More Intelligent

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<p>Take a look @ the irl models of Da Vinci’s inventions. Some are quite butt-kicking.</p>

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<p>DaVinci, then Einstein. Although they’re pretty close. Shakespeare is way behind them though. The fact that his plot lines weren’t even original makes me only think of as an excellent playwright, whereas DaVinci was more multifaceted and Einstein more original and creative.</p>

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<p>I think Da Vinci was the most intelligent of the three.</p>

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<p>Meadow I agree with you about Shakespeare. I don’t think he’s a genius in anything other than poetry/plays which I don’t even think are that great tbqh.</p>

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<p>In context, Da Vinci then Einstein. Although, as a Renaissance painter Raphael was the greatest imo. Shakespeare ranks much lower. Also, Mozart is definitely up there with Da Vinci and Einstein.</p>

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I agree completely.</p>

<p>Since the OP asked, what writers do you think were more intelligent than Shakespeare? I’m thinking of mostly philosophical writers, but Edgar Allen Poe has always struck me as a sort of genius as well, though only from what I’ve heard about his life as I’ve never read any of his work.</p>

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<p>Ah, seriously, is this even necessary?</p>

<p>I have to say, in this (very competitive) order, goes-</p>

<ol>
<li><p>da Vinci. He’s so kick-ass insane, like someone said. Other math genii make excuses for sucking at writing and art, just like great writers and artists fear math and science. Da Vinci is too cool for all of that. He is a true genius, and so his brain isn’t limited to only ONE field of mindblowing accomplishments. It’s true that he didn’t do Eistein’s stuff, but then again, he did live, like, centuries before the dude.</p></li>
<li><p>Einstein. Did someone say he “gets all the girls”? Yeah, because we all want to get together with and attract our hot cousins, right? (gag) His brain was sick how great it was, but da Vinci thought and created on whole different planes of essence.</p></li>
<li><p>Shakespeare. He’s great, and some of his pieces are truly moving in the way you’d expect a genius’s things to do, but I’m not too sure if I’d call that genius. I’m not saying great writing takes less intelligence or skill than physics, etc, but anyone (even mildly above average) with a reasonable resume of reads could master the English language pretty well. Obviously Shakespeare was a MASTER lol, but still…</p></li>
</ol>

<p>You guys ever heard of the author of Dream of the Red Chamber? :)</p>

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<p>Although I’d probably say Einstein, Shakespeare all the way. who could have written such profound plays with such fluidity?</p>

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<p>on second thought…i agree with randomazn lol.</p>

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Well, I was joking when I said that, but do think Einstein is the most intelligent (I may be biased though).
Referring to the second part:

I’m not an expert in this, but it is possible that marrying your cousin was no big deal at that time.</p>

<p>My order still remains: Einstein > Da Vinci >> Shakespear</p>

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<p>Do chess players count? Some people view chess as an art… But then pretty much every field has people viewing it as an art regardless lol…</p>

<p>Anyway, I think Robert James (Bobby) Fischer is the smartest. He became the U.S. chess champion at age 13 and became the youngest chess grandmaster ever lived when was 15 years old! Imagine someone in your sophmore class being a chess GRANDmaster and a US chess champion…</p>

<p>Fischer later became the world chess champion in 1972 and retained it until 1975 and is now considered by many chess players to be the strongest player ever lived. Except that there are also lot of chess players out there who don’t, and claim that Garry Kasparov (World Chess Champion 1985-200) is the best player ever. I’m one of them. When he turned 17 he would go around tournaments full of masters and grandmasters and SMASH the hell out of them. Yes, the word SMASH. Get the connotation? He became the youngest world champion at age 22; Fischer became world champion at age 29. Kasparov remained the highest rated player 20 years in a row until his retirement from professional chess in 2005. </p>

<p>But in terms of intelligence I’d say Fischer, definitely. But in terms of chess, Kasparov!!!</p>

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<p>Where’s the love for Shakespeare? haha</p>

<p>I personally think Ezra Pound was more intelligent, but Shakespeare hating has been going on ever since people first conjectured that Francis Bacon was actually Shakespeare</p>

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<p><where’s the=“” love=“” for=“” shakespeare?=“”> Wait, we’re supposed to love a guy who writes books in language that’s hard as hell to understand? Not only that, our grades actually depend on them? Haha very funny.</where’s></p>

<p>Oh, Hamlet, come so I can kill you and forget about reading this damn book.</p>

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<p>Lol, that’s interesting that I rank Shakespeare above Einstein, who out of those 3 I rank the lowest. I consider Shakespeare to be a genius in that he could analyze human behavior and motivation and put them together so beautifully, naturally, and convincingly into his characters. He gave them life. He was able to provide an accurate mirror into the human condition in a language that was far more sophisticated and symbolic than I could ever hope to achieve.</p>

<p>I guess I find Shakespeare more impressive than Einstein because I’ve read a lot about Einstein’s work in my free time, whereas Shakespeare only pops up every now and then in my Lit class. Mere exposure makes Einstein a more “approachable” figure, whereas I still view Shakespeare on a pedestal of literary and poetic excellence.</p>

<p>^ Everyone dies in Hamlet =/. Don’t worry though, the fact that I told you this spoiler won’t ruin the storyline.</p>

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<p>Shakespeare didn’t really exist.</p>

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<p>Everyone dies in <em>Shakespeare’s Play</em>
True about 50% of the time :)</p>

<p>^Oh, yeah, he was a lesbian whose plays were written by Francis Bacon, right? :p</p>

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<p><^ Everyone dies in Hamlet =/. Don’t worry though, the fact that I told you this spoiler won’t ruin the storyline. > I was obviously talking about NOT wanting to finish reading that book. If I kill Hamlet before the end of the book, everything would change. Then I don’t have to read it anymore because the main character’s already dead.</p>

<p>By the way, Bobby Fischer OWNS both Shakespear and Einstein in terms of intelligence.</p>

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<p>Let’s work on defining intelligence first. Of course, we’re high schoolers completely unqualified to do that, but I really can’t judge until then.</p>

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<p>Bobby Fischer got himself kicked out of the US? Smart.</p>

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<p>William Sidis > Everyone else > Anyone who spend their life in humanities (save maybe philosophy) or fine arts and died poor = Average Chimpanzee (Or more fairly, probably more like a slightly-somewhat above average Chimpanzee)</p>