Who are the best thinkers you've come across?

[PenguinPablo]

What the title says. Who are the best thinkers you've come across? With really off the wall, out of the box thinking that perhaps challenged or changed your perspective. 

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[Hojo]

Donald Hoffman

[Whitney Edwards]

Bertrand Russell. 

[EternalForest]

Well first off, Einstein obviously. For both his scientific and creative insights.

Next, Alan Watts is way up there in terms of spiritual wisdom and consciousness!

Mother Teresa's philosophies were invaluable and enlightening.

For someone still alive, Neale Donald Walsch is brilliant as well and changed my life with his messages from God.

Finally, I think George Washington had a lot of political wisdom we can still learn from today.

[Twentyfirst]

That homeless woman that one time threw a cup of ice at me and threatened my life because I walked past her

Really woke me up from my autopilot

Made me question things 

[Kairos]

Von nuemann ,Gödel, Nietzsche , Jung , and of course Leo gura 

[Ramanujan]

Jack Canfield , Stephen R Covey ,  Napoleon Hill , David Allen , Cal Newport

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[Leo Gura]

Eben Pagan is tops.

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[Staples]

Nassim Taleb
Tim Ferriss
Daniel Schmachtenberger
Peter Ralston
My economics professor in university who proved how neoliberalism was dysfunctional. Watching him debate was like watching a Lion tear a gazelle apart. Total domination. He steel-manned his opponents and slam dunked them anyway.

and Leo of course

Also, some engineering personalities specific to my industry who are geniuses in their niche. There are lots of geniuses out there who just don't find a platform.

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[Salvijus]

Alex O'Connor. I'm surprised he's only 25 years old. 

[Aaron p]

My Buddhist priest is a pretty articulated thinker. Those Buddhists have major insight sometimes in the form of little fluffy allegories, chitta celsang geatso 

[Sugarcoat]

David Goggins is a great thinker for me