48.6% of matchups won
352 matchups
Elo 1671
tracked 2025/05/24 → 2026/09/27
mission: Promote scientific and philosophical inquiry · Philosophy and mathematics · philosophers
Public sentiment
how often it gets picked, by matchup framing47%
picked as helping wellbeing
319 matchups
64%
picked as hurting wellbeing
33 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
Blaise Pascal
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52.1% wins · French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer, and Christian...
02
Immanuel Kant
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51.8% wins · German philosopher (1724–1804)
03
Isaac Newton
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64.8% wins · English mathematician and physicist (1642–1727)
04
René Descartes
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58.4% wins · French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist (1596–1650)
05
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
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48.9% wins · German philosopher and theologian (1770–1831)
Known for
- Developed calculus independently
- Created binary number system
- Contributed to library science
- Pioneered mechanical calculators
- Influenced modern logic
Based on 352 head-to-head matchups from Mic Check's global survey; ratings use Elo (1500 = neutral start). Latest data 2026/09/27. Full rankings ·
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