46.9% of matchups won
1,334 matchups
Elo 1595
tracked 2025/05/25 → 2026/03/08
mission: Advocate for scientific rationalism · Philosophy of science · philosophers
Public sentiment
how often it gets picked, by matchup framing45%
picked as helping wellbeing
1,204 matchups
65%
picked as hurting wellbeing
130 matchups
On balance people see it as hurting.
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Rating over time
Elo, 7-day average · history as of 2025-08-29Related
Similar people
01
Jürgen Habermas
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44.3% wins · German sociologist and philosopher (born 1929)
02
Bertrand Russell
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58.7% wins · British philosopher and logician (1872–1970)
03
Nick Land
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36.4% wins · British philosopher
04
Leo Strauss
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41.3% wins · History of Political Philosophy scholar (1899-1973)
05
Karl Marx
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70.5% wins · German-born philosopher (1818–1883)
Known for
- Falsifiability principle
- The Open Society
- Philosophy of science
- Critique of totalitarianism
- Adoption of critical rationalism
Based on 1,334 head-to-head matchups from Mic Check's global survey; ratings use Elo (1500 = neutral start). Latest data 2026/03/08. Full rankings ·
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