or conceptualizing solutions to urbanization.
We are all necessary in life
No one is entirely useless, they can always serve as a bad example.
2007-02-19 17:22:02 · answer #2 · answered by bob shark 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Marilyn vos Savant (born Marilyn Mach on 11 August 1946) is an American magazine columnist, author, lecturer, and playwright who rose to fame through her listing in the Guinness Book of World Records under "Highest IQ".
2007-02-19 22:43:32 · answer #3 · answered by the_lipsiot 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nikola Tesla, most modern inventions can be linked to this poor, practically self educated man from Russia. Some of Edison's ideas were his, Marconi used several of his patents to invent radio communication, the electric motor, and not to mention may have been responsible for the explosion in Siberia by experimenting with electricity in the American South West.
2007-02-23 09:35:28 · answer #4 · answered by Troy F 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
King Soloman
2007-02-23 03:44:52 · answer #5 · answered by axelhrdr 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe that Adam was the smartest person ever. Think about it, he named every living on the earth! His brain must have hurt.
2007-02-20 04:38:43 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Highest recorded IQ goes to Marylin vos Savant.
2007-02-20 00:11:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
This is basically a question of opinion.
2007-02-20 03:42:25 · answer #8 · answered by whoever 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm going to put my marbles on Einstein.
2007-02-19 17:23:49 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
There hasn`t been one, but God the Almighty who was, is, and will be.
2007-02-19 17:07:52 · answer #10 · answered by FlowMaster 3 · 1⤊ 3⤋