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Albert Hoffman is #1 on Top 100 living geniuses list
#7585694 - 11/01/07 09:27 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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I hope this hasn't been posted yet.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/10/28/geniustable128.xml
British geniuses feature heavily in a recent list that notes the greatest living thinkers of our time - proportionately more than any other country.
The top 100 living geniuses was compiled by a panel of six experts in creativity and innovation from Creators Synectics, a global consultants firm.
The company emailed 4,000 Britons this summer and asked them to nominate up to 10 living people who they considered geniuses.
Each genius was then awarded scores out of ten against criteria which included: paradigm shifting; popular acclaim; intellectual power; achievement and cultural importance.
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Re: Albert Hoffman is #1 on Top 100 living geniuses list [Re: despisedicon]
#7586109 - 11/01/07 11:29 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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I love that Matt Groening was forth.
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Re: Albert Hoffman is #1 on Top 100 living geniuses list [Re: FurrowedBrow]
#7586397 - 11/02/07 01:39 AM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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yeah hoffman
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Re: Albert Hoffman is #1 on Top 100 living geniuses list [Re: andrewss]
#7586519 - 11/02/07 03:12 AM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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That seems pretty ridiculous...
What did hoffman do that was so genius?
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Re: Albert Hoffman is #1 on Top 100 living geniuses list [Re: johnm214]
#7586624 - 11/02/07 05:27 AM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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i mean, he did create lsd and he was the first person to synthesize psilocybin, but that makes him more of a discoverer than a genius doesnt it? idk, im high.
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Re: Albert Hoffman is #1 on Top 100 living geniuses list [Re: Mr_DeeMsTer]
#7586633 - 11/02/07 05:43 AM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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gunna be sad when he passes away
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Re: Albert Hoffman is #1 on Top 100 living geniuses list [Re: Psilobuds]
#7586833 - 11/02/07 08:02 AM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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This list sucks. Osama bin laden? J.K. Rowling? At least Hoffman is first but come on.
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Re: Albert Hoffman is #1 on Top 100 living geniuses list [Re: jellyfish]
#7587167 - 11/02/07 10:18 AM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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"British geniuses feature heavily in a recent list that notes the greatest living thinkers of our time - proportionately more than any other country."
ooh, thats interesting. I wonder. Why were there so many Britons on the list? (reading on...)
"The company emailed 4,000 Britons this summer and asked them to nominate up to 10 living people who they considered geniuses."
C'mon...Give me a break. This is why I hate statistics and polls. Could it be that British people are likely to be more familiar with Brits than any other nationality?
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Re: Albert Hoffman is #1 on Top 100 living geniuses list [Re: akb112211]
#7587341 - 11/02/07 11:08 AM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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That list is bullshit. Its based more on notoriety than intellect.... I'd at least expect to see michio kaku on there. thats one smart mofo.
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Re: Albert Hoffman is #1 on Top 100 living geniuses list [Re: despisedicon]
#7587542 - 11/02/07 12:00 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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yeah, Mohammad Ali is a fuckin genius!
you know how smart you have to be to hit people in the face?
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Re: Albert Hoffman is #1 on Top 100 living geniuses list [Re: despisedicon]
#7587555 - 11/02/07 12:03 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Quote:
The company emailed 4,000 Britons this summer and asked them to nominate up to 10 living people who they considered geniuses.
Great sample space...
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Re: Albert Hoffman is #1 on Top 100 living geniuses list [Re: wps]
#7587572 - 11/02/07 12:10 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Quote:
wps said: yeah, Mohammad Ali is a fuckin genius!
you know how smart you have to be to hit people in the face?
I guess we all know what this story really says about Britons in regards to genius...
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Re: Albert Hoffman is #1 on Top 100 living geniuses list [Re: fireworks_god]
#7588724 - 11/02/07 05:29 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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I like how Osama Bin Laden is 43rd.
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Re: Albert Hoffman is #1 on Top 100 living geniuses list [Re: despisedicon]
#7588780 - 11/02/07 05:46 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Dolly Parton a genius? No, I don't think so.
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Re: Albert Hoffman is #1 on Top 100 living geniuses list [Re: Le_Canard]
#7589602 - 11/02/07 09:49 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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CHRIST!
doesn't anyone know that his name is Hofmann?!?
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