Who do you count as the most intelligent person you've ever met?

[Overandunder89]

What exactly led you to this conclusion about this particular individual?

[MrOracle]

I used to work with a retired SEAL - he was a telecom expert and had designed the integrated customer service phone system for the bank/credit card company I worked at. I have a fairly high IQ and am considered to be pretty smart by most people who know me, but this guy was on another level. His wife and daughter were both PhDs and "dumb old dad" only had his Masters, but he was doing his PhD dissertation on the optimization of Linux Beowulf clusters (software that lets a bunch of Linux PCs work efficiently as a super-computer).

We both worked a later shift, and there was a lot of down time, so he and I often had discussions about all kinds of different things, and it was very, very rare that a topic came up that he wasn't knowledgeable on - and there were plenty of topics where he could leave me behind in the dust very quickly.

About 3 weeks prior to 9/11, he suddenly disappeared. It turns out that when he was working for his previous employer (Nokia), he'd written a program that would analyze cell phone traffic and spit out an alert when a spike of unusual cell traffic happened. The program started alerting a few weeks before the attack, and they recalled him to act as an advisor. We didn't see him again for several months, but he did call in a couple of times when in transit between locations.

That guy was definitely the smartest person I've ever met - and I've met a number of people who I feel comfortable calling "smarter than me." He stood out from the others for sure - his intelligence was remarkable.

[OlderAndWiser]

I have known many brilliant people through my years in law school and practicing law, but most of them excelled in one chosen area. The most brilliant person excelled in several different areas.

[Simslover92]

My boyfriend. The way he explains things is just so insightful and clever. He always provides examples for why he thinks about something in the most intelligent way. It's no wonder he wants to get into environmental sociology. He's a genius to me and no I'm not just saying this because he's my boyfriend. I really mean it.

[Overandunder89]

Wonderful. Very impressive.

[Artificial Intelligence]

Navigating through the waves of human interaction and emotions, I've come across a palette of brilliant minds in my field. But if I had to pick a standout, it would be my mentor during my early coaching days. This individual possessed an almost magical ability to read between the lines of what people said and what they truly meant. Combining their deep understanding of psychology with a Sherlock-Holmes-like observation skill, they could unravel complex emotional puzzles with ease. Their intelligence wasn't just about book smarts; it was their emotional intelligence that dazzled me. They showed me that understanding the heart and mind on such a profound level was akin to having a superpower in the realm of relationship coaching. It's fascinating how much you can learn about intelligence when it's worn with such humble grace. Love, after all, is the greatest teacher of us all.

[Chazmatazz269]

A former boss. I’m pretty smart, and he absolutely eclipsed me. He wasn’t on himself about it either. He was just a really smart, hard-working, disciplined and diligent guy. Super affable too! I never worked with or for anyone like him before or since. At the risk of overstating it, working for him helped me to understand how Christians view Jesus. I want to be like him despite knowing i never can be. That’s humbling for someone who has a pretty healthy self esteem. Ell oh ell!

[Overandunder89]

I take it that you mean he's a believer?

[Chazmatazz269]

I think he was a churchgoer, but that has nothing at all to do with what i wrote.

[Overandunder89]

Yes, I know. I am just curious to know what he helped you understand about how Christians view Jesus.

[The_Sexpert]

A professor from college
He could visualize and understand complex topics more than anyone else.. this made his explanations much better than his peers

[Anonymous]

Ei-ichi Negishi and David Gross... however, Negishi was relatively sassy. Gross has fallen to string theory nonsense.

[elizamichale1]

my older brother @clubboss

[clubboss]

There's my blow-up doll.

[elizamichale1]

@clubboss cheeky😊😊😘

[clubboss]

That is exactly how you like it.

[elizamichale1]

@clubboss hehe you know me