Who are the smartest people alive today? The most promising geniuses?

In no particular order: Sam Harris, Steve Pinker, Dan Dennett, Ed Witten, Bryan Caplan, Tyler Cowen, Robin Hanson, Eliezer Yudkowsky, Anders Sandberg, Nick Bostrom

And this is just the tip of the iceberg.

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>>8813332
forgot someone

>>8813332
>Sam Harris

>>8813326
>the smartest people alive today? The most promising geniuses?

By "promising geniuses" do you mean people who are likely to make significant contributions? Or those who already have?

Because there are still some old guys like Serre who are still alive.

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>>8813343
i think you posted the wrong picture

>>8813332
Hmm
After reading Super-Intelligence, I'm not sure if I'd consider Nick Bostom a genius, the book was far too speculative in my opinion.

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>>8813332
>Sam Harris
>Dan Dennett

>>8813343
Is that markeplier?

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>>8813361
both

>>8813370
You're an intellectual philistine. Read the recent New Yorker profile on Dennett, and prepare to be humbled. He is a fucking g e n i u s.

>>8813332
oy vey

>>8813386
Does his head get smaller when he's sad?

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>>8815212
yes it is usually this big

>>8815212
>Does his head get smaller when he's sad?
His head is a parallel universe and follows an inflation/deflation cycle.

Me

>>8815359

Also Me

>>8813332
Yudkowsky
Nice meme. Anyone who writes garbage harry potter fanfiction isn't smart

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