IQ (intelligence coefficient) - This is a mark that is put to a person after passing one of the many standardized tests to measure the level of intelligence. The overall rating of 95% of people who have passed such tests ranges between 70 and 130. As Elena Malysheva said, it’s true, for a different reason: "This is the norm."
Today we bring you the top 10 men to whom the concept of “norm” cannot be applied, but another concept can be applied - “genius”. Their intelligence coefficient is much higher than that of ordinary people.
10. Paul Allen (IQ 160)
One of the co-founders of Microsoft, and now a business tycoon, one of the top 5 outstanding businessmen of our time, opens the list of the smartest men in the world.
The successful deal between Microsoft and IBM went down in history thanks in large part to Allen's efforts. Bill Gates led IBM, with an annual revenue of $ 26 billion, to believe that the young Microsoft company has a programming language Basic and an operating system that is suitable for PCs. Although in reality Microsoft has not yet had a ready OS. And it was Paul Allen who in record time found amateur programmers Tim Patterson and Rod Brock from Seattle Computer, who had the raw OS Quick and Dirty Operating System (QDOS). Then it was improved and renamed to MS-DOS (Microsoft Disk Operating System).
This deal became one of the most famous in the 20th century, and Paul and Bill subsequently 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 sound the name of Stephen Hawking. The English theoretical physicist and cosmologist, despite his physically helpless state, possessed a powerful intellect. He first formulated a cosmological theory that combines the concepts of general theory of relativity and quantum mechanics, wrote a number of scientific works, including the bestselling book “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 died in March 2018, but his name will forever remain in scientific, cinematic and literary works.
8. Albert Einstein (IQ 160-190)
He is one of the greatest physicists of all time. Einstein’s exact intelligence coefficient is unknown, because he never passed the corresponding test in life. Experts suggest that the IQ of a brilliant physicist ranged from 160 to 190.
Albert Einstein died in 1955, but before that he had predicted gravitational waves and “quantum teleportation”, presented several theories to humanity, including the theory of relativity, and also left a photograph with a funny tongue stuck out as a keepsake.
7. Philip Emegwali (IQ 190)
If you think that there are no outstanding scientists in Africa, then you are deeply mistaken. And the proof is Philip Emegwali. This scientist, mathematician and engineer is 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 do not end there. Emegvali received three master's degrees in mathematics, ecology and marine engineering at various universities. He also applied for a Ph.D. at the University of Michigan, but was denied due to racial discrimination.
6. Garry Kasparov (IQ 194)
Among the most intelligent women, and among the most intelligent men there are chess geniuses. Russian chess player Garry Kasparov is one of the greatest grandmasters of all time.
This man competed several times with artificial intelligence:
- In 1989, he won the match with the Deep Thought chess program, which had previously beaten Grandmaster Bent Larsen.
- In 1996, he lost to the Deep Blue supercomputer, which could estimate up to 200 million positions per second.
- In 2003, he reduced the match against the computer program Deep Junior (the strongest in the world at that time) to a draw.
- Also in 2003, Kasparov tied with the Fritz X3D program with a three-dimensional interface. Both this program and Deep Junior were able to evaluate 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 person in the world. Langan began to speak at six months old, and independently learned to read at three years old. Due to bullying by his stepfather, the boy left home early and enrolled at Reed College at the University of Montana. However, he subsequently left there, saying that he could teach his professors better than they did to him.
Being not only smart, but also strong, Langan worked for a long time as a bouncer. And after physical labors in the evenings, he worked on the theory of a cognitive-theoretical model of the Universe.
In 2008, he won 250 thousand dollars in the show “1 vs. 100 "on the NBC channel.
4. Kim Un-young (IQ 210)
This child prodigy began to speak fluently at the age of six months, and at the age of three he spoke three languages, except for his native Korean. He wrote poetry and two short stories at the age of four, and at age 8 he was invited by NASA to study at the University of Colorado.
At 16, the young man returned to South Korea, and although he was offered to enroll in the most prestigious university, he rejected this offer. Un-young is currently working as a teacher at Chonbuk National University.
3. Christopher Hirata (IQ 225)
At 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 was 16 years old, 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 aiku in the world.
2. Terence Tao (IQ 225-300)
This is the smartest person in the world today. This ingenious man learned arithmetic at the age of two. At the age of 9, he studied at university courses, studying mathematics on a par with older students. And when he was 20 years old, he received his doctorate in mathematics. The Tao scientific piggy bank has many different awards for outstanding achievements in mathematics. By age 24, he became the youngest professor in Los Angeles.
1. William James Sidis (IQ 250-300)
It's time to meet the smartest person of all time. This is William James Sidis, Jewish American.
Although Sidis’s IQ is not exactly known, experts claim that he was in the range of 250-300 (this is more than twice the intelligence coefficient of an ordinary person). At 11, William studied at Harvard, becoming his youngest student. And at the age of 17 he taught mathematics at the University of Texas at Rice.
However, his brilliant mind did not guarantee happiness in ordinary life. Students, being older than Sidis in age, harassed him, and the young man, being a socially passive person, decided to abandon his intimate life and completely concentrate on the development of intelligence. He lived a modest and inconspicuous life, wrote work on an alternative history of America and quit his job as soon as his colleagues realized that there was a genius next to them.
Died the most brilliant man on Earth at the age of 46, in 1944.
Russian genius Anatoly Wasserman
One of the articles posted on the website of the famous 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 passed the tests for ayk, so it is likely that now he is not inferior to the people from our rating in terms of IQ.
Wasserman also believes that intelligence in general is boosted by intellectual games, rather than IQ tests.
