58.4% of matchups won
320 matchups
Elo 1662
tracked 2025/05/31 → 2026/10/28
mission: Explore existence and knowledge · Philosophy and mathematics · philosophers
Public sentiment
how often it gets picked, by matchup framing57%
picked as helping wellbeing
277 matchups
65%
picked as hurting wellbeing
43 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
Blaise Pascal
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52.1% wins · French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer, and Christian...
02
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
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48.6% wins · German mathematician and philosopher (1646–1716)
03
Pythagoras
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57.8% wins · Greek philosopher and mathematician (c. 570 – c. 495 BC)
04
Immanuel Kant
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51.8% wins · German philosopher (1724–1804)
05
Giordano Bruno
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44.8% wins · Italian Dominican friar, philosopher and mathematician (1548–1600)
Known for
- Cogito, ergo sum
- Analytic geometry
- Mind-body dualism
- Scientific method influence
- Conservation of motion
Based on 320 head-to-head matchups from Mic Check's global survey; ratings use Elo (1500 = neutral start). Latest data 2026/10/28. Full rankings ·
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