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Could you answer Klaatu's question: 'Who is the greatest thinker?

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The scene at the Lincoln Memorial:

KLAATU: Those are great words. He must have been a great man.
BOBBY: Well sure.
KLAATU: That's the kind of man I'd like to talk to. Bobby, who's the greatest man in America today?
BOBBY: Well, I dunno. Spaceman I guess.
KLAATU: No, I was speaking of Earthmen. I meant the greatest philosopher. The greatest thinker.
BOBBY: Oh you mean the smartest man in the whole world.
KLAATU: Yes, that would do nicely.


Now, if someone from another planet who looked like Michael Rennie came up to you and asked you this question, how would you respond?

Pick one for each
1. Alive
2. Dead
3. Fictional
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1. Alive: Stephen Hawkins
2. Dead: Einstein
3. Fictional: Doc Brown
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Its hard to argue with anyone other than Hawkings and Einstein for the first two categories. I am inclined to mention Richard Dawkins as a good runner up for number 1. Number 3 is a bit trickier--i vote the giant brain from Futurama, because, well, it's a giant brain.
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1. Al Gore
2. John Lennon
3. Dexter

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What makes Hawkings the smartest man alive? Is it the fact that he dedicated his entire life to defending his ridiculous black hole theory? You asses do realize that even he now admits that his theory is preposterous.

Originally posted by: C3PX
1. Al Gore
2. John Lennon
3. Dexter


This is either a poor quality joke, or concrete proof that you are a complete fuck face.

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I cant pick within those categories so I will just do this list:
Einstein
Aristotle/Plato
Kafka
Nitzche

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Originally posted by: Rob
What makes Hawkings the smartest man alive? Is it the fact that he dedicated his entire life to defending his ridiculous black hole theory? You asses do realize that even he now admits that his theory is preposterous.

Originally posted by: C3PX
1. Al Gore
2. John Lennon
3. Dexter


This is either a poor quality joke, or concrete proof that you are a complete fuck face.


Piss poor quality? This is some of my best material.

"Every time Warb sighs, an angel falls into a vat of mapel syrup." - Gaffer Tape

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I should have put Gandalf as my fictional greatest thinker. Gandalf is awesome, especially if you have never seen the movies.

All right, so seriously this time,

Alive: Ray Bradbury (my favorite Bradbury quote: "Michael Moore is a screwed asshole..." it makes me laugh everytime.)
Dead: Solomon (come on, even if you believe the Bible to be a complete work of fiction, Solomon's stuff is great "nothing new under the sun" good stuff.)
Fictional: Sherlock Holmes

"Every time Warb sighs, an angel falls into a vat of mapel syrup." - Gaffer Tape

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What's a raging gandalf? Is it anything like a screaming yoda? Dinkins, I think you should write a dictionary on rare sexual maneuvers named after wise old mentors from films and literature. I bet it would sell like mad.

"Every time Warb sighs, an angel falls into a vat of mapel syrup." - Gaffer Tape

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My list.

1. Dalai Lama
2. Lennon/Ghandi
3. Captain Kirk/Picard
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Originally posted by: sean wookie
My list.

1. Dalai Lama
2. Lennon/Ghandi
3. Captain Kirk/Picard


Hey, you stole my joke! At least the Lennon part anyway. The addition of the Dalai Lama, Ghandi and the Star Trek guys was a nice touch though, I should have thought of that myself.

"Every time Warb sighs, an angel falls into a vat of mapel syrup." - Gaffer Tape

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Originally posted by: sean wookie
My list.

1. Dalai Lama
2. Lennon/Ghandi
3. Captain Kirk/Picard


That is the quintessential "High school anime nerd" answer.

Congratulations.

Congraturation!

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1. Alive: Jesus
2. Dead: abraham lincoln
3. fictional:Harry Seldon

“Always loved Vader’s wordless self sacrifice. Another shitty, clueless, revision like Greedo and young Anakin’s ghost. What a fucking shame.” -Simon Pegg.

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Originally posted by: Stinky-Dinkins
Originally posted by: sean wookie
My list.

1. Dalai Lama
2. Lennon/Ghandi
3. Captain Kirk/Picard


That is the quintessential "High school anime nerd" answer.

Congratulations.

Congraturation!


Whats wrong with that?
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1. Dunno, there are not so many good choices.
2. Albert Einstein of course. I also think Hank Williams Sr. did some heavy thinking in his short life, so I'd say Einstein winning by a nose.
3. Captain Picard
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Isn't his name Hawking, not Hawkins?

1. Me. LOL, I don't know - the fact that modern thinkers are still here I think diminishes their greatness.
2. Kierkegaard or Leonardo Da Vinci.
3. Batman/Bruce Wayne.
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Originally posted by: theredbaron
Isn't his name Hawking, not Hawkins?


Well, that depends on whether he meant the Steven Hawking, the theoretical physicist or some other Steven Hawkins. Names sounds familiar, a pirate perhaps?

Or maybe this guy, Dr. Steven Hawkins, assistent professor of Kinesology at Cal State L.A. Montcalm could be big into athlectics and really thinks this guy is a great thinker.

http://www.calstatela.edu/faculty/shawkin/

"Every time Warb sighs, an angel falls into a vat of mapel syrup." - Gaffer Tape