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Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

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Mathematician

The Resume

    (June 1, 1646-November 14, 1716)
    Wrote 'Monadology'
    Invented a primitive calculator
    Developed calculus

Why he might be annoying:

    He thought that everything was composed of monads (2-D almost sentient atoms), even God was a monad.
    He believed that the mind and body were distinct of each other and that God set them up to act in such a way as to create the illusion of them interacting.
    He dressed like a fancy lad.
    He was interested in alchemy for financial gain.
    He wanted his calculator to bear the inscription 'Superior to Man,' and considered sending it as a gift to the Emperor of China to show Western superiority.
    He insisted that he should be named the official historian of England (1715).

Why he might not be annoying:

    His theology was written in an attempt to unify Catholics and Protestants, and end the violence between them.
    He taught himself Latin before he was 10.
    He discovered calculus independent of Isaac Newton.
    He invented many things, including a primitive submarine and a hydraulic press.
    Some consider him the last polymath--the last person to know everything that there was to be known in all subjects of his time.
    Most of his writings were not discovered until the 20th century.
    For some reason, there is a German cookie named after him.

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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 7 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 25 Votes: 48.00% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 13 Votes: 15.38% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 15 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 24 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 15 Votes: 46.67% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 28 Votes: 64.29% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 71 Votes: 67.61% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 116 Votes: 51.72% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 186 Votes: 49.46% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 243 Votes: 48.97% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 527 Votes: 49.15% Annoying
    In 2002, Out of 203 Votes: 56.65% Annoying