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re: Who’s the smartest person you’ve ever met?
Posted on 1/8/20 at 8:12 am to BleepBop
Posted on 1/8/20 at 8:12 am to BleepBop
Guy in knew in college briefly. He was from some podunk town in Louisiana, but somehow ended up at Bama. Never saw him go to class, but had a 4.0 while majoring in microbiology. Drank and did more drugs than almost anyone else I've ever been around.
Interesting cat, but I couldn't keep up with his intelligence, his drinking, or his drugging. Last I heard he was in medical school aiming to become a neurosurgeon.
Interesting cat, but I couldn't keep up with his intelligence, his drinking, or his drugging. Last I heard he was in medical school aiming to become a neurosurgeon.
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Posted on 1/8/20 at 9:14 am to BleepBop
Guy who went to my high school aced the SAT and went to MIT. He'd gone for dinner and drinks with some friends and on the walk back to his apartment decided to take a shortcut and jump a fence. His jeans got stuck on the top, he flipped over and landed on his head. No one found him until it was too late and it was determined he died of hypothermia.
Sad situation - he had an incredible gift intellectually but people loved being around him and it didn't hurt that he looked like Zack Morris from Saved By The Bell
Sad situation - he had an incredible gift intellectually but people loved being around him and it didn't hurt that he looked like Zack Morris from Saved By The Bell
This post was edited on 1/8/20 at 9:18 am
Posted on 1/8/20 at 9:18 am to BenDover
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Sad situation - he had an incredible gift intellectually but people loved being around him and it didn't hurt that he looked like Zack Morris from Saved By The Bell
Yeah, but look on the bright side - he was almost certainly a finalist in that year's Darwin Awards!
Posted on 1/8/20 at 9:18 am to BleepBop
Father-in-law worked for NASA as an electrical engineer on the Saturn V, but I don't think he's quite the smartest.
I work with a guy that has these letters behind his name all from Ivy League schools or Vanderbilt: JD, MBA, MD.
He was a practicing Neurosurgeon and is now a very, very rich executive at my healthcare company. I'm fairly positive he has an Eidetic memory. He remembers numbers from massive spreadsheets from several years ago that had no significance at the time.
It is astounding.
I work with a guy that has these letters behind his name all from Ivy League schools or Vanderbilt: JD, MBA, MD.
He was a practicing Neurosurgeon and is now a very, very rich executive at my healthcare company. I'm fairly positive he has an Eidetic memory. He remembers numbers from massive spreadsheets from several years ago that had no significance at the time.
It is astounding.
Posted on 1/8/20 at 9:21 am to TheCaterpillar
A gal I dated in HS.
She learned languages as a hobby-- she was at 5 when we graduated, and I still see Facebook stuff from her about her favorite new languages.
She finally became a pediatric kidney cancer researcher, as a profession, after spending several years working on medical patent-device creation.
Incredibly bright. Great tits. A shame the rest of her has gone downhill in the 25 years since.
She learned languages as a hobby-- she was at 5 when we graduated, and I still see Facebook stuff from her about her favorite new languages.
She finally became a pediatric kidney cancer researcher, as a profession, after spending several years working on medical patent-device creation.
Incredibly bright. Great tits. A shame the rest of her has gone downhill in the 25 years since.
Posted on 1/8/20 at 9:22 am to BleepBop
Bill Clinton.
He has an unfricking believable mind. He is the most well-spoken person I've ever been in a room with.
He also has this extraordinary talent - he can remember the name and something about every person he's ever met. Seriously. He remembers meeting people on the campaign trail back in 1992, and what the name of their prized Hog was in the Arkansas state fair.
It's wild.
He has an unfricking believable mind. He is the most well-spoken person I've ever been in a room with.
He also has this extraordinary talent - he can remember the name and something about every person he's ever met. Seriously. He remembers meeting people on the campaign trail back in 1992, and what the name of their prized Hog was in the Arkansas state fair.
It's wild.
Posted on 1/8/20 at 9:39 am to BleepBop
My dad.
Barely graduated HS.
Retired a millionaire at 60. Ran his own business.
Now that he's retired, the brilliance is on full display. He has all day to build things and it is amazing what he can do with anything. Wood, steel, doesn't matter. If he doesn't have a tool or device to make something he pictures, he will then build said tool or device just to make whatever. It is amazing to watch.
And don't even think of winning a game of Trivial Pursuit if he's not on your team. For a guy that barely graduated HS, he can clear the game in record time. Seen him only miss one question once an entire night of playing.
Barely graduated HS.
Retired a millionaire at 60. Ran his own business.
Now that he's retired, the brilliance is on full display. He has all day to build things and it is amazing what he can do with anything. Wood, steel, doesn't matter. If he doesn't have a tool or device to make something he pictures, he will then build said tool or device just to make whatever. It is amazing to watch.
And don't even think of winning a game of Trivial Pursuit if he's not on your team. For a guy that barely graduated HS, he can clear the game in record time. Seen him only miss one question once an entire night of playing.
Posted on 1/8/20 at 9:40 am to ATLabama
Most presidents had had an IQ over 120.
Trying to figure out how they're all such morons would probably require somebody with an IQ over 220.
It's one of the great Mysteries of the universe
Trying to figure out how they're all such morons would probably require somebody with an IQ over 220.
It's one of the great Mysteries of the universe
This post was edited on 1/8/20 at 9:41 am
Posted on 1/8/20 at 9:45 am to ATLabama
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Bill Clinton.
He has an unfricking believable mind. He is the most well-spoken person I've ever been in a room with.
He also has this extraordinary talent - he can remember the name and something about every person he's ever met. Seriously. He remembers meeting people on the campaign trail back in 1992, and what the name of their prized Hog was in the Arkansas state fair.
It's wild.
Politicians man.
A history professor of mine in college told us a story about Trent Lott. He went to a book signing of his with hundreds of people in line. Trent Lott asked his name to personalize the signature, all of 10 seconds, and he left. 4 years later they saw him in the Grove and he remembered my professors name from that book signing.
That is a goddamn super power. I can't remember people's names from 2 hours ago.
Posted on 1/8/20 at 9:52 am to EA6B
That’s a very cool job. I have always loved physics, and the opportunity to combine medicine with physics seems like a dream job. Good for you.
Posted on 1/8/20 at 9:52 am to BleepBop
My first cousin. Undergrad from Dartmouth and an MBA from Harvard. Is fluent in English, Spanish, French, German, Dutch, Italian, Japanese and Mandarin. He is the author of 5 books on business and can play any instrument on a professional level. On top of that he is a really nice guy and cool to hang with.
Posted on 1/8/20 at 9:53 am to EA6B
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There has never been a single proven case of a person having a photographic memory. There are people with very good memories, and those that have trained by various methods to improve their memory, but the photographic memory is nothing but a myth.
Cool but who cares what you call it.
I can't read complex material and immediately retain most of it for long periods of time with almost immediate recall of it as needed.
Posted on 1/8/20 at 10:09 am to BleepBop
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Who’s the smartest person you’ve ever met?
My wife
Multiple degrees in microbiology and ChemEng
ridiculously book smart... no damn common sense. The routes she chooses while driving are hilariously bad
Posted on 1/8/20 at 10:18 am to BleepBop
A friend of mine that graduated in EE then went to med school and is now a neonatologist. Guy can do anything.
Posted on 1/8/20 at 10:19 am to BleepBop
quote:Ben Bernanke
Who’s the smartest person you’ve ever met?
Posted on 1/8/20 at 12:59 pm to fightin tigers
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Isn't the supposed 'smartest person in America' a damn shop owner in the midwest?
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A rancher
this fricker (wikipedia)
Interesting
"Although he believes in God and the afterlife, Langan does not belong to any religious denomination, explaining that he "can't afford to let [his] logical approach to theology be prejudiced by religious dogma."
Posted on 1/8/20 at 1:30 pm to BleepBop
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Lawrence A. Sasek, professor emeritus of English at LSU, died at home on April 7, 2015. He was born in Glen Carbon, IL., the son of Frank and Rose Mary Chaloupka Sasek. He graduated from Edwardsville High School, the University of Illinois, and Harvard University where he received a PhD. His studies at the University of Illinois were interrupted during WWII, when he served in the U.S. Army Intelligence as a Russian interpreter. Dr. Sasek was a member of the English Department at LSU from 1953-1996. He served as chairman of numerous committees and Director of Undergraduate Studies as well as Director of Graduate Studies. His area of specialization and publication was 17th Century English Literature with a concentration in John Milton and the Literature of the English Bible. His professional memberships were the American Association of University Professors, The Modern Language Association of America, The Renaissance Society of America, Early English Text Society, The Milton Society, and several regional organizations. He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He was preceded in death by his parents; an infant brother, Paul; and his sister and brother-in-law, Rose and Charles Modene. He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Gloria Burns Sasek; four nieces and two nephews, Lawrence Modene, Kathleen Modene, Mary Modene, Mary Ellen Burns, Frederick Burns, and Elizabeth Burns Duffany; and two great nephews, Zachary and Ryan Duffany. Dr. Sasek attributed much of his long life and good health to the outstanding care he received over the years from the late Dr. Charles Prosser, Dr. Peterman Prosser, and Dr. N. Joseph Deumite. Visitation will be at St. Aloysius Church on Monday, April 13th, from 10:30am until 12:00pm. Mass of Christian Burial will follow at noon, celebrated by Father Henry Gautreau, a former student of Dr. Sasek. Burial will be at St. Michael's Cemetery in Springfield, MA. Rabenhorst Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Glaucoma Society, the American Heart Association, the Baton Rouge Food Bank, or a charity of your choice.
Posted on 1/8/20 at 1:42 pm to Pettifogger
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Photographic memory and tireless worker.
He's doing it wrong then. Those should be mutually exclusive.
Posted on 1/8/20 at 1:48 pm to BleepBop
Valedictorian in high school..teacher in an advanced history class made a mistake and he corrected her with the page number and recited the correction verbatim. He went on to Harvard to study biology. God I hated that teacher and made her look like an idiot.
Posted on 1/8/20 at 4:44 pm to BleepBop
Harry Markowitz - 1990 Nobel in Economics
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