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Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Homer a Genius?


A new list of geniuses includes Matt Groening, creator of the Simpsons and the greatest living cartoon non genius, Homer.

One is credited with dreaming up the technological innovation that has arguably done most to transform our lives in recent years; the other is behind a cartoon about a custard-hued family in middle America.

Yet both the worldwide web founder, Tim Berners-Lee, and the Simpsons creator, Matt Groening, are among the world's top 10 living geniuses, according to a report which ranks individuals according to their "genius factor".

It used a scoring system to assess contenders on how much their contribution had turned conventional thinking on its head, the popular acclaim they received, their intellectual power, their achievements and their cultural importance


Well Doh! Pass the Donuts.

The Top 10, some of whom I know. Drum roll for Google as I check them out.

1= Albert Hofmann (Swiss) chemist (genius factor 27)

1= Tim Berners-Lee (British) computer scientist (27)

3 George Soros (American) investor and philanthropist (25)

4 Matt Groening (American) satirist and animator (24)

5= Nelson Mandela (South African) politician and diplomat (23)

5= Frederick Sanger (British) chemist (23)

7= Dario Fo (Italian) writer & dramatist (22)

7= Stephen Hawking (British) physicist (22)

9= Oscar Niemeyer (Brazilian) architect (21)

9= Philip Glass (American) composer (21)

9= Grigory Perelman (Russian) mathematician (21)

5 comments:

Bill Haydon said...

Hmmm, if Matt Groening's on it, then so should Chris Donald - of Viz fame.

Anonymous said...

I realize The Simpsons has had a large effect on our culture, but isn't genius stretching it a bit?

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jmb said...

Very strange top 10 list to my way of thinking. Thanks for saving me the trouble of googling half of them.

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