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who do you pick as the smartest man you know ? ... Since I have not met some of the aforementioned folks ... that leaves only me ... now if that would have been man/woman ... that's a whole different story
We do not seem to produce as many polymaths as classical antiquity. In the modern era, graduate school and the professions relentlessly emphasize micro-specialization.
Three polymaths I have run across:
Daniel Robinson, professor of neuropsychology at Georgetown University, and professor of philosophy at Oxford University. He was erudite and widely knowledgeable about psychology, philosophy, history, law, political science.
Lawrence Principe, dual PhDs in both organic chemistry and history, holds professorships in both the Chemistry Department and History Department at Johns Hopkins University
Sean Carol, holds a both degree in philosophy and a PhD in physics from Harvard, he is a research professor in theoretical physics at Cal Tech.
ThatOwlWoman (04-19-2021)
Brilliant people, for sure. I think BullshitBoob meant in real life though.
I'm going with my husband. Not only does he have a very wide-ranging interest in a great variety of things (science, the arts, current events both local and global, economics, technology, music, culture), he reads voraciously and *remembers* all the tiny little details. Whenever we get a new device or appliance, he carefully reads the manuals front to back. Example: The first time we rented an RV, the fridge stopped being cold. I was flipping through the manual trying to figure out how to re-light the pilot light. He stuck his head up out of his book and told me. I said "How on Earth did you know that?" He said: "I read the manual after you went to bed last night." WTF!
"Conservatism is the blind and fear-filled worship of dead radicals." -- Mark Twain
Cypress (04-19-2021)
Smart guy.
You know you are dealing with quality people if they invest time talking about engineering principles, art, books, science - rather than about some crappy reality TV show or salacious gossip.
Come to think of it, that same principle applies to Jpp as well!
ThatOwlWoman (04-19-2021)
I don't exactly know him, but Legion
cancel2 2022 (04-21-2021)
has to be someone you personally know
I really like it that the democrat president blow hole lying joe picked his whore mongering gun dumping lying crack head bag man con man son as the smartest man he knows . kinda tells you every thing you need to know about Joe don't it.
If we are talking about "know of" then the smartest woman I know is Camille Paglia. The smartest man I know of is probably Jordan Peterson, but I would want to sleep on it before giving a final answer. I might possibly change my mind, Russell Brand is an option.
As for smartest I know personally I dont have much to look up to being here in a very left area of a left state....good brains are in very short supply. I have had a lot of bad doctors in the military system over the last 34 years though my last one is awesome....which is why he is leaving next month, he got picked up for a very high speed military program in San Antonio. I barely hope to find smart people with good ideas in my daily life anymore, and most of the people that I did once look up to have allowed themselves to be rotted out with the Victim Culture Cults Woke Religion, so I was probably wrong about them all along.
I choose my own words like the Americans of olden times........before this dystopia arrived.
DARK AGES SUCK!
In the age of youtubes and podcasts were many of us now spend a lot of hours listening to to people in conversation in a lot of different settings this seems archaic. For example I have now listened too at least 200 hours of conversation with either Bret and Heather or Bret alone with other people. These are conversations, not lectures, these are interactions, this is intimate.
I choose my own words like the Americans of olden times........before this dystopia arrived.
DARK AGES SUCK!
I think the smartest man hunter Biden knows has been found
https://www.yahoo.com/news/suspect-g...173258342.html
also could be this guy
https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5oK_vgDNY...600/drugs1.jpg
Last edited by Bulletbob; 04-19-2021 at 03:55 PM.
yes democrats choine for the smartest man they know is pretty pathic
Bullshitbob
I have to disagree with you he cant be to smart he married YOU
Six grammatical errors within a fourteen-word span. It definitely ain't you, pal.
Haw, haw...................................haw.
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We don't know what happened after that . "
Maria Ressa.
cancel2 2022 (04-21-2021)
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