# Is there anyone on the SDMB who will go down in history as a great mind? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 8, 2002, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anyone-on-the-sdmb-who-will-go-down-in-history-as-a-great-mind/112950 "2002-06-08T06:30:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Vinnie\_Virginslayer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/53a042/32.png) [@Vinnie\_Virginslayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vinnie_Virginslayer)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2002, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anyone-on-the-sdmb-who-will-go-down-in-history-as-a-great-mind/112950/1 "2002-06-08T06:30:40Z")
Just curious . . are there any posters, besides the VinMan of course 😃 . . . .and more importantly Cecil . … . . .that you feel will in 25, 50, 100 , 200, 500, 1000 years from now, when mankind is looking at the Straight Dope archives, will go down as a great, influential thinker and great mind that will be read about in textbooks?😕 ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2002, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anyone-on-the-sdmb-who-will-go-down-in-history-as-a-great-mind/112950/2 "2002-06-08T06:47:26Z")
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**Author:** ![Atreyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Atreyu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atreyu)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2002, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anyone-on-the-sdmb-who-will-go-down-in-history-as-a-great-mind/112950/3 "2002-06-08T07:24:16Z")
NO! Don’t anyone fall for this! You see, what the **Virginslayer** is really trying to do is to find out who he needs to bump off in order to complete his plan of being named The Board’s Greatest Mind. Nice try, **Vinnie** , but I’m on to ya! 😉 [sub]Memo to **Polycarp** , **Fenris** , **Scylla** , **jarbabyj** , and **Nostradamus** : You might want to keep a low profile for a few days.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Fat\_Harry\_Deal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f475e1/32.png) [@Big\_Fat\_Harry\_Deal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Fat_Harry_Deal)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2002, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anyone-on-the-sdmb-who-will-go-down-in-history-as-a-great-mind/112950/4 "2002-06-08T07:35:37Z")
Only Cecil himself. ---
**Author:** ![Nenya\_Elizabeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ea5d25/32.png) [@Nenya\_Elizabeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nenya_Elizabeth)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2002, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anyone-on-the-sdmb-who-will-go-down-in-history-as-a-great-mind/112950/5 "2002-06-08T10:52:00Z")
**Polycarp** ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2002, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anyone-on-the-sdmb-who-will-go-down-in-history-as-a-great-mind/112950/6 "2002-06-08T12:06:31Z")
**The Bad Astronomer** and **CalMeacham** should, **Anthracite** is top ten on my list of most well-educated, insightful, and otherwise lovely people on this board. If current trends continue, I see **Captain Amazing, Fenris, Eutychus** and **Guinastasia** easily fitting that. And of course **tomndebb** , **matt\_mcl** and **Collounsbury**. Really, the question is more who _won’t_ be thought of as a great mind. You read enough here and you learn **so bleeding much**. ---
**Author:** ![MandaJo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@MandaJo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MandaJo)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2002, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anyone-on-the-sdmb-who-will-go-down-in-history-as-a-great-mind/112950/7 "2002-06-08T13:20:14Z")
Well Lordy, everybody knows that this board as a whole will go down in history due to the inadvertant-yet-critical role we had in starting WW III. School-children will be required to memorize long lists of all the posters with over 5000 posts. So get typing! ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2002, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anyone-on-the-sdmb-who-will-go-down-in-history-as-a-great-mind/112950/8 "2002-06-08T13:44:31Z")
> [@](#): > > The Bad Astronomer and CalMeacham should Ahhhhh! I as going to answer “Well, I will, of course. Just watch.” (knowing full well that most people on the SDMB won’t be around in 200 years), but having someone else say i is scary. **iampunha** , what are you angling for? What can I get you? ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2002, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anyone-on-the-sdmb-who-will-go-down-in-history-as-a-great-mind/112950/9 "2002-06-08T15:15:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Manda JO \* > \*\*School-children will be required to memorize long lists of all the posters with over 5000 posts. So get typing! \*\* \< sob \> \<------------------------------- So close, yet so far… (And I’ll agree with **Polycarp** and **The Bad Astronomer** and **Cal** to name just three of many) ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2002, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anyone-on-the-sdmb-who-will-go-down-in-history-as-a-great-mind/112950/10 "2002-06-08T15:50:06Z")
Anthracite and Chronos ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2002, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anyone-on-the-sdmb-who-will-go-down-in-history-as-a-great-mind/112950/11 "2002-06-08T16:29:34Z")
Guh. Me. And **punha** of course. We shall go down in SDMB history as the two greatest lovers. Er…greatest intellectual lovers. (And NO, I don’t mean typing dirty with one hand in hijacked thread. Not just that at any rate.:)) ---
**Author:** ![PhiloVance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e19adc/32.png) [@PhiloVance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhiloVance)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2002, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anyone-on-the-sdmb-who-will-go-down-in-history-as-a-great-mind/112950/12 "2002-06-08T20:09:33Z")
[sub]I’m voting for **Wildest Bill** or **Jack Chick** :rolleyes: I’ve heard so much about them. :D[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![welloso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/4491bb/32.png) [@welloso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welloso)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2002, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anyone-on-the-sdmb-who-will-go-down-in-history-as-a-great-mind/112950/13 "2002-06-08T20:24:46Z")
i think if i could just find the assertiveness to properly express what goes on in my head i reckon i mite be in with a shout. either that or im up my own arse. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2002, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anyone-on-the-sdmb-who-will-go-down-in-history-as-a-great-mind/112950/14 "2002-06-09T06:35:11Z")
I haven’t been on the board all that long but EVE seems to have a nice Mother Earth quality that seems to be the tie that binds. But there are quite a few people who have a thorough grasp of different fields…I am often amazed at the intelligence and thought that goes into some threads. If there is ever a serious study on creating artificial intelligence, they should use the minds that plug into this board! But for sheer humor…noone so far has made me laugh so hard as jjim…to paraphase the thread, “Lines to kill a story”. jjim wrote: “Hi, Godot.” For that line alone, jjim gets my vote. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2002, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anyone-on-the-sdmb-who-will-go-down-in-history-as-a-great-mind/112950/15 "2002-06-09T15:19:18Z")
> [@](#): > > matt\_mcl :eek: ---
**Author:** ![LC\_Strawhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@LC\_Strawhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LC_Strawhouse)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2002, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anyone-on-the-sdmb-who-will-go-down-in-history-as-a-great-mind/112950/16 "2002-06-09T20:18:59Z")
I’ve probably only seen a small fraction of what she’s written but I think **Manda JO** is probably the most consistently smart person I’ve seen posting here. ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anyone-on-the-sdmb-who-will-go-down-in-history-as-a-great-mind/112950/17 "2002-06-10T04:27:38Z")
Not me. I forfeited any claim by not being here when needed. Some quick nominees: **Fenris** for wit. **tomndebb** for detailed research. **Duck Duck Goose** for simple research. **Jodi** for logic. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anyone-on-the-sdmb-who-will-go-down-in-history-as-a-great-mind/112950/18 "2002-06-10T14:11:52Z")
“EVE seems to have a nice Mother Earth quality that seems to be the tie that binds.” —Ooooh, how lovely—the Mrs. Madrigal/Auntie Mame of the Boards! Well, maybe in 100 years, people will look on the equivalent of [bookfinder.com](http://bookfinder.com) for the published works of us half-a-dozen or so writer Dopers. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Bad\_Astronomer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f05b48/32.png) [@The\_Bad\_Astronomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Bad_Astronomer)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anyone-on-the-sdmb-who-will-go-down-in-history-as-a-great-mind/112950/19 "2002-06-10T21:50:24Z")
Pbbbt. 'nuff said. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anyone-on-the-sdmb-who-will-go-down-in-history-as-a-great-mind/112950/20 "2002-06-10T22:19:54Z")
Does being an insufferable know-it-all count? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anyone-on-the-sdmb-who-will-go-down-in-history-as-a-great-mind/112950.md?page=2)