72.9% of matchups won
1,264 matchups
Elo 1512
tracked 2025/05/31 → 2026/10/24
mission: Promote social justice and education · Political theory and sociology · philosophers
Public sentiment
how often it gets picked, by matchup framing74%
picked as helping wellbeing
1,165 matchups
58%
picked as hurting wellbeing
99 matchups
On balance people see it as helping.
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Rating over time
Elo, 7-day average · history as of 2026-05-29Related
Similar people
01
Jonathan Swift
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55.1% wins · Anglo-Irish satirist and essayist (1667–1745)
02
Adam Smith
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53.0% wins · Scottish moral philosopher and political economist (1723–1790)
03
Bertrand Russell
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58.7% wins · British philosopher and logician (1872–1970)
04
Nick Land
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36.4% wins · British philosopher
05
Thomas More
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64.7% wins · English statesman, lawyer and philosopher (1478–1535)
Known for
- Professor at UCL
- Founding Director of Oxford Centre
- Authored several influential books
- Member of Giving What We Can
- Contributed to education policy debates
Based on 1,264 head-to-head matchups from Mic Check's global survey; ratings use Elo (1500 = neutral start). Latest data 2026/10/24. Full rankings ·
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