IQ (intelligence quotient) Is a mark given to a person after passing one of the many standardized tests to measure the level of intelligence. The general assessment of 95% of people who passed such tests fluctuates between 70 and 130. As Elena Malysheva said, however, on a different occasion: "This is the norm."
Today we present to you the top 10 men to whom the concept of "norm" cannot be applied, but another concept can be applied - "genius". Their IQ is much higher than that of ordinary people.
10. Paul Allen (IQ 160)
The list of the smartest men in the world is opened by one of the co-founders of Microsoft and now a top-5 business tycoon outstanding businessmen of our time.
The successful deal between Microsoft and IBM went down in history thanks in large part to the efforts of Allen. Bill Gates made IBM, with $ 26 billion in annual revenues, believe that the fledgling Microsoft had a Basic programming language and operating system suitable for the PC. Although, in reality, Microsoft did not yet have a ready-made operating system. And it was Paul Allen who, in record time, found amateur programmers Tim Patterson and Rod Brock of Seattle Computer, who had a raw Quick and Dirty Operating System (QDOS). Then it was improved and renamed MS-DOS (Microsoft Disk Operating System).
This deal became one of the most famous in the 20th century, and Paul and Bill later became multimillionaires.
9. Stephen Hawking (IQ 160)
If you ask several people the question of who is the smartest man on Earth, at least one of the answers will probably include the name of Stephen Hawking. The English theoretical physicist and cosmologist, despite his physically helpless state, possessed a powerful intellect. He was the first to formulate a cosmological theory that combines the concepts of general relativity and quantum mechanics, wrote a number of scientific works, including the bestseller "A Brief History of Time". The scientist participated in the creation of popular science films, actively popularized science, and wrote a children's book "George and the Secrets of the Universe".
Hawking passed away in March 2018, but his name will forever remain in scientific, cinematographic and literary works.
8. Albert Einstein (IQ 160-190)
He is one of the greatest physicists of all time. Einstein's exact IQ is unknown because he never took a test during his lifetime. Experts suggest that the genius physicist's IQ ranged from 160 to 190.
Albert Einstein died in 1955, but before that he predicted gravitational waves and "quantum teleportation", gave humanity several theories, including the theory of relativity, and also left a photograph with a funny protruding tongue.
7. Philip Emegvali (IQ 190)
If you think that there are no outstanding scientists in Africa, you are deeply mistaken. And the proof of this is Philip Emegvali. This scientist, mathematician and engineer is originally from Nigeria. He created and used the Connection Machine supercomputer to analyze oil fields, for which he received the Gordon Bell Prize in 1989.
His achievements don't end there.Emegwali earned three master's degrees in mathematics, ecology and marine engineering from various universities. He also applied for a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan, but was turned down due to racial discrimination.
6. Garry Kasparov (IQ 194)
As among the smartest womenand among the smartest men there are chess geniuses. Russian chess player Garry Kasparov is one of the greatest grandmasters of all time.
This person competed with artificial intelligence several times:
- In 1989, he won a match against the Deep Thought chess program, which had previously beaten Grandmaster Bent Larsen.
- In 1996, he lost to the supercomputer Deep Blue, which could estimate up to 200 million positions per second.
- In 2003, he reduced the match against the computer chess program Deep Junior (the strongest in the world at that time) to a draw.
- Also in 2003, Kasparov played a draw with the Fritz X3D program with a three-dimensional interface. Both this program and Deep Junior could estimate 3-4 million positions per second.
5. Christopher Langan (IQ 190-210)
Considered one of the smartest American men. And some journalists even called him the smartest man in the world. Langan began speaking at six months, and learned to read on his own at three. Due to bullying from his stepfather, the boy left home early, and entered Reed College at the University of Montana. However, he subsequently left there, claiming that he could teach his professors better than they did him.
Having turned out to be not only smart, but also strong, Langan worked as a bouncer for a long time. And after the physical labors in the evenings he worked on the theory of the cognitive-theoretical model of the Universe.
In 2008, he won $ 250,000 on 1 vs. 100 "on NBC.
4. Kim Woon Young (IQ 210)
This child prodigy began to speak fluently at the age of six months, and at three years old spoke three languages, except for his native Korean. He wrote poetry and two short stories at the age of four, and at the age of 8 he was invited by NASA to study at the University of Colorado.
At the age of 16, the young man returned to South Korea, and although he was offered to enroll in the most prestigious university, he turned down this offer. Un Yong is currently a professor at Jeonbuk National University.
3. Christopher Hirata (IQ 225)
At the age of 12, Christopher graduated from college. And at 13, he became the youngest American to win a gold medal at the International Science Olympiad. By the time he turned 16, he was already working with NASA on projects related to distant planets. And at 22, Hirata became a doctor of science in astrophysics. He is one of the three men with the highest aikyu in the world.
2. Terence Tao (IQ 225-300)
it the smartest man in the world for today. This brilliant man learned arithmetic at the age of two. At the age of 9, he took university courses, studying mathematics on a par with older students. And when he turned 20, he received his doctorate in mathematics. Tao's scientific treasury has many different awards for excellence in mathematics. By the age of 24, he became the youngest professor in Los Angeles.
1. William James Sidis (IQ 250-300)
It's time to meet the smartest man of all time. This is William James Sidis, Jewish American.
Although Sidis's IQ is not known for certain, experts say it was in the 250-300 range (more than double the IQ of the average person). At the age of 11, William studied at Harvard, becoming his youngest student. And at 17 he taught mathematics at Rice University in Texas.
However, his brilliant mind did not guarantee happiness in ordinary life. The students, being older than Sidis in age, bullied him, and the young man himself, being a socially passive person, decided to give up his intimate life and completely focus on the development of intelligence. He lived a modest and inconspicuous life, wrote a work on an alternative history of America and quit his job as soon as colleagues realized that they were a genius.
The most genius man on Earth died at the age of 46, in 1944.
Russian genius Anatoly Wasserman
One of the articles posted on the website of the well-known intellectual, journalist, publicist and political consultant Anatoly Wasserman says that in his youth Anatoly passed the Eysenck test. And the overall result was 150 points. After that, Wasserman no longer took the aykyu tests, so it is likely that now he is not inferior to people from our rating in terms of IQ.
Wasserman also believes that intelligence in general is enhanced by mind games, not IQ tests.