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Top ten smartest living people - smartest people alive
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Intelligence is a nebulous concept, one that I suspect lacks meaning altogether. Does intelligence refer to brainpower, or to problem solving ability? Is there any difference? Does intelligence perhaps refer to something else, like creativity or intuition? And what do we even mean when we refer to those things? Is intelligence measured by potential or performance? If potential, doesn't this change throughout one's lifetime (if for no other reason than that the physical structure of our brains changes)? If performance, isn't intelligence then nothing more than a statement of historical intellectual triumphs rather than an indicator of future insights? And how do we know that there is even a smartest person alive? Settling on a list of the ten smartest people is probably no less absurd than generating a list of the ten biggest numbers. The concept of intelligence is not clear cut, but this list certainly is.


 

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Born:
1928-12-07
Birthplace:
East Oak Lane 
Nationality:
United States 
Gender:
Male 
Degree:
B.A.  M.A.  Ph.D. 
End Date:
1945,1949,1955,1951
Major/Field Of Study:
Linguistics 
Series Written:
The American Empire Project 
Year:
1992
Title:
Emeritus 
Date Born:
Dec 7 1928

  


 

 

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Noam Chomsky may get some things wrong occasionally, but so does everyone else. He is usually correct, almost always insightful, and his incisive thoughts in the hard sciences and the social sciences are irreplaceable. This list of the smartest living people needs Chomsky on it.

  


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