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Oscar Wrigley, a two-year-old with the same IQ as Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking, has become the youngest boy in Britain to be accepted into Mensa. He has been ranked in the 99.99th percentile of the population and has been ranked off the scale as the Stanford-Binet test cannot measure higher than 160.
Oscar’s father Joe, 29, an IT specialist from Reading in Berkshire, said: “Oscar was recently telling my wife about the reproductive cycle of penguins. I’m fully expecting the day to come when he turns around and tells me I’m an idiot.”
Except IQ has very little to do with practical intelligence in the long run. You should all read Outliers.
blog comments powered by Disqusi just wonder how they test young kids like this, can i be tested too?
mensa people scare me
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I have read the Outliers, and I to agree with Alec. Intelligence is necessary but there is a point of smart enough....
Except IQ has very little to do with practical intelligence in the long run. You should all read Outliers.
Oscar Wrigley, a two-year-old with the same IQ as Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking, has become the youngest boy in...
delayprocrastinate:yewknee:kateoplis: Oscar Wrigley, a two-year-old with the same IQ as Albert Einstein and Stephen...
Omg, look at the offsprings of IT specialist.. hahahaha. Amazing!
yewknee:kateoplis:
key quote here is:
oh come on, that takes ALL