Let's be serious. He is smarter than the vast majority here. Anyone voting he is not smart should reveal themselves so they can have a conceptual debate with him over something in public. Very few would head him off. I believe only those tiny % that are math wizards would have a chance if they can keep the debate in their purely maths expressed/orientated domain.

He may not be a pure math boffin. However, with regard conceptual thought he is a cut above 99.+% here. I have yet to see him lose a debate based upon observable events and the logical conclusions one would draw from them.

Yes, there are some real math wizards here. There are those that will hail to the belief that unless you're able to use math at the highest of levels you are not the smartest of the smart. Even so if the entire board was to vote here and use their "smart level" as a basis for this poll it would be 99 votes to smart vs 1 to not that smart. Perhaps greater even than that.

Even so, this thread is pointless. Anyone who has read his posts from the start will know.

1. he is smarter than most
2. he is outspoken and rubs some up the wrong way

Is he the very smartest person on this board? if he had more time spent in pure maths based pursuits and education?? who can say.

Who will know this apart from the very smartest here? so you are asking a handful of people to give their opinions on something 99.999% of the board will never be able to validate.