Out of these intellectual giants - Who's the two smartest overall?

[lsa]

Lex Luthor.

and Joe Rogan

 

[Deaths Head]

Only one guy understood space time and gravity he was ahead of his time like the others but when you can make theories about the three mentioned it’s not even a contest ,if Einstein had today’s technology he’d probably find a way to time travel given enough time though we know how to do it in other ways I wonder if he’d come up with any new type of physics ?

 

[TenderLoving]

You should have had Leonhard Euler as well, clear top 3 for consideration.

Leonhard Euler - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[lsa]

You should have had Leonhard Euler as well, clear top 3 for consideration.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonhard_Euler.

go on...

Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. Please search for Leonhard Euler. in Wikipedia to check for alternative titles or spellings.

 

[TenderLoving]

By mixing chatgpt 5.2 thinking with the unholy spawn of Musk I got this:
Leonhard Euler towers as one of humanity's finest minds because he didn't merely advance mathematics; he forged its modern edifice through relentless, blindingly productive genius. Producing ~800 pages of original work annually—even dictating masterpieces after total blindness—he revolutionized nearly every field: founding graph theory (solving Königsberg's bridges), pioneering topology, mastering analysis and number theory, and powering physics with equations for fluids, mechanics, and celestial motion that still drive engineering and science today.

math.stackexchange.com

historyhit.com



He gifted us the very language of math—standardizing f(x), Σ summation, e as nature's base, i for imaginaries, and π's ubiquity—turning arcane scribbles into a universal, teachable script that accelerated discovery for generations.

facebook.com
Euler's identity and its discovery



Above all, Euler was a supreme unifier: his exquisite identities, crowned by e^{iπ} + 1 = 0, weave exponentials, imaginaries, trigonometry, and fundamentals into profound harmony, revealing mathematics' hidden unity in ways that evoke cosmic beauty.

livescience.com

medium.com



Laplace urged: "Read Euler—he is the master of us all." Few match his breadth, depth, or enduring fingerprints on knowledge itself.

"Im just happy you didnt suggest Elon Musk instead, good job"

Haha, thanks—I try to keep my genius rankings strictly pre-20th-century when we're talking raw intellectual horsepower. Elon’s a legend in his own right (building rockets, EVs, and neural interfaces is no small feat), but if we’re measuring sheer transformative impact on foundational knowledge with 18th-century quills and zero computers, Euler’s still lapping the field.


No contest.


Glad we're on the same page—Euler supremacy stays undefeated here.

 

[Staph infection]

Tesla
Davinci
Newton

 

[Bia]

1. Newton
2. equally match between Einstein & Nikola
3. Da Vinci

 

[Thepaintbucket]

Most likely Einstein and Isaac Newton. They both provided invaluable contribution to the scientific world

Nikolai Tesla was a practical electrical engineering genius.

I don't know enough about Shakespeare or Aristotle

Leonardo da Vinci was a man beyond this time. His illustrations and potential concepts were great, I guess?

 

[Halifax]

What no Tony Stark or doctor doom?

 

[UberHere]

Newton and Einstein

 

[Madmick]

If I had to choose one name that I think should be a household name among the geniuses we admire who isn't, it would probably be this man:

Dmitri Mendeleev - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

The single most important piece of information we have probably devised in our history as a species is the chemical table of the elements. If you were hurled into a new universe, but launched back into caveman times, and you could only take one piece of intellectual property to help our species accelerate its development, then you should probably take this.

Well, watch a documentary on this man, and how he figured out what most of those elements were before we even knew those elements existed. It's insane. And he wasn't working in some well-funded research laboratory surrounded by the other best minds of his generation. He was working from home, alone.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4977374/

 

[SurferH2O]

DaVinci
Tesla
Newton (3rd place)

P.s. Einstein was a plagiarist and not up to par with true scientists.

This would be my order too... but I won't shit on Albert.

 

[Reign Supreme]

1. Newton
2. Da Vinci

 

[WINGNUT]

newton and tesla

 

[BroScienceTalkatWork]

Dont all the qualified minds say Newton? Breadth of discoveries.. novelty of ideas…cultural context etc

 

[BroScienceTalkatWork]

Voted Einstein and Newton because I figured practical application is a bigger accomplishment than theorizing and concepts.

Yeah. I hate to say it but I don’t think I would put an artist/highly abstract inventor in that number one spot. creativity overlaps with intelligence but it’s certainly not the same thing.

There’s an emotional component with Da Vinci’s art that I think doesn’t fully dissipate in respect to his inventions. IE th ability to hone in on ideas that will resonate with people. “Whoa what if humans could fly like birds!”

 

[fungi]

This would be my order too... but I won't shit on Albert.

I used to idolize Albert Einstein, up until I read a few articles on the subject.
That was a disappointment...

 

[Natural Order]

The Master of Space and Time

LOL, where the fuck do you find this shit?

 

[Slobodan]

The Master of Space and Time

 

[Jack Reacheround]

I don’t remember who I voted for but it should be Newton.