Who's the brainiest guy in all the world?

[Yellow Fang]

Depends on subject I suppose but for me it has to be Andrew Wiles notable for his proof of Fermat last theorem

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiles's_proof_of_Fermat's_Last_Theorem

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0074rxx

And he's British.

 

[ColinJ]

<sigh> well, if you are going to exclude more than half the population of the world from consideration, then it's not that valuable a trophy anyway.

Aren't women also referred to as 'guy' these days? I've certainly heard mixed groups of people addressed as 'you guys' and women referred to as 'pal', 'mate', or 'buddy'.

 

[MrPie]

I know the smartest thing to come out of a woman's mouth.......

 

[pplpilot]

I know the smartest thing to come out of a woman's mouth.......

What if a man isn't around to hear it does this mean she's still right?

 

[User169]

I was sad that this brainy person has just died.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jul/15/maryam-mirzakhani-mathematician-dies-40

She would be up there

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Interesting photo choice. Iranian newspapers apparently usedphotos of her without a headscarf.

 

[Drago]

Carol Vorderman is the brainiest lass in the World. All that, and more.

 

[Yellow Fang]

Perhaps the brainiest guy in the world is Slavoj Zizek. I am never sure whether he is truly profound or just an entertainer.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

My personal hero is Jocelyn Bell Burnell - she should have got the Nobel prize but for her nobber of a supervisor. Not only is she very clever she's also got a huge amount of dignity

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She cannae be that smart or dignified, she's drawn all over her face

 

[ColinJ]

I've certainly heard mixed groups of people addressed as 'you guys' ...'.

In fact, I just watched the highlights of the London Classique and in the round-up Jill Douglas referred to Rochelle Gilmore and Chris Boardman that way!

 

[marinyork]

Aren't women also referred to as 'guy' these days? I've certainly heard mixed groups of people addressed as 'you guys' and women referred to as 'pal', 'mate', or 'buddy'.

English isn't even the only language where this phenomenon of addressing a group of people is happening where even all female groups are referred to by some informal male plural. It's got very little relevance to the thread though.

 

[ColinJ]

English isn't even the only language where this phenomenon of addressing a group of people is happening where even all female groups are referred to by some informal male plural. It's got very little relevance to the thread though.

It was a response to this post, pointing out that the question in the thread title can't be assumed to rule out brainy women!

 

[Mr Celine]

Smartest woman is Marilyn vos Savant (oh come on), 190. She is a babe though.
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Can you count up to seventy?

 

[marinyork]

I've found this one.....

Nice photo in that it also mentions another Fields medal winner on the board.

 

[User16625]

Wasn't Steve Hawking one of the brainiest people to ever live?

It was a response to this post, pointing out that the question in the thread title can't be assumed to rule out brainy women!

At the top level, men are intellectually more capable. Also better judgement. Women have a higher pain threshold and better endurance. Not sure how much truth there is in that tho, I imagine there are exceptions, there usually is.

 

[jefmcg]

Aren't women also referred to as 'guy' these days? I've certainly heard mixed groups of people addressed as 'you guys' and women referred to as 'pal', 'mate', or 'buddy'.

"You guys", sure. Directly addressing a group is different.

But if someone said they were "waiting for a guy" would you for a second think they meant a woman? Or said "look at that guy who walked just in", would you turn around and expect (or even think it could be) a woman?

Pal, buddy and mate are not gendered, so they are irrelevant.