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Two-year-old with same IQ as Einstein
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.
By Chris Irvine
Published: 8:00AM BST 10 Oct 2009
Assessors at the Gifted Children's Information Centre in Solihull said Oscar, with an IQ of at least 160, is one of the brightest children they have every come across. 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. "He is always asking questions. Every parent likes to think their child was special but we knew there was something particularly remarkable about Oscar. "I'm fully expecting the day to come when he turns around and tells me I'm an idiot." Mother Hannah, 26, told The Daily Mail: "He amazes everyone. We knew at 12 weeks he was extremely bright. He was unusually alert." Mrs Wrigley, a housewife, added: "His vocabulary is amazing. He's able to construct complex sentences. "The other day he said to me, 'Mummy, sausages are like a party in my mouth'." Dr Peter Congdon, who assessed Oscar, said he was a "child of very superior intelligence". "His abilities fall well within the range sometimes referred to as intellectually gifted. He demonstrated outstanding ability," he said. John Stevenage, Mensa's Chief Executive confirmed Oscar had been accepted aged two years, five months and 11 days. "Oscar shows great potential. Converting that potential to achievement is the challenge for his parents and we are delighted that they have chosen to join the Mensa network for support", he said. The youngest British child to join Mensa is Elise Tan Roberts, from Edmonton, North London, at two years, four months and 14 days, with an IQ of 156.
Source: Telegraph UK Article I found on Digg
This article got me interested and I tried out this Mensa Test. I got a 26 out of 30 in 15 minutes
How about you?
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Hot teenage girls will be his downfall. He will succumb to delicious virgin skin like many before him...
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Mummy, sausages are like a party in my mouth.
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i honestly don't understand the definition of intelligence. the "smartest" people in my highschool who went to top end universities were extremely dumb IMO as they seemed completely oblivious as to how the real world works, and needed to be guided through everything.
would you call pure knowledge intelligence then? or the ability to think logically and reasonably?
i'm for the latter.
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On October 14 2009 05:44 SCC-Faust wrote:
Hot teenage girls will be his downfall. He will succumb to delicious virgin skin like many before him...
"The other day he said to me, 'Mummy, sausages are like a party in my mouth'."
I don't think he'll be succumbing girls...
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On October 14 2009 05:44 NoobsOfWrath wrote:
Mummy, sausages are like a party in my mouth.
omfg thats so wrong yet so so funny.
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On October 14 2009 05:47 decafchicken wrote:Show nested quote +On October 14 2009 05:44 SCC-Faust wrote:
Hot teenage girls will be his downfall. He will succumb to delicious virgin skin like many before him... Show nested quote +"The other day he said to me, 'Mummy, sausages are like a party in my mouth'." I don't think he'll be succumbing girls...
haha that's what I was thinking.
Seems a bit ridiculous to me, dude's 2 years old and already in mensa? I expect a cure for AIDS and cancer by 10!
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His Midi-chlorians are off the charts!
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Russian Federation4235 Posts
Calm down, it's a very common occurence for a child to display incredible cognitive power at a young age and lose it completely after. Not that he will definetely lose them, but there's never a guarantee, it's a common situation. I know of a guy who was considered nearly a genius when he was 10 (school, he solved math everybody else couldn't even comprehend) and by the time he finished school he was a regular person and went to a pretty shitty college.
Btw, how do they measure the IQ of a child? IQ tests involve numbers you know.
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Cool, but I'm pretty sure having an IQ as high as Einstein at age 2 isn't any more impressive than having Einstein's IQ at age 20-30. If anything, it's less impressive due to the extreme difficulty of testing someone that young.
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27 out of 30 in 24 minutes!
edit: But I10f got 30/30... 
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Poor kids gonna be messed up for the rest of his life imo. So much pressure to be a genius etc.
29/30
+ Show Spoiler +
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On October 14 2009 05:44 NoobsOfWrath wrote:
Mummy, sausages are like a party in my mouth.
Lois, sausages are like a party in my mouth...
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Oh god not another IQ thread.
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of course his iq is going to be sick, his cohort group consists of other two year olds. not shitting your pants puts you in the top 50th percentile, it's ridiculous! at least wait until he achieves something to report on this. oh, mensa. it's very damaging to overhype and worship iq to this degree.
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On October 14 2009 06:04 Triple7 wrote:27 out of 30 in 24 minutes! edit: But I10f got 30/30...
dang
I kinda rushed through it because I was thinking that it was only one minute per question, but I ended up with a lot of spare time. I didn't even try to do the unscrambles, my brain is just too fried from midterms.
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So this little guy only has to work on apm and he is good? Gosh, so lucky.
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if he play starcraft he be the next bonjwa in a week
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The one time I did an IQ test my score was 13x like l10f, but I was way too lazy to do homework and dropped out of math as soon as I could. A high IQ doesn't mean academic excellence but I guess he'll be very pushed towards it.
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On October 14 2009 05:47 decafchicken wrote:Show nested quote +On October 14 2009 05:44 SCC-Faust wrote:
Hot teenage girls will be his downfall. He will succumb to delicious virgin skin like many before him... Show nested quote +"The other day he said to me, 'Mummy, sausages are like a party in my mouth'." I don't think he'll be succumbing girls...
Lol. I'm glad you're unbanned.
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On October 14 2009 05:37 ghostWriter wrote:Show nested quote +Two-year-old with same IQ as Einstein
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.
By Chris Irvine
Published: 8:00AM BST 10 Oct 2009
Assessors at the Gifted Children's Information Centre in Solihull said Oscar, with an IQ of at least 160, is one of the brightest children they have every come across. 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. "He is always asking questions. Every parent likes to think their child was special but we knew there was something particularly remarkable about Oscar. "I'm fully expecting the day to come when he turns around and tells me I'm an idiot." Mother Hannah, 26, told The Daily Mail: "He amazes everyone. We knew at 12 weeks he was extremely bright. He was unusually alert." Mrs Wrigley, a housewife, added: "His vocabulary is amazing. He's able to construct complex sentences. "The other day he said to me, 'Mummy, sausages are like a party in my mouth'." Dr Peter Congdon, who assessed Oscar, said he was a "child of very superior intelligence". "His abilities fall well within the range sometimes referred to as intellectually gifted. He demonstrated outstanding ability," he said. John Stevenage, Mensa's Chief Executive confirmed Oscar had been accepted aged two years, five months and 11 days. "Oscar shows great potential. Converting that potential to achievement is the challenge for his parents and we are delighted that they have chosen to join the Mensa network for support", he said. The youngest British child to join Mensa is Elise Tan Roberts, from Edmonton, North London, at two years, four months and 14 days, with an IQ of 156. Source: Telegraph UK Article I found on DiggThis article got me interested and I tried out this Mensa Test. I got a 26 out of 30 in 15 minutes How about you?
26/30
I got questions #6, #9, #19, #25 wrong.
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Childrens IQ is meassured differently then adults but I'm sure he will be able to achive his goals.
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I had higher IQ when I was younger... the age thing really mixes up alot, I guess it must be more so for a 2-year-old.
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Man...like every other kid born nowadays is either a prodigy of some sort or a genius...
Anyways, 19 out of 30! Woot! More than 50%! Woot!
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Meh. Young intelligence is a terrible barometer. I was "gifted' (not like this kid, mind you, but apparently smarter than the other kindergartners even though I couldn't color in the lines) in elementary school, not a fun time. All the pressure on me in high school sucked, because I fell off to being your run-of-the-mill student (B's and the occasional A) and I ended up just not giving a fuck. Graduated with a decent GPA and all, but as someone said, most of the kids in the upper end of my school had no clue what the fuck to do outside of a classroom and ended up not functioning properly in college.
BTW, 24/30.
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This is proof that sausages make you smarter.
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I succsfully joined Cerebrals Society 3 years ago, to join it requires you to be: Top 0.3% (99.7th percentile; 3/1,000; IQ 141 sd15, IQ 144 sd16).
Mensa is only Top 2% (98th percentile; 1/50; IQ 130 sd15, IQ 132 sd16) this kid is a fuking noob!
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On October 14 2009 07:08 Integra wrote:
I succsfully joined Cerebrals Society 3 years ago, to join it requires you to be: Top 0.3% (99.7th percentile; 3/1,000; IQ 141 sd15, IQ 144 sd16).
Mensa is only Top 2% (98th percentile; 1/50; IQ 130 sd15, IQ 132 sd16) this kid is a fuking noob!
Stop posting on this forum and cure cancer already 
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oh, mensa. it's very damaging to overhype and worship iq to this degree.
How is it damaging? Society's very happy to say 'wow, that kid can run fast' but when it's intelligence everyone goes all funny. He has a high IQ, if you know what IQ actually means you know that as others have said it just means he's advanced for his age. It's not a linear progression.
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Let's see him consistently score that high against others through his adult life ...
IQ pits you against others, solely comparative.
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I did that test as a practice before going to take the real Mensa test. I remember getting 29/30 on it (i missed the 'insatiable' one), but I was accepted into Mensa, so I guess I did alright on the real test.
As for the kid, good luck, but IQ isn't all that helpful in life.
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Please, please help retarded and sleepy person (got 19/30)
What equation do I need to solve 23rd?
+ Show Spoiler +23. Four years ago, Jane was twice as old as Sam. Four years on from now, Sam will be 3/4 of Jane's age. How old is Jane now?
I know the answers now but it still pisses me off that I can't solve that one -_-
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On October 14 2009 05:47 decafchicken wrote:Show nested quote +On October 14 2009 05:44 SCC-Faust wrote:
Hot teenage girls will be his downfall. He will succumb to delicious virgin skin like many before him... Show nested quote +"The other day he said to me, 'Mummy, sausages are like a party in my mouth'." I don't think he'll be succumbing girls...
LOL
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is there a place with the answers for that online mensa thing?
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who here's actually taken an iq test? not the free online ones but the ones where you pay close to a thousand dollars and do the test in 8 hour sessions. in other words the only ones that actually count.
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is there a place with the answers for that online mensa thing?
just submit a blank page, shows you the answers
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On October 14 2009 07:23 beetlelisk wrote:Please, please help retarded and sleepy person (got 19/30) What equation do I need to solve 23rd? + Show Spoiler +23. Four years ago, Jane was twice as old as Sam. Four years on from now, Sam will be 3/4 of Jane's age. How old is Jane now? I know the answers now but it still pisses me off that I can't solve that one -_-
J-4=2S
3/4(J+4) = S+4
is that right? didn't check
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On October 14 2009 07:33 OneOther wrote:Show nested quote +On October 14 2009 07:23 beetlelisk wrote:Please, please help retarded and sleepy person (got 19/30) What equation do I need to solve 23rd? + Show Spoiler +23. Four years ago, Jane was twice as old as Sam. Four years on from now, Sam will be 3/4 of Jane's age. How old is Jane now? I know the answers now but it still pisses me off that I can't solve that one -_- J-4=2(S -4) 3/4(J+4) = S+4
Fixed.
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United States10774 Posts
oh okay yeah thanks! cant believe i missed that
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I can do every question in that thing in 6 minutes total apart from the word scrambles, which i stared at for 6 mins before rage quitting
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29/30 :-/
whoever managed to get banalities from insatiable must be really good at word scrambles :-/
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"The other day he said to me, 'Mummy, sausages are like a party in my mouth'."
I burst out laughing.
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On October 14 2009 07:30 onewingedmoogle wrote:
who here's actually taken an iq test? not the free online ones but the ones where you pay close to a thousand dollars and do the test in 8 hour sessions. in other words the only ones that actually count.
If I'm paying $1000 they better tell me I'm a genius whatever I get in the test. Although if I'm paying $1000 to find out how smart I am then I'm an idiot, no matter how good the test results are.
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I feel like setting up that equation for that age one is way harder than just doing guess and check though.
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On October 14 2009 07:23 beetlelisk wrote:Please, please help retarded and sleepy person (got 19/30) What equation do I need to solve 23rd? + Show Spoiler +23. Four years ago, Jane was twice as old as Sam. Four years on from now, Sam will be 3/4 of Jane's age. How old is Jane now? I know the answers now but it still pisses me off that I can't solve that one -_-
I didn't take the test but the point is you don't memorize a formula I imagine, you just look at it and figure it out logically
I picked a random even number, judging from the names they are probably young, she obviously can't be an odd number
jane is 20 in 1994
sam would be 10
jane would be 28
sam would be 18
3/4 of 28 is 21, way too high
then I did 10 (based on the difference between 18 and 21), too high
then I did 8 , which fit, now would be 1998 or 12
took like 60 seconds
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i'd still ball him up in BASKETBALL... till he reaches age 16-18 then we dont know
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On October 14 2009 07:52 PokePill wrote:Show nested quote +On October 14 2009 07:23 beetlelisk wrote:Please, please help retarded and sleepy person (got 19/30) What equation do I need to solve 23rd? + Show Spoiler +23. Four years ago, Jane was twice as old as Sam. Four years on from now, Sam will be 3/4 of Jane's age. How old is Jane now? I know the answers now but it still pisses me off that I can't solve that one -_- I didn't take the test but the point is you don't memorize a formula I imagine, you just look at it and figure it out logically I picked a random even number, judging from the names they are probably young, she obviously can't be an odd number jane is 20 in 1994 sam would be 10 jane would be 28 sam would be 18 3/4 of 28 is 21, way too high then I did 10 (based on the difference between 18 and 21), too high then I did 8 , which fit, now would be 1998 or 12 took like 60 seconds
LOL no you don't memorize a formula, you can make one up on the spot. This is like basic algebra.
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On October 14 2009 05:44 NoobsOfWrath wrote:
Mummy, sausages are like a party in my mouth.
ahaha i was like wow really?
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On October 14 2009 06:13 intrigue wrote:
of course his iq is going to be sick, his cohort group consists of other two year olds. not shitting your pants puts you in the top 50th percentile
I seriously laughed for 5 minutes.
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On October 14 2009 07:43 anImaru wrote:
29/30 :-/
whoever managed to get banalities from insatiable must be really good at word scrambles :-/
I was lucky because I thought of abilities as soon as I saw the word, and then banalities came soon after.
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29/30, in the potato raddish question i rather tought of the form similarity. pears are an elipse while apples are round, and so potatoes are approximately elipse-formed while peaches are round....
ok, maybe their solution makes more sense, but mine is not completely off imho.  
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Watch him just develop really early, and stop then level out and be as stupid as the rest of the word. Yeah i could speak 3 weeks after i was born but i still cant wipe my own ass!
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On October 14 2009 07:58 InsideTheBox wrote:Show nested quote +On October 14 2009 07:52 PokePill wrote:On October 14 2009 07:23 beetlelisk wrote:Please, please help retarded and sleepy person (got 19/30) What equation do I need to solve 23rd? + Show Spoiler +23. Four years ago, Jane was twice as old as Sam. Four years on from now, Sam will be 3/4 of Jane's age. How old is Jane now? I know the answers now but it still pisses me off that I can't solve that one -_- I didn't take the test but the point is you don't memorize a formula I imagine, you just look at it and figure it out logically I picked a random even number, judging from the names they are probably young, she obviously can't be an odd number jane is 20 in 1994 sam would be 10 jane would be 28 sam would be 18 3/4 of 28 is 21, way too high then I did 10 (based on the difference between 18 and 21), too high then I did 8 , which fit, now would be 1998 or 12 took like 60 seconds LOL no you don't memorize a formula, you can make one up on the spot. This is like basic algebra.
lol +1
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IQ tests are just a matter of training your brain in a certain way. As with anything practice will make you exceptional at IQ tests.
If that kid did that test at that age its truely amazing but I think they do a different test for children which isn't likely to be accurate. But if they put the child into a gifted school early he will most likely develop exceptionally as would almost any child if given the right environment.
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you can definitely train for iq tests... not exactly the bes measure of a person intelligence... I remember the math teacher at our school teaching us the types of questions that are on there and how to solve them so that we could beat the other kids at our school at it
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not even gonna try to think of the answers to those questions......
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History has shown that kids with that kind of potential usually end up beind duds due to pressure or fame or some other variable. I'll be impressed when he actually does something worthwhile. Till then, good for the parents, they get to brag to all their neighbors.
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On October 14 2009 08:45 Adeeler wrote:
IQ tests are just a matter of training your brain in a certain way. As with anything practice will make you exceptional at IQ tests.
If that kid did that test at that age its truely amazing but I think they do a different test for children which isn't likely to be accurate. But if they put the child into a gifted school early he will most likely develop exceptionally as would almost any child if given the right environment.
Well said, if he has the right environment he will most likely develop his natural smarts. If he doesnt do anything about it then it will wither away.
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Kudos to him. Hope he keeps up that curiosity in years to come.
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What exactly has mensa done for mankind?
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it's a shame that most child geniuses die really young, what's even more weird is that they die through suicide.
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25 in about 10 minutes. Got 6, (I forgot 7 lol) 15 16 19 and 21 (Never seen a radish) wrong. The other three I attribute to English being the third language I learned as a child.
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good for the kid and family! hopefully he will make a positive impact on the world 20 years from now
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High intelligence doesn't come without a price. I predict he will have some sort of severe social deficiency in the future.
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Cool, and remember, being well adjusted to a sick society is no sign of mental health.
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This guy should play starcraft
lmao, "genius" 2-year olds make me feel angry at my life...
must... kill...
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On October 14 2009 07:14 Assymptotic wrote:Show nested quote +On October 14 2009 07:08 Integra wrote:
I succsfully joined Cerebrals Society 3 years ago, to join it requires you to be: Top 0.3% (99.7th percentile; 3/1,000; IQ 141 sd15, IQ 144 sd16).
Mensa is only Top 2% (98th percentile; 1/50; IQ 130 sd15, IQ 132 sd16) this kid is a fuking noob! Stop posting on this forum and cure cancer already
you'd be surprised at the number of individuals with higher IQs that contribute jackshit to society, bunch of whiners.
fuck high iqs.
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Intelligence is relative.
The only way to tell who's a better dude between two people is ARM WRESTLING.
Who cares about my IQ? If I was ARM WRESTLING that kid, I bet I could win.
Edit: Seriously, though. Intelligence IS relative. IQ tests don't really mean much anyway. I just can't take Mensa seriously. Then again, if a bunch of people want to get together and declare themselves "smart", I guess it doesn't really affect me.
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On October 14 2009 07:43 anImaru wrote:
29/30 :-/
whoever managed to get banalities from insatiable must be really good at word scrambles :-/
Agreed..... I spent 10+ minutes on that one alone..... And I got the same score.....
btw - do you guys really think IQ is that big of a deal? If so, why? If not, why?
IQ shows how well your brain can process information. However, that solving power does not mean anything if you do not have the drive to even click "submit" at the bottom of the site, so, relatively speaking, it can become completely useless. OTOH - if you're not smart enough to do anything more than guess at the answers, then, well, clicking "submit" will not yield any spectacular result.
Ultimately, imo, the ability to do great things requires both intelligence, and the drive to accomplish something worthwhile. And, at least with the drive, something can be accomplished. Therefore, drive must be the more important factor, not intelligence.
And I can attest to that. I took one of those "8 hr IQ tests" (it wasn't that bad.....), and I scored 156 (+- a few, I can't remember the margin on the test I took), but it took me 6 years to get through high school, because I was such a huge slacker, and I skipped all the time. And I'm still a slacker in University (I could get better grades, but I screw around too much). And I know it, but I just don't have the "drive" that some others have.
I also like playing, and watching, football (American style) way too much.....
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IQ is kinda like potential, in a certain way. But the thing with potential is...it needs to be realized. I don't know about Mensa that much, but hopefully they'll be able to help the kid grow correctly.
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iq doesn't mean anything
i dont expect this kid to ever do anything remarkable.
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On October 14 2009 08:33 BlackJack wrote:Show nested quote +On October 14 2009 07:58 InsideTheBox wrote:On October 14 2009 07:52 PokePill wrote:On October 14 2009 07:23 beetlelisk wrote:Please, please help retarded and sleepy person (got 19/30) What equation do I need to solve 23rd? + Show Spoiler +23. Four years ago, Jane was twice as old as Sam. Four years on from now, Sam will be 3/4 of Jane's age. How old is Jane now? I know the answers now but it still pisses me off that I can't solve that one -_- I didn't take the test but the point is you don't memorize a formula I imagine, you just look at it and figure it out logically I picked a random even number, judging from the names they are probably young, she obviously can't be an odd number jane is 20 in 1994 sam would be 10 jane would be 28 sam would be 18 3/4 of 28 is 21, way too high then I did 10 (based on the difference between 18 and 21), too high then I did 8 , which fit, now would be 1998 or 12 took like 60 seconds LOL no you don't memorize a formula, you can make one up on the spot. This is like basic algebra. lol +1
I know this is basic algebra because I remember doing similar exercises in high and iirc middle school too but this doesn't mean I'm not interested in formula too. I need things like this now because when I hear my professor saying and read fucking "complex" and "imaginary" numbers on a blackboard during a lecture I know I'm fucked i.e. I need shit like this?
How the fuck square of anything can be -1 -_- fml
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Poor kid is going to be pressured like hell to perform. : (
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I got 24/30
stupid word scrambles, only got 1 of the word scrambles, I missed that 7 question and some other question.
kind of just rushed through it though
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On October 14 2009 09:02 Meta wrote:
History has shown that kids with that kind of potential usually end up beind duds due to pressure or fame or some other variable. I'll be impressed when he actually does something worthwhile. Till then, good for the parents, they get to brag to all their neighbors.
Interestingly enough, history's only common variable between the 100 most influential people has been:
Bad family upbringing.
Seems like people with a chip on their shoulder try harder to be able to say "ha, fuck you" to the world.
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On October 14 2009 12:15 beetlelisk wrote:Show nested quote +On October 14 2009 08:33 BlackJack wrote:On October 14 2009 07:58 InsideTheBox wrote:On October 14 2009 07:52 PokePill wrote:On October 14 2009 07:23 beetlelisk wrote:Please, please help retarded and sleepy person (got 19/30) What equation do I need to solve 23rd? + Show Spoiler +23. Four years ago, Jane was twice as old as Sam. Four years on from now, Sam will be 3/4 of Jane's age. How old is Jane now? I know the answers now but it still pisses me off that I can't solve that one -_- I didn't take the test but the point is you don't memorize a formula I imagine, you just look at it and figure it out logically I picked a random even number, judging from the names they are probably young, she obviously can't be an odd number jane is 20 in 1994 sam would be 10 jane would be 28 sam would be 18 3/4 of 28 is 21, way too high then I did 10 (based on the difference between 18 and 21), too high then I did 8 , which fit, now would be 1998 or 12 took like 60 seconds LOL no you don't memorize a formula, you can make one up on the spot. This is like basic algebra. lol +1 I know this is basic algebra because I remember doing similar exercises in high and iirc middle school too but this doesn't mean I'm not interested in formula too. I need things like this now because when I hear my professor saying and read fucking "complex" and "imaginary" numbers on a blackboard during a lecture I know I'm fucked i.e. I need shit like this? How the fuck square of anything can be -1 -_- fml
a lot of people overthink this, all it is:
Definition: i = sqrt(-1)
then i^2 = -1 from the definition.
if you cared to know, they allow the square root operation to be closed on a set, namely the set of complex numbers. in other words, if you square root any complex number you will get a complex number, a fact that is not true of the reals (if you square root a real you dont necessarily get a real number)
you're thinking of numbers as actual RL objects but they're not.
OT: IQ tests are measurements of nothing more or less than the ability to perform well in academics. they don't really measure intelligence fully, but they aren't meaningless either. If someone scores high on an IQ test it means they could probably do well in school and are above average at problem solving, however, it makes no postulates as to how good they are at specific academic subject areas such as math/english/history or anything else really.
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the kid will probably be consumed by his own intelligence.
26/30. my vocab sucks so bad T_T
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i have a secret
i am mensa
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On October 14 2009 13:50 jonnyp wrote:Show nested quote +On October 14 2009 12:15 beetlelisk wrote:On October 14 2009 08:33 BlackJack wrote:On October 14 2009 07:58 InsideTheBox wrote:On October 14 2009 07:52 PokePill wrote:On October 14 2009 07:23 beetlelisk wrote:Please, please help retarded and sleepy person (got 19/30) What equation do I need to solve 23rd? + Show Spoiler +23. Four years ago, Jane was twice as old as Sam. Four years on from now, Sam will be 3/4 of Jane's age. How old is Jane now? I know the answers now but it still pisses me off that I can't solve that one -_- I didn't take the test but the point is you don't memorize a formula I imagine, you just look at it and figure it out logically I picked a random even number, judging from the names they are probably young, she obviously can't be an odd number jane is 20 in 1994 sam would be 10 jane would be 28 sam would be 18 3/4 of 28 is 21, way too high then I did 10 (based on the difference between 18 and 21), too high then I did 8 , which fit, now would be 1998 or 12 took like 60 seconds LOL no you don't memorize a formula, you can make one up on the spot. This is like basic algebra. lol +1 I know this is basic algebra because I remember doing similar exercises in high and iirc middle school too but this doesn't mean I'm not interested in formula too. I need things like this now because when I hear my professor saying and read fucking "complex" and "imaginary" numbers on a blackboard during a lecture I know I'm fucked i.e. I need shit like this? How the fuck square of anything can be -1 -_- fml a lot of people overthink this, all it is: Definition: i = sqrt(-1) then i^2 = -1 from the definition. if you cared to know, they allow the square root operation to be closed on a set, namely the set of complex numbers. in other words, if you square root any complex number you will get a complex number, a fact that is not true of the reals (if you square root a real you dont necessarily get a real number) you're thinking of numbers as actual RL objects but they're not.
Thank you for explaining it to me and sure I do care but this woman is like a machine gun X_x I think she writes faster on a blackboard than most of us in notepads, I just don't even have everything she wrote to read and try understand it. What's more I'm a total examples whore, I fully get something when I can imagine how it works, Redox reactions from chemistry are rare example (edit when I don't have to -_-)but it was 2 years ago I solved last ones anyway.
I asked 2 people from China about pictures they were making during yesterday's lecture. There's 43 pictures from 1,5h lecture o_o
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Most exceptionally intelligent people I have known have become very lazy, since school is boring and pointless to them. His parents should definitely not put him in normal schools, he'll just end up wanting to fit in and turn emo or something.
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On October 14 2009 22:56 Neverborn wrote:
Most exceptionally intelligent people I have known have become very lazy, since school is boring and pointless to them. His parents should definitely not put him in normal schools, he'll just end up wanting to fit in and turn emo or something.
The hardest part is probably allowing for his social development... I'm not even sure what method generally works best for this.
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AS far as I know IQ measures your mental age in relation to your actual age. So this kid with an IQ of 160 would be as developed as an average 3.2year old kid. Which is impressive, but not really significant as these things tend to shift as people grow older.
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On October 14 2009 06:03 overpool wrote:
Cool, but I'm pretty sure having an IQ as high as Einstein at age 2 isn't any more impressive than having Einstein's IQ at age 20-30. If anything, it's less impressive due to the extreme difficulty of testing someone that young.
Yeah you are absolutely correct. It's funny that the news doesn't mention the fact that the IQ of 160 at age of 2 is comparable to other 2 year olds. Also Einstein never took an IQ test but if he did and he's IQ was 160 it would be 160 to compared to people of his age
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24/30, 16 minutes.
I messed up the one with the 7's + Show Spoiler +double 7 in 77 god how stupid
All the other false answers were in those English language questions. Didn't try too hard on those, or else I could have used my 30 minutes to the last second. I got most of my vocabulary from games and the internet. My English teachers sucked.
Also, those tests are so uncreative. powers of 2 and 3, primes, fibonacci numbers, random image patterns... I haven't exactly done a lot of these tests, but I really wasn't impressed by their set of questions.
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i got 10/30 in 12 mintues. i guess i should have taken my time
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wow i hate / suck at maths so i didnt bother to take the test lol
uhhh wel hope the kid does something in the future.
and no one answered what has mensa done for mankind before? o _o
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Your score was 23 out of 30. :/
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On October 14 2009 09:34 BalliSLife wrote:
it's a shame that most child geniuses die really young, what's even more weird is that they die through suicide.
what's even more weird is that this is completely not true
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On October 14 2009 23:33 alffla wrote:wow i hate / suck at maths so i didnt bother to take the test lol uhhh wel hope the kid does something in the future. and no one answered what has mensa done for mankind before? o _o
sip wine and laugh at the common man
it's just some elitist organisation of people that tries to further the cause of smart people even more
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I got 18/30. I feel pretty stupid
I haven't used math in like 2 years.
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I agree that going to mensa is a mistake for the parents. They should be affiliating themselves with organizations and people who focus on fostering achievement, not one that sees intelligence in itself as something noteworthy.
Smart kids get told that they're smart, and tend to develop this attitude that they'll be successful just because they're smart. Most "geniuses" throughout history weren't the best at what they did because they were so much more gifted than everyone else, but because they worked 5x harder than everyone else.
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On October 14 2009 06:11 Freyr wrote:Show nested quote +On October 14 2009 05:44 NoobsOfWrath wrote:
Mummy, sausages are like a party in my mouth. Lois, sausages are like a party in my mouth...
Seriously, when I saw this story I immediately thought of Stewie as well. British accent and everything...how could you not?
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On October 15 2009 00:44 Neverborn wrote:
Smart kids get told that they're smart, and tend to develop this attitude that they'll be successful just because they're smart. Most "geniuses" throughout history weren't the best at what they did because they were so much more gifted than everyone else, but because they worked 5x harder than everyone else.
Yeah, it's more about the work you put in than anything else. Being smart helps though.
It bothers me when people assume that because a kid is smart, he'll automatically be socially retarded, fail at life, and commit suicide. Are people that scared of smart kids?
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+ Show Spoiler + on October 14 2009 05:44.SCC-Faust wrote:
Hot teenage girls will be his downfall. He will succumb to delicious virgin skin like many before him...
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'Mummy, sausages are like a party in my mouth'
Only a genius would come out at that age...
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On October 14 2009 05:47 decafchicken wrote:Show nested quote +On October 14 2009 05:44 SCC-Faust wrote:
Hot teenage girls will be his downfall. He will succumb to delicious virgin skin like many before him... Show nested quote +"The other day he said to me, 'Mummy, sausages are like a party in my mouth'." I don't think he'll be succumbing girls...
lol
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Whats the point in joining mensa? Its not like it commands any real respect. I personally could careless if someone was in mensa, and before anyone says Im just jealous I could join mensa if I wanted too =p. that test anit so hard.
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29/30
i'm still staring at the one it tells me is wrong (the word coiled inside the circle)
i'm seeing STRONGER. what's the answer supposed to be?
nevermind i can't type lol
STONGER ftw!!!
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Early geniuses are overhyped ...
Most great genius were'nt especially early, it's true that some were like Mozart or Gauss, but thats not at all the majority ...
Poor kid, I am sure all the espectations will fuck up his mind and he will end up heroin addict.
ps : sorry for the bad english
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give the motherfucker a BroodWar CD!
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On October 14 2009 05:56 BluzMan wrote:
Calm down, it's a very common occurence for a child to display incredible cognitive power at a young age and lose it completely after. Not that he will definetely lose them, but there's never a guarantee, it's a common situation. I know of a guy who was considered nearly a genius when he was 10 (school, he solved math everybody else couldn't even comprehend) and by the time he finished school he was a regular person and went to a pretty shitty college.
Btw, how do they measure the IQ of a child? IQ tests involve numbers you know.
There is a very shallow learning curve when you are young and it gets steeper and steeper as you grow older. You are right, some children show ability at a young age then become either super lazy or just hit that learning curve and stay on track with everyone else. im sure on TL there are some people who were like this kid and are smart now but not insane geniuses or anything. The kid just learns quick because he is 2 years old; the things he is talking about are probably basic things that seem hard because he is 2, but really he just picks up on things quickly.
There is a high chance of him being just like everyone else.
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On October 14 2009 09:31 Count9 wrote:
What exactly has mensa done for mankind?
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they have the mensa college. its a college of genius.
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