Have you ever wondered who these incredible people are, whose intelligence is amazing? Who has nature endowed with special abilities? Geniuses are not necessarily only scientists or inventors, such people can be found in a variety of fields. Let's talk about some of them and find out what the greatest minds of mankind are up to.
IQ as a measure of intelligence
Let's talk about IQ – this is an indicator that allows you to assess the level of intelligence of a person. However, high scores are extremely rare. In everyday life, the average IQ is considered to be around 100, and if your score is above 140, you can be called a genius. But imagine that your IQ exceeds 190! This is a unique case, and such people can be counted on the fingers of one hand.
Philip Emegvali: illegitimate son of mathematics and technology
Meet Philip Emegvali, whose IQ reaches an impressive 190 points. Originally from Nigeria, this man not only managed to build a career as a software engineer, but also became the inventor of a supercomputer. Its device is capable of analyzing large amounts of data in the field of oil fields and has played a huge role in the development of the industry.
Garry Kasparov*: chess player and politician
Garry Kasparov (recognized as a foreign agent) is another IQ 190 holder. This chess genius became the youngest world champion at the age of 22, setting a record that still remains unsurpassed. But his career was not limited to playing at the chessboard - he showed interest in politics and even joined the ranks of human rights activists. Garry has always been at the forefront of the duels between human and computer intelligence, which made his name known in the field of AI.
Kim Ung-Jong: polyglot and scientist
Kim Ung-Yong, whose IQ reaches 210, is originally from South Korea. He amazed the world when he became a doctor of physics at the age of 15. In addition to his achievements in science, Kim speaks five languages, which he began to learn at the age of two, and managed to work with NASA, which indicates his universal talent and progressive thoughts in engineering.
Einan Cowley: Record holder for IQ
The highest IQ score - 250 points - belongs to Einan Cowley from Singapore. From childhood, he showed incredible learning abilities and at the age of 7 he knew the entire periodic table by heart. His memory is unique, he easily remembers the trajectory of any object. Einan found his calling not only in science, but also in art. This man is really universal in his talents, because at the age of 12 he made his first film! Now Einan is 25 years old, and he is better known as a classroom teacher - children adore his lectures, where he explains all the complexities of science at an understandable level.
A little physics, mathematics and art
You've probably heard the names of Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton, Mikhail Lomonosov, and Dmitri Mendeleev. All of these historical figures, presumably with high IQs, simply "moved" science long before the invention of the test. It was their intellectual abilities that made it possible to make tremendous changes in the understanding of the world.
Geniuses who did not pass IQ, but made great discoveries, live among us. For example, this is the Russian Grigory Perelman, who solved one of the seven greatest mysteries of mathematics - he proved Poincaré's theorem, one of the problems of the millennium, which scientists from all countries were struggling with. It is known that Perelman lives modestly, does nothing but mathematics in life. He even refused the $1 million prize that was due to solve the problem.
Other contemporaries with a high IQ
There are other well-known names that have a high level of intelligence.
- For example, Bill Gates with an IQ of 160: he dropped out of Harvard to devote himself to the creation of Microsoft,
- Stephen Hawking, whose research on black holes and cosmology changed the way we look at the universe — his IQ was estimated to be between 160 and 170 points,
- Mislav Predawec, a mathematician with an IQ of 192, founded the GenerIQ community,
- Another genius, Christopher Langan with an IQ of 195, developed an entire cognitive model of the universe,
- Evangelos Katsioulis, a doctor and philosopher whose IQ reaches 198, has been fond of books and paintings since childhood,
- 12-year-old British Anvitha Patil scored 162 points in the IQ test, thanks to which she became a member of Mensa, the world's largest society for people with the world's most developed intelligence. According to her father, Anvita dreams of using her intellect and her knowledge in solving social problems, and in addition to mathematics, she loves Harry Potter and is engaged in Indian dance.
