> Not very Von Neumann was a genius in every single form of the word. The only historical figures I feel safe comparing him to is Sir Isaac Newton (which is a s

> Not very Von Neumann was a genius in every single form of the word. The only historical figures I feel safe comparing him to is Sir Isaac Newton (which is a stretch Newton is really beyond compare). Newton is overrated, and has been for too long. The mathematician Greg Chaitin thinks that Newton's contemporary Liebniz is superior in intellect.