73.6% of matchups won
742 matchups
Elo 1572
tracked 2025/05/29 → 2026/10/28
mission: Promote democracy and education · Education and Philosophy · philosophers
Public sentiment
how often it gets picked, by matchup framing74%
picked as helping wellbeing
685 matchups
68%
picked as hurting wellbeing
57 matchups
On balance people see it as helping.
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Rating over time
Elo, 7-day average · history as of 2025-09-17Related
Similar people
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William James
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60.9% wins · American philosopher, psychologist, and pragmatist (1842–1910)
02
Plato
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63.5% wins · 4th-century BCE Greek philosopher
03
Gilles Deleuze
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38.0% wins · French philosopher (1925–1995)
04
Jeremy Bentham
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67.5% wins · British philosopher, jurist, and social reformer (1748–1832)
05
Jiddu Krishnamurti
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60.3% wins · Indian spiritual philosopher, mystic, speaker and writer (1895–1986)
Known for
- Founded Laboratory Schools
- Authored Democracy and Education
- Key figure in pragmatism
- Pioneered functional psychology
- Champion of experiential learning
Based on 742 head-to-head matchups from Mic Check's global survey; ratings use Elo (1500 = neutral start). Latest data 2026/10/28. Full rankings ·
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