Intelligence is a human ability and talent related to understanding something specifically. Generally, intelligence is highly correlated with a person’s mindset, reactions, and intelligence in everyday life. The higher the level of intelligence of a person, usually the smarter and smarter that person is.
Well, people with a high level of intelligence are called intelligent people. In this world, people with IQ scores (intellegence quotient) above 140 is considered a group of geniuses. Meanwhile, one of the most genius people in the world is William James Sidis. Let’s look at the facts.
1. William James Sidis has an IQ score above 250
Reported All Thats Interesting, a number or mathematician named William James Sidis turned out to have the highest IQ in the world, which is above 250 and is able to approach 300. This figure is far above the IQ of Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking which ranges from 160 to 180.
In several intelligence and IQ tests, William Sidis always gets an absolute number in the range above 250 to 300. If you take the average, William Sidis’ IQ score is at 260. Of course, William James Sidis is classified as a genius because of the number His IQ is within 150 of the average IQ.
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2. Who is William James Sidis?
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William James Sidis was born on April 1, 1898 in New York, United States. At that time, little William Sidis was already making a scene in the media because he was able to pass several intelligence tests for adults. In fact, back then, he was considered a magical boy, as written in National Public Radio.
His father, Boris Sidis, was a scientist and psychologist who also had above-average intelligence. In his childhood, William James Sidis was judged not to like mathematics and tended to be lazy to study. Despite having an intelligent father, many believe that William Sidis inherited intelligence from his mother.
Yup, William Sidis’ mother, Sarah Mandelbaum, was of Jewish and Russian descent who was also said to have extraordinary intelligence and talent. However, throughout his life, William Sidis has honed his intelligence to be considered beyond the intelligence of his parents.
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3. College at Harvard when he was 11 years old
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It is not easy to carry out an education at Harvard University even for intelligent adults. However, unlike William Sidis, he was able to carry out higher education at Harvard University. Initially, his father even registered William Sidis when he was 9 years old, but the campus refused.
Finally, when he was not even 12 years old, William Sidis was already studying at Harvard and became one of the youngest students ever to study at the leading university. In 1910, he took a series of complex math tests and passed so several professors at Harvard let him enter college.
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4. Mastering various languages
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William James Sidis’s father, Boris Sidis, mastered many languages. Some have witnessed that Boris Sidis was able to speak and understand twelve foreign languages. However, William James Sidis was even greater because he was able to master and speak 25 languages.
Reported page History of Yesterday, Apart from numbers and complex mathematicians, William Sidis was also known as a linguist and he was very gifted at it. In other words, in addition to genius, William James Sidis also belongs to the polyglot group or polyglot, namely humans who are able to master many languages.
It was noted that William Sidis was able to understand and communicate in English, Russian, German, Hebrew, Armenian, French, Spanish, and others. However, William Sidis’ natural talent in language is also widely owned by other people who are both included in the polyglot group.
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5. Have an unlucky life
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There is a saying that it is better to be lucky than to be intelligent or rich. For William James Sidis, perhaps this saying could be true. Because his life is included in the unlucky group. In fact, with his extraordinary intelligence, he was unable to get anything in his life.
He is indeed popular with his extraordinary intelligence. Unfortunately, he was actually used by many others. William Sidis is also not as famous as Albert Einstein and other scientists. He was only able to work in the administration of a company owned by someone else. It is said that William Sidis was always haunted by feelings of inferiority and difficulty in socializing.
William James Sidis once opposed World War I. But of course no one listened to him at the time. Reported Harvard Magazine, William Sidis’s childhood was also judged not as happy as counted. From childhood until his death on July 17, 1944, William Sidis always lived in solitude and personal exile. Without a life partner and no family or friends makes him one of the most lonely intelligent people in the world.
Those are some unique facts about William James Sidis, a genius mathematician with an IQ of over 250. Unfortunately, he has a life that is less fortunate in terms of economy, family, and love. Hopefully this article can add to your knowledge, yes!
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