Culture - Albert Hoffman: No. 1 Living Genius?

[enquirewithin]

Top 100 living geniuses

Last Updated: 2:08am GMT 31/10/2007

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...ustable128.xml



British geniuses feature heavily in a recent list that notes the greatest living thinkers of our time - proportionately more than any other country.

The top 100 living geniuses was compiled by a panel of six experts in creativity and innovation from Creators Synectics, a global consultants firm.

The company emailed 4,000 Britons this summer and asked them to nominate up to 10 living people who they considered geniuses.

Each genius was then awarded scores out of ten against criteria which included: paradigm shifting; popular acclaim; intellectual power; achievement and cultural importance.

1=Albert Hoffman (Swiss) Chemist 27
1=Tim Berners-Lee (British)Computer Scientist 27
3George Soros(American) Investor & Philanthropist 25
4Matt Groening(American) Satirist & Animator24
5=Nelson Mandela(South African) Politician & Diplomat 23
5=Frederick Sanger(British) Chemist 23
7=Dario Fo(Italian)Writer & Dramatist 22
7=Steven Hawking(British) Physicist22
9=Oscar Niemeyer(Brazilian) Architect21
9=Philip Glass(American) Composer21
9=Grigory Perelman(Russian) Mathematician21
12=Andrew Wiles(British) Mathematician20
12=Li Hongzhi(Chinese) Spiritual Leader20
12=Ali Javan(Iranian) Engineer20
15=Brian Eno(British) Composer19
15=Damian Hirst (British)Artist19
15=Daniel Tammet (British)Savant & Linguist19
18Nicholson Baker (AmericanWriter18
19Daniel Barenboim (N/A)Musician17
20=Robert Crumb (American)Artist16
20= Richard Dawkins (British)Biologist and philosopher16......

and so on...

This list is not to be atken seroiusly!

[Samadhi]

FINALLY!!!
he was brilliant in ways other than just making LSD too...
he was a very brilliant chemist and he can also write write well

if you haven't picked up "LSD; My problem child" do so.
its a good book

[Joe Duffy]

It’s amusing that the ‘Telegraph’ couldn’t even spell “Hofmann” correctly, but not surprising.

[Coconut]

An understandable mistake, I'd think. "Hoffman" is a common way of spelling the surname. Still idiotic though.

[bjarkii]

Absolute legend. So many people have had infinitely deep experiences thanks to that man. Also, OP, is your location a reference to Coleridge (the most brilliant man to have ever lived)? if it is, i'll love you forever.