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Posted on Nov 08, 2007 - 1:10am by John P. in Philosophy, Thoughts
The other day I sat down to watch The Princess Bride for about the 10,000th time. Man that is a great movie! Anyway, when I was watching the part where Vizzini, the Sicilian, was answering the question as to how smart he is, he said:
“Let me put it this way. Have you ever heard of Plato, Aristotle, Socrates? Morons.”
So, I decided to mosey on over to the Interwebs and find a list of people with the highest IQ ever measured, and lo and behold I couldn’t find one! So for the sake of future searchers, I compiled the following information. Enjoy.
In order to establish a baseline knowledge, IQ (intelligence quotient) is a score derived from attempting to measure the actual mental horsepower of any given individual. Personally I place little value in IQ tests, but I do acknowledge that they are an indicator of some common potential success factors, so we’ll leave it at that.
The “average” IQ is by definition 100, so if you score below that you are dumber than average, and above it means smarter than average.
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 The distribution of IQ scores is as follows:
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In 1926, psychologist Dr. Catherine Morris Cox – who had been assisted by Dr. Lewis M. Terman, Dr. Florence L. Goodenaugh, and Dr. Kate Gordon – published a study “of the most eminent men and women” who had lived between 1450 and 1850 to estimate what their IQs might have been. Data from that study as well as other sources around the net were compiled to form the following list. Please drop me a comment if you have additions or corrections (make sure and cite sources).
Also, see Wikipedia’s list of Universal Genius (Polymaths).
Now that you’ve read all about these really smart people, surely you want to know how you compare? Well, set aside a full 40 minutes and go through this test to determine where you are on the evolutionary chain.
Select the image below and the clock starts when the test loads, so be prepared in order to get the full 40 minutes. Trust me, you’re gonna need it! Oh, and if you answer “A” on every question, you get a 72! (a=72, b=65, c=65, d=65, e=72, f=72, g= 65, and h=65 – Only The Man would help you cheat on an IQ test!)
EDIT: I received the following e-mail from Mike, a former school psychologist of 30 years, regarding the validity of this IQ Test:
…one of the better and possibly fairly accurate IQ tests (11/8/07) seen on the net. Two caveats:
1. This test evaluates visual spatial reasoning skills, and not verbal which some may say would be a bias toward guys.
2. This test does not assess processing speed and ability to make quick/accurate and perhaps more c creative choices.For different view of intelligence away from IQ try: Theory of Multiple Intelligences
If it turns out you are a Genius, join a club! Here’s how to hook up with your intellectual peers:
By the way, why is it that most of the high IQ society Web sites suck so bad? And if I may inquire additionally, why is it that none of them have sections on their sites where they are actually teaching people by translating highly complex issues into understandable language?
Now, for the rest of us (I score just above a moderately intelligent canine, but just below a porpoise), you can just join the One Man’s Blog Society for the Incredibly Average. Believe me, we have a lot more fun around here.
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Seriously you guys should learn i’m 11…and had 178
Your IQ score is based on your age.
I just watched Bobby Fishers comments about Israel and America. At know time does he make any comment about Jews. He says the United States and Israel are illegitimate countries. Not quoting him specifically. He made no statement about Jews. Although, he seems to be a little out there, but then again he suppose to be a genius. Taking that into consideration I think a lot of people that have a genius IQ are a littler wacky! Including you.
personally, I think geniuses can be the unhappiest people on earth!
I came in at the superior intelligence range, and I see so much about the world that I wish I could change :(
I just watched Bobby Fishers comments about Israel and America. At know time does he make any comment about Jews. He says the United States and Israel are illegitimate countries. Not quoting him specifically. He made no statement about Jews. Although, he seems to be a little out there, but then again he suppose to be a genius. Taking that into consideration I think a lot of people that have a genius IQ are a littler wacky!
Derren Brown has an IQ of 217 – I think he should be added to this list.
Having an IQ bordering between gifted and genius depending on the weather, I find that IQ doesn’t mean anything in the grand scheme of things.
If you take a couple of geniuses and they have a child, the chances are the kid will have some kind of autism leading me to think that intelligence is limited, and nature doesn’t want people to be too clever!
Success is actually about hard work, and focus, not intelligence. The most successful people tend to be just a little better than average – clever enough to know what they are doing, stupid enough not to spend all day thinking!
Hi, it is important to know your iq, but lets say it is 180 and you absorb info very easy. A person with a lower iq of lets say 100 could study your noncommutative variables (morse codes) you are doing over and over with out your knowing and getting to know you better than yourself.
My IQ in that test is 120 and well im not that intelligent and it makes me feel bad.
seriously guys i´m not 11 i´m 21 years old hehehe.
You forgot William James Sidis…said to have a IQ well over 200
Odd but you still write like an 11 y/o. (?)
My iq came in at 127 on the SD 16. This is along the lines of the SAT, Stanford-Binet and Act tests I have taken; I usually place at around the top 5 percent.
what? and he hasn’t killed himself yet?
the people I’ve know with very high IQs are not only lonely, but they can’t be conversed with cause they’re always right (they think).
I know-I was married to one :(
mine i s 134 and hopefully next year it will be 150.
yeh I am 118 with 16 SD. I want to get the interpretation of the score in details
You should skip all those “alleged” IQ´s. The only thing ure doing is contributing in spreading rumours! If u dont even have a clue how theyve came up with the IQ, just skip it! Otherwhise u just seem like a fool urself.
:O why isn’t Steven Hawking with 281 IQ on here? he craps all over that list
what is bill nyes iq …..
A couple of points. First, I don’t think that Chris Langan’s IQ is as high as he reports it to be.
He provides very little evidence for his claim. His wife is a clinical psychologist and he can easily have practiced the IQ test that he took on television with her beforehand. Second, Marilyn vos Savant is brilliant but she herself admits that IQ scores are silly. You should check out another list of Top 10 Smartest Living People.
I don’t actually agree with the people on that list either, but those are at least prominent scientists and so forth, John! I think the problem with that list is that it misses Stephen Hawking, who your list has. Anyway, nice list.
half of all the people in this country are below average IQ. Thats shocking. I’ll write to my MP.
I administer IQ tests all the time. This test seems similar to the performance IQ of the WASI. My IQ is 10 pts lower on this test that it is on the WASI. Could be the lack of sleep, and no coffee. :) I was disappointed to say the least. I scored high on the GRE (96th and 93 percentile) of the population of GRE test takers which like the SAT is proxy for IQ.
i had 140
thanks
i think michael scofield should be added in the list ^^
Im a genius,and i am telling you right now that IQ tests arent silly.When someone scores high on a IQ test…its shows their smart…and its never coincidence.Those test are designed to literally tap in to our brain and find out how intelligent we are.A person who scores lets say a 180 cant be dumber than someone who scores a 130…thats not possible,unless the person who had 130 took a test that was alot harder than the test of the one with the 180,and there are no different types of intelligence either.Think about it,take emotional intelligence for example…what is it? Its the ability to understand your own and other peoples emotions.Basically how well u can figure someone out….so if your trying to figure someone out…then your trying to solve a problem..dontcha think? Therefore it’s no different than mathematical, problem solving..like u would do on an iq test.
i’m above 160 with sd 24
am i a genius?