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Who was smarter? 2011-08-02 23:59:48 Reply

Albert Einstein or Sir Isaac Newton?


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Response to Who was smarter? 2011-08-03 00:00:30 Reply

Brittney Spears


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Response to Who was smarter? 2011-08-03 00:02:21 Reply

At 8/3/11 12:00 AM, FLAMBOYTHEIMPALER wrote: Brittney Spears

She wasn't one of the choices! You're so funny! Ha-ha! HA!


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Response to Who was smarter? 2011-08-03 00:10:42 Reply

Intrinsically speaking? It's difficult to say.

What people forget here is that not only did Newton discover certain laws of physics, he invented the system of Calculus, if I'm not mistaken.

I'd like to say that Einstein and Newton were of near-equal intelligence from what it seems.


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Response to Who was smarter? 2011-08-03 00:17:40 Reply

Neither of them are smart because neither of them made the internet.

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Response to Who was smarter? 2011-08-03 01:39:36 Reply

Einstein was smarter.


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Response to Who was smarter? 2011-08-03 01:40:20 Reply

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Response to Who was smarter? 2011-08-03 01:42:27 Reply

At 8/2/11 11:59 PM, dlxrevolution wrote: Albert Einstein or Sir Isaac Newton?

Haha, you called him sir.

I just always think of British people whenever I hear someone titled Sir.

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Response to Who was smarter? 2011-08-03 02:16:38 Reply

Einstein for sure


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Response to Who was smarter? 2011-08-03 02:18:22 Reply

newton is considered a polymath

einstein is not

seems pretty simple who was smarter

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Response to Who was smarter? 2011-08-03 02:27:08 Reply

At 8/3/11 12:17 AM, Makeshift wrote: Neither of them are smart because neither of them made the internet.

Seeing as society wasn't as technologically advanced when they were alive, I find this statement to be void, my fellow soldier.

At 8/3/11 01:42 AM, ngfan14 wrote:
At 8/2/11 11:59 PM, dlxrevolution wrote: Albert Einstein or Sir Isaac Newton?
Haha, you called him sir.

I just always think of British people whenever I hear someone titled Sir.

I just got done watching Repo Games when I made this thread, and Tom called him "Sir" Isaac Newton. So I thought that was the ideal way to spell his name.


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Response to Who was smarter? 2011-08-03 05:59:45 Reply

Eienstein cuz he had cool hair


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Response to Who was smarter? 2011-08-03 06:02:34 Reply

At 8/2/11 11:59 PM, dlxrevolution wrote: Albert Einstein or Sir Isaac Newton?

My vote goes to Einstein.


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Response to Who was smarter? 2011-08-03 06:04:29 Reply

At 8/3/11 12:10 AM, Jedi-Master wrote:
What people forget here is that not only did Newton discover certain laws of physics, he invented the system of Calculus, if I'm not mistaken.

Independently of Leibniz, yes.
Calculus is one of the greatest tools in science, so it really boosts his stats.

Meh, Gauss would wupp their asses even if they should team up.


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Response to Who was smarter? 2011-08-03 08:07:16 Reply

i'd say albert einstein, if i had to pick between the two. his theory of relativity is way less intuitive. gravitational time dilation and stuff like that were only verified decades after his death, which impressed me a great deal.

stephen hawking is probably among the smartest human beings that i know.


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Response to Who was smarter? 2011-08-03 08:11:11 Reply

The apple

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Response to Who was smarter? 2011-08-03 08:13:21 Reply

Einstein. Cuz he was a playa.

Seriously, I bet you didn't know that Einstein has had more sex than Russell Brand could dream of.

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Response to Who was smarter? 2011-08-03 08:18:30 Reply

define smarts?

I dont think you can.


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Response to Who was smarter? 2011-08-03 09:05:50 Reply

Professor: You are a Christian, aren't you, son?

Student: Yes, sir.

Professor: So, you believe in God?

Student: Absolutely, sir.

Professor: Is God good?

Student: Sure.

Professor: My brother died of cancer, even though he prayed to God to heal him. Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill. But God didn't. How is God good, then? Hmm?

(Student was silent)

Professor: You can't answer, can you? Let's start again, young fella. Is God good?

Student: Yes.

Professor: Is Satan good?

Student: No.

Professor: Where does Satan come from?

Student: From.. God.

Professor: That's right. Tell me son, is there evil in this world?

Student: Yes.

Professor: Evil is everywhere, isn't it? And God did make everything. Correct?

Student: Yes.

Professor: So who created evil?

(Student didn't answer)

Professor: Is there sickness? Immortality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things exist in the world, don't they?

Student: Yes, sir.

Professor: So, who created them?

(Student had no answer)

Professor: Science says you have 5 senses you use to identify and observe the world around you. Tell me, son.. have you ever seen God?

Student: No, sir.

Professor: Tell us if you have ever heard your God.

Student: No, sir.

Professor: Have you ever felt your God, tasted your God, smelt your God? Have you ever had any sensory perception of God, for that matter?

Student: No, sir. I'm afraid I haven't.

Professor: Yet you still believe in Him?

Student: Yes.

Professor: According to empirical, testable, demonstrable protocol, Science says your God doesn't exist. What do you say to that, son?

Student: Nothing. I only have my Faith.

Professor: Yes, Faith. And that is the problem Science has.

Student: Professor, is there such a thing as Heat?

Professor: Yes.

Student: And is there such a thing as Cold?

Professor: Yes.

Student: No, sir, there isn't.

(The Lecture Theatre became very quiet with this turn of events)

Student: Sir, you can have lots of heat, even more heat, superheat, mega heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat. But we don't have anything called cold. We can hit 458 Degrees below Zero which is no heat, but we can't go any further after that. There is no such thing as cold. Cold is only a word we use to describe the absence of Heat. We cannot measure cold. Heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it.

(There was a pin-drop silence in the Lecture Theatre)

Student: What about darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as darkness?

Professor: Yes. What is night if there isn't darkness?

Student: You're wrong again, sir. Darkness is the absence of something. You can have Low Light, Normal Light, Bright Light, Flashing Light... But if you have No Light constantly, you have nothing and it's called Darkness, isn't it? In reality, darkness isn't. If it is, You would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn't you?

Professor: So what is the point you are making, young man?

Student: Sir, my point is, your Philosophical Premise is flawed.

Professor: Flawed? Can you explain how?

Student: Sir, you are working on the Premise of Duality. You argue there is Life and then there is Death, a good God and a bad God. You are viewing the concept of God as something finite, something we can measure. Sir, Science can't even explain a thought. It uses electricity and magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one. To view death as the opposite of life is to be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive thing. Death is not the opposite of life, just the absence of it. Now tell me, Professor, do you teach your students that they evolved from a monkey?

Professor: If you are referring to the Natural Evolutionary Process, yes of course, I do.

Student: Have you ever observed Evolution with your own eyes, sir?

(The professor shook his head with a smile, beginning to realize where the argument was going)

Student: Since no one has ever observed the Process of Evolution at work and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going endeavor, are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you not a Scientist but a Preacher?

(The class was in uproar)

Student: Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the Professor's brain?

(The class broke out into laughter)

Student: Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor's brain, felt it, touched or smelt it? .. No one appears to have done so. So, according to the established Rules of Empirical, Stable and Demonstrable Protocol, Science says that you have no brain, sir. With all due respect, sir, how do we then trust your lectures?

(The room was silent. The Professor stared at the student, his face unfathomable)

Professor: I guess you'll have to take them on Faith, son.

Student: That is it, sir.. exactly! The link between man and God is Faith. That is all that keeps things alive and moving!

That student was Albert Einstein

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Response to Who was smarter? 2011-08-03 09:06:30 Reply

Stephen Hawking.

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Response to Who was smarter? 2011-08-03 09:09:45 Reply

At 8/3/11 09:06 AM, Allaire wrote: Stephen Hawking.

Hawking is a 'Hollywood' physicist with few contributions in the physics community.


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Response to Who was smarter? 2011-08-03 09:10:08 Reply

Well if they were of the same time period, I figure Newton would have out-smarted Einstein. But because Einstein is a more recent intellectual he would be the smarter guy as he would have more to work with.

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Response to Who was smarter? 2011-08-03 09:21:58 Reply

Albert Einstein.


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Response to Who was smarter? 2011-08-03 09:37:32 Reply

At 8/3/11 09:05 AM, BanglaBoy96 wrote: That student was Albert Einstein

OWNAGE!

Holy shit. I'm gonna use that in Philosophy next year and look all smart.

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Response to Who was smarter? 2011-08-03 09:51:28 Reply

Hm. I would say Einstein, as he had groundbreaking theories on the construct of the universe itself, however his work is built upwards from Newton, so I say that they are both giants, but only Einstein stands taller, because he stands on Newton's shoulders.

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Response to Who was smarter? 2011-08-03 10:07:43 Reply

At 8/3/11 09:05 AM, BanglaBoy96 wrote: OWNAGE!

I was really disappointed by this.
I can do that.


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Response to Who was smarter? 2011-08-03 10:21:15 Reply

Albert E=MC^2 but I think I may have to go with Sir Isaac Newton.......Ludwig Wittgenstein for the win!


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Response to Who was smarter? 2011-08-03 10:51:19 Reply

Albert einstien was smarter,for example if he see's an apple fall he's gonna move while newton decided to stay in it's path and get hit.

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Response to Who was smarter? 2011-08-03 12:54:06 Reply

At 8/3/11 12:10 AM, Jedi-Master wrote: Intrinsically speaking? It's difficult to say.

What people forget here is that not only did Newton discover certain laws of physics, he invented the system of Calculus, if I'm not mistaken.

I'd like to say that Einstein and Newton were of near-equal intelligence from what it seems.

I think this question is apples and oranges but...there is a debate about who created calculus between Newton and Leibniz.


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Response to Who was smarter? 2011-08-05 07:57:34 Reply

At 8/3/11 12:06 AM, Newgrundling wrote: Einstein.
Newton's observations were empirical. Einsteins were theoretical. Both were correct.

Ergo, Einstein is clearly the more intelligent. /thread