55.6% of matchups won
295 matchups
Elo 1675
tracked 2025/05/25 → 2026/10/04
mission: Explore human potential and consciousness · Literature and philosophy · philosophers
Public sentiment
how often it gets picked, by matchup framing54%
picked as helping wellbeing
263 matchups
72%
picked as hurting wellbeing
32 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 2025-08-29Related
Similar people
01
David Hume
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53.7% wins · Scottish philosopher, economist, and historian
02
Albert Camus
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37.5% wins · French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)
03
Alan Watts
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51.9% wins · English writer and lecturer (1915–1973)
04
Hermann Hesse
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50.9% wins · Nobel Prize winning German-Swiss poet, novelist and painter (1877–1962)
05
A. C. Grayling
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44.9% wins · English philosopher
Known for
- Wrote Brave New World
- Promoted psychedelic experiences
- Nominated for Nobel Prize
- Elected Companion of Literature
- Significant contributions to mysticism
Based on 295 head-to-head matchups from Mic Check's global survey; ratings use Elo (1500 = neutral start). Latest data 2026/10/04. Full rankings ·
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