70.4% of matchups won
2,179 matchups
Elo 1727
tracked 2025/05/24 → 2026/07/07
mission: Advance scientific understanding · Physics and Astronomy · philosophers · politicians
Public sentiment
how often it gets picked, by matchup framing70%
picked as helping wellbeing
2,012 matchups
78%
picked as hurting wellbeing
167 matchups
On balance people see it as hurting.
Who rates it higher
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Rating over time
Elo, 7-day average · history as of 2026-04-23Related
Similar people
01
Isaac Newton
→
64.8% wins · English mathematician and physicist (1642–1727)
02
Johannes Kepler
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38.0% wins · German mathematician and astronomer (1571–1630)
03
Ptolemy
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48.6% wins · 2nd-century Roman mathematician, astronomer, geographer
04
Archimedes
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66.9% wins · Greek mathematician and physicist (c. 287 – c. 212 BC)
05
Nicolaus Copernicus
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51.0% wins · Polish mathematician and astronomer (1473–1543)
Known for
- Heliocentric model advocate
- Discovered Jupiter's moons
- Improved telescope design
- Studied motion and falling bodies
- Developed scientific method
Based on 2,179 head-to-head matchups from Mic Check's global survey; ratings use Elo (1500 = neutral start). Latest data 2026/07/07. Full rankings ·
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