From Obscure Store:Andrew Nierman, 29, has won the International High IQ Society’s first “World’s Smartest Person” competition. The title is “pretty funny,” says Nierman, adding: “The smartest person in the world probably wouldn’t bother entering this contest. I just thought it would be fun.” Full Story.
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hi what’s up this is a awesome sight now isn’t it?
Acting smart is overrated for the truely genius.
He is atsactly right. The only people who would enter the contest would be argent people. Personal i would enter it too just for fun. But thats extreamly funny.
The smartest person is not married and has no kids. Whatever the age…
i think that finding the worlds smartest person is too hard i mean we could just wait till he or she does something incredible. that way we save time looking for them.
Im a genious but wish I was born a normal brain
i think that’s funny… I believe Andrew is a smart guy, but you sure can’t really determine who is the smartest in the world… it’s a relative notion… I think Andrew did the contest out of fun only, and he is modest. IQ Tests just calculate ‘G’ scores (general intelligence, something like the CPU speed in computers, and not social skills).
What shocked me was that some high IQ people were school drop-outs and some rare even work in very low-paid jobs, whereas some ‘normal’ people can work there way to be a millionaire. The correlation between high IQ and social success may exist, but it’s not such a determinating factor.
Anyway above High IQ scores have a ceiling above 170 or 180 sd 15. Then they use ‘doubtious’ tests… Some tests ask for YOUR theory about the universe…
I like the fact that the High IQ Society is mentionned. I am member myself of this organisation and was scored top 5% (or 95th percentile). However these un-controlled Internet tests are a joke. You have unlimited tries and there is no psy watching if you are cheating.
In a ‘serious’ IQ test (RAVEN Progressive Matrices) and CATELL I scored only IQ 120 (90th percentile)— I have my doubts whether IQ Society (qualifying score: 95%-ile) was not just created to admit all people that don’t qualify for MENSA (98%-ile)… They took almost 80 dollars for membership to sent a diploma and a tshirt… That’s too much in my eyes, but it’s cool to have a such a diploma to bragg about..
Seriously, I think to do a second try at Mensa, as I had a very bad tooth ache the day of the exam, and wish to improve some percentile points, but I am as realistic as to asume that MENSA qualifying is however very tough, and I don’t think that I will pass the score i need.
I, Aaron, am the Smartest Person Alive. Period.
he can’t be
I believe that intelligence is not as important as many assume it to be. Intelligence is useless if it is not used in a way so that it creates a sort of success, make it a personal goal or a global success, or even a revolution to humankind. But having intelligence, is only good when it can be used.
I know this because I myself know of such intelligence (although young) and cannot use this intelligence as constructive as many can. I also cannot completely express my thoughts properly, but that just proves that my intelligence is not being exercised correctly or creatively enough.
So many mediocree people seem to have problem with this young guy being said to be genius, and he certainly is. It is always touching witnessing mediocree rationalizing his 99 IQ. Hey you, anencephali, I’ve got the message you not gonna like: IQ matters!!! Social succes? You meen all brownnosing you did to compensate for your low IQ and who knows what else? It sure corelates:)))
I wish me was smart.
in my 41 years of experience, i’ve found that intelligence just lets you get to where you want to be quicker — intelligence has nothing to do with motivation.
(actually, nothing to do with the pursuit of good or evil, either)
Waht is sure is that peaple with higher iq have an easyer life..such a person can easely conditionate his self.driving a car,using a computer or making plans for the next year are easy tasks..the plants or the pats in the house of such a person does’t die because of thirst..he or sche knows many adresses by heard,phone numbers,can better interpret the smile of a friend..high iq peaple musn’t necesserely have a great income or high social statue since much of that is already determined before the birth of a person.Dont forgett that a genius can be born in the jungle and a stupid person in a royal castle.
Sory for my englisch.
i seriously think i am very intelligent , because in my school i memorise things by reading them the first time and my school has made me skip 4 years yet because my school is in egypt which is not such a famous country i cnt spread the news any where
There’s a lot of spelling mistakes here!
who is the spartest woman or man in the world???????
i am. the smartest . i will never share with the world. i would be a danger for the world and many govts. Its important that i pass as normal which i am far from.
i have solved many problems in many areas of study. einstien was very close on some matters i wish i could share
you people have no life and are all Induhviduals. i’m on here because the game is over and i’m sick.
Whoa… You guys must be joking. Making those funny and stupid jokes… Tell me you ‘re joking
seriously, i dont know what’s the actual norm for iq. can someone care to email me?
… umm yeah i took the IQ test thingy on the INternation High IQ society stuff. i got a 140… what does that make me?
um ya i took sum IQ test on the INternational High IQ society entrannce thing, i got a 140, what does that make me???
also, as far as i know, PETER PARKER is the smartest person in the world, so the rest of u can just stfu!!!
I agree with “savint” about not sharing what I know with the world and that Einstein was close. I have encountered nothing but extremely negative reactions in attempting to share what I know with people who couldn’t possibly understand and attack relentlessly to cover their own ignorance.
i am stupid….
but so are all the people commenting on this site:
a) you’re wasting your time
b) you’re still reading this
c) you probably have no friends (why else would you be reading this)
d) you are STILL reading this
e) don’t make out as if you’re an exception- people will always be smarter than you- even at MENSA, there is always SOMEONE that has to be to dumbest in the room
f) I pity the fool still reading this
the smartest person in the world is Iqbal Saleh Abba whose documentation were sent to the Guiness Book of World Record’s office in England; he had dethroned Marilyn vos Savant who had different and inconsistent IQ scores by delivering an exact psychometric test document with clear cut, credible result sworn in an affidavit form by the person who had tested him. The book, however, felt overwhelmed that they had to dethrone vos savant and in this insecurity just took off the IQ category altogether. It is a shame that they did not mention him in IQ Hall of Fame; people could certainly benefit from this knowledge.
I have been working on the:
http://www.highiqsociety.org/common/iqtests/hdtest_printable/index.htm
So far have 13 right which gives an IQ score of 165.
Like Nierman I have developed computer programs to solve some of the puzzles so it is hard to say this is a direct IQ measure.
But the test is much more interesting than many as it develops your problem solving skills.
As providing a motivation to do this it is better than tests such as Mensa etc.
I will keep working on more answers, I want to get on the high score list.
The HighIQ Society has a good web presence, and it has helped me to dicsuss problems I might have in developing programs with others.
The TEI test is hard but fun and makes you think. Take question 16 as an example, I didn’t have to write a program for this but had fun using a 3D program to make slices, learnt alot about topology, which is useful if you work in the area of Computer Graphics. I even had a donut slicing party with my friends, the correct answer is quite amazing.
It has a lower cutoff than Mensa, but that is not in itself a problem, these people have intelligence far above average and can have alot to contribute.
Alan
PS On Marilyn. Her IQ is always in dispute, to be so far from the norm largely makes individuals like her unmeasurable since IQ scoring is statistical and there are too few samples at that level for statistics to apply.
She has achieved much, and is a personable person who cares about others and tries to help. A good example for us all.
We’re all conditioned idiots.
All the people that have written any comments are stupid, including me. For the following reasons…
1. How can you possibly judge who is smart and who is not?
2.The IQ tests are STUPID… someone could just as easily do the test 100 times and therefore know all the answers by heart… in a way are they smart… yes. but not in the IQ test because they simply memorized the answers. Also just because the person doing the test knows the answers doesnt make he or she smart, only in those areas
3. All the people that are “smart” and “know they are smart” are simply stupid because they dont look at how smart everyone else could be if they actually tried… plus most of the time “smart” people are just lucky.
4. Anyone who is actually reading thro all of this has WAYYY too much time on their hands… (the only reason I’m on it was because its on my sister’s desktop)
5. How do you know that this person is actually the smartest person in the world? couldn’t it be possible that someone smarter just hasnt been tested??
6.What truely makes one “smart”? Is it their high IQ test (in which I already explained is flawed) or the fact that they are lucky in the way in education? Think about it, if everyone had as much money and therefore education as this man, would he still be the smartest person in the world?
I can honestly say that we are all stupid and it is human nature to be stupid therefore there cannot be “the smartest person in the world”. Everyone needs to think about what makes one smart before they claim to be smart themselves.
(This is not to say I’m “smarter” than everyone else writing in this, because make no mistake I am probably the “Stupidest”. Also… I CAN’T SPELL!)
i’m the SMARTEST, thats why i’m rich
okay, i am not a genius, but i tested 160 on a 400 dollar iq test i was given by a group of doctors in education, after that i skipped three grades. what i know is that society is very depressing and i don’t want to have anything to do with it, money isn’t a motivation to me, and it’s not with many intelligent people, most people can not see joy beyond money and the truth is it does not bring joy. So the smartest person in the world probably lives in isolation studying trying to be at peace with them self since communicating with others is difficult, i have this problem to some degree, but imagine the only people you can communicate with are the severly retarded, that would be very depressing and in the end would not be worth it. so thats why the worlds smartest person is not fabulously rich, or has done something to contribute to society. after all einstein scored 180, the smartest person is assumed to be around 250. justin.
Looking at the jokes people can make no matter what situation they are in, thats the closest u’ll get to an iq test as it takes into account social skills too :DD
The humour on this particular site display shades and strokes of genius, those who can’t enjoy it(shrives) must first go into their washrooms break the mirror of which they spend all day looking into , grab a single shard of mirror and do us a favour.
(scary music from Fri 13th)
(it gives it that effect)
if ur so smart answer these question.
Why did the chicken cross the road?
1) who gives a dam he’s dead
2) if u have thought about answering # 1 that proves how stupid u really are
3) if u have answered 1 or 3 you deserve to be slapped.
if you have read this you must be really lonely.
There will be more questionnaires!
who cares who’s the smartest in the world, propably couldnt hold his liquor.
To answer several questions posted on this page, the average IQ is 100, however, every so often the bell curve is adjusted to keep the norm at 100 because the national IQ increases by 1 or 2 points a year. Genuis’ are typically seperated from the norm at 145. The Highest IQ known to man is actually a woman, Marilyn vos Savant, with an IQ about 230. However, like previously stated, it is constantly in debate. In conclusion, IQ is highly relative and should not be the sole requirement for intelligence. I have an IQ of almost 170, and if I know anything, its that I know relatively nothing. IQ stands for intelligence quotient, which is a persons ABILITY to learn not actually how smart they are. So, really who cares? If you are smart, then do us a favor and cure cancer or something. Oh yeah, if you would like to learn about someone who could possibly be the smartest person ever to live, research William J. Sidis, this man passed Harvard Medical Examination when he was 8, no bullshit, check it out on Wikipedia, or your local library.
Good luck and Cheers,
Matt
Well anyone can be smart it just matter’s whether or not you put your brain to use.
I could easily learn approximately 10x mor in one day than i will in a week of school, but all i would do in that time (if i did study) would study interesting things that don’t really matter
There is nothing wrong with that, if you find something to be of interest then by all means learn, learn all you can about it. You also have a scientific point as well, the brain does not retain the information as well because if you thought is was boring or stupid then you didn’t direct your full attention to it, thereby not really learning it, only memorizing, which works in the short term but later becomes worthless because the person spent all that time studying only to forget everything in a month or two, really, what a waste of time not to actually try and learn it? I mean, if you HAVE to go to school, then why do everything half-ass, because that is truely when you are wasting you time. Anyway, I suppose if someone wanted to be a chef or something, then knowing the dates and boring events of wars hundreds of years in the past and several thousands of miles away wouldn’t really matter anyway. So I guess it doesn’t matter to much anyway.
Aloha,
Matt
i say one thing i know who is not the smartest person in the world you dumb f–ks sitting around your computer all day. talking about the smartest person in the world. dumb f–ks i scored a 175 on my iq test. and i am a top doctor in my profession. you dont see me sitting on a computer trying to figure out who the smartest person in the world is.
Hey smart, if that is so then why did you type that, and why did you have to use vulgar words?
u r a NERDDDD
Hello all of you, thank you for intertaining me with your dim yet interesting conversations. I hope you all find the smartest person in the world ( even though that is quite impossible). Well, goodbye I must go study the crucible vocabulary now and other subjects such as frech. Aurevoir tout le monde : )
French Woops ! I guesss we all make mistakes, Oh and happy New Years to you all!
guess lol
Iqbal Saleh Abba is certainly the man with the highest tested IQ in the entire world and the story regarding the Guinnes Book doing him injustice is true. vos Savant has 2nd highest IQ in the world but she is already in the Guinnes Book however she was verified; but, for the number one place, it is certainly Iqbal Saleh Abba whose documentation regarding his IQ were much and far more exact than those of vos Savant and more reliable. Iqbal Saleh Abba must be recorded in the category of the highest IQ and is the smartest person in the world.
Yes! Iqbal Saleh Abba is the smartest person in the entire world with his IQ being the highest ever recorded and proof of this event was received by the Guinnes Book of World Records. The editors in England somehow did not continue the IQ category in their book because they felt embarrassed that their information about vos Savant was replaced by a more correct statement. Iqbal Saleh Abba has in fact the highest IQ in the entire world. Let the public know and be enlightened by this vital fact.
YEAH, BUT DID YOU KNOW THAT THE SMARTEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD ARE THE ONES WITH THE MOST PROBLEMS?
u r all quite stupeed cause me is smarter dan u’all peopleses
I am actually the smartest person alive.
No one seems to know who are the smartest people in the world- or for that matter who would be considered (under scruity and other factors that consider iq or intelligence), as the contender for that vote, although it is said that today chris langan has an iq that is off the charts, or unmeasuable by testing means. Savant too, her iq is debatable and muddled, im sure nw though it is considered in the bracket of 180-190, if that is to be beleived she is very smart, perhaps the brainest out of america, if i’d choose any, not out of their record on iq tests, but on their ability to think and derive and meet new challenges which immediately allow them to reach and grasp concepts and transpire to do productive work; is Albert Einstein, his clarity and courages is the rarest form of intelect i can think of. :)))double chins lol
Oh yes, and how can we define intelligence to very fine degrees? Any dumb people who are visiting this site, and at once beleiving they are actually clever should firstly research something done by a genius, i.e. Einstein, next i propose that you actually think, Yess u the brain lol, and if your daring you should allow your imagination to drift a bit, even doubt your dogmatic beliefs etc after all those our just a small number of issues regarding ego obsure mad, mindless goats, who seem to befall every intelligent comment until it looks retarded by whom i know lol … reply or post–am bored:(
To be the smartest person in the world or to have the highest IQ means nothing if you don’t use it. Just because someone takes the test and doesn’t score high doesn’t mean they aren’t smart either, it just means they have to work a little harder at learning some things, and those who did score high i truely hope you are not wasting all your time and ability. Video games and t.v. are nice and everyone needs to have a little fun but if your skills exceed that of the average person please do something to help those who are not as lucky as you. Intelligence is a gift not a right. If you don’t use it you will lose it, corny but true, ever heard of alzheimer’s?
Some say William James Sidis was the smartest man ever (IQ 250-300). But IQ is just a measure of how well one learns and applies their knowlage. There are undeniably some very brilliant minds in the world, and we must all hope they use their gifts to further mankind. A million monkeys at a million typewriters may eventually produce Hamlet. My IQ has been measured at 120-167 (I am not sure how i managed such a range, but i usually score around 143). Anyways in 20-60 years man will have reached the omega point (computers smarter than us) and then all doors are open. -Redi
think people, this is a stupid question that can never be answered. you could argue the smartest person is someone that has the highest iq, math performance, spelling ablity, etc. It can’t be judged because someone will always have a say on why they are the smartest person alive.
Smart people are born smart. You can learn things and become a very learned (yes it is a word, it is just a variation of educated) person, but that still doesnt make you as smart as some one who is born that way. Their brain devlops tenfold, they pick things up alot quicker, and ‘crack the code’ of learning in a sense. I’m 14 now, and i can write better than my english teacher who has a first class honours degree in english, he admits it himself, and it’s because i was born smart and when i was 3, i had better vocabulary than most 10 years olds, i could read as well as most 13 year olds, and could write aswell as most 11 year olds, they tried to send me to a private nursery but i cired. and i’m glad i didnt go, i owuld rather throw away what i was born with, and elad a normal life, than go off to some posh private school where everyone things they’re better than everyone else.
i’m sorry to re-post, but noticed i put cired, in the last post, i meant cired, i also put owuld, i meant would, and elad, instead of lead, i need to work on my keyboard typing,i type too fast
The smartest person in the world. i guess he/she would go experiencing all the world’s got to offer. Physically and mentally.
“Smartness” is an impossible standard to measure oneself by. There are too many confounding factors in determining whether one’s nervous system has been conditioned in such a way as to elicit more suitable reactions to environmental stimuli than the average person.
this is stupid. no one can tell who is the smartest person in the world. im only 9 and i can tell u guys if u think ur the smartest person, U SHOULD GET A LIFE…
also i agree with stupid person…if ur readung this u suck(including me) so shut up and get a life !!!!!!!
I found the test to measure knowledge that a person who would “appear” to be intelligent would have… how is knowledge of cricket remotely relevant to IQ? A bit euro biased are we?
The only true measure of intelligence is the derivation of solutions to natural problems without previous knowledge… that said I firmly believe the human of old WAS more intelligent than the man of today, science writes off the larger brain as useless… but evolution lead them down a line of intelligence, which they diligently used to set the path we follow so mindlessly today – even if we as a whole have acquired more knowledge, our wholistic ability to acquire yet more knowledge has de-evolved through our meaningless spiritual and capitalist ventures – conformity is the bane of our existence…
That is, each individual no longer bears the responsibility of advancing the race as a whole as such advancement has been frowned upon for thousands of years in the now euro formed world… that is also to say such a responsibility is the only measure and importance of IQ…. and its that truly matters….
i would rather be super hung, handsome with high testosterone than have a 201 I.Q. but I have neither so have fun all you sinners damn it anyway. boo
If conformity is the bane of our collective existance..how is it that we should collectively bear responsibility for the advancment of the human race? Seems to be a disconnect here in your logic. Or at least being at odds with it. Anyway, the Euro formed world (current global state) is the pr-eminent example of rational vrs. superstitious collective production of labor. Knowlede and prolem solving is at an all time high relative to our biological development from the primordial slime. Really, let us think of the telephone and the concentration required from most people on its enception to dial a number. Plugging one digit at a time, focused on each number in sequence. Such a task is mundane to the Advarage global citizen these days. Done with little or no thought, and there is spillover. My point…we are consumate muli taskers with much higher problem solving abilies in the now vrs the yesteryear. I say celibrate the the age of Aquarius, and Mans incredable ability to solve increasingly complex problems. Cheers for us.
TO BE SMART AND STRUT ABOUT LIKE A PROUD PEACOCK IN DISPLAYING YOUR EGO, WHAT DOES THAT DO FOR OTHERS? NOT MUCH. INTELLIGENCE IS LIFE’S GIFT TO HELP OTHERS. I’LL TAKE WISDOM OVER INTELLIGENCE ANY DAY OF THE WEEK. IN ALL YOUR GETTING, GET WISDOM FOR WISDOM WILL SEE BEYOND INTELLIGENCE TO HELP YOU COPE WITH LIFE’S PROBLEMS. THE IMPORTANCE OF INTELLIGENCE IS OVER RATED WHILE WISDOM TAKES A BACK SEAT IN PRIORITY. WHAT A SHAME. WHEN LIFE IS ENDED AND ALL IS SAID AND DONE, WHAT REALLY MATTERS IS TO BE AT PEACE WITH YOURSELF KNOWING THAT YOUR LIFE ON THIS EARTH WAS FRUITFUL AND PRODUCTIVE AND THAT YOUR EXISTENCE ON EARTH WAS WORTH BEING BORN. WE BECOME WHAT WE THINK AND DO. WE ARE THE SUM TOTAL OF OUR MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL BEHAVIORAL PATTERNS. INTELLIGENCE IS SOMETHING YOU ARE BORN WITH. EDUCATION IS SOMETHING YOU LEARN AND WISDOM IS THE SUMMATION OF ALL THREE THAT YOU USE IN GUIDING YOURSELF THROUGH LIFE. I AM NOT THE SMARTEST PERSON ON THE PLANET NOR DO I CARE TO BE. I ACCEPT MYSELF THE WAY I AM AND LIVE WITH IT. I HAVE OTHER GIFTS THAT MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE I LACK IN INTELLIGENCE. THOSE GIFTS MAKE ME HAPPY. NOTHING IS SO REPULSIVE AS TO SEE ONE’S GIFT OF INTELLIGENCE SERVE ONLY TO BE SELF WORSHIPPED UPON ONE’S SELF.
im sorry but i pitty all smart people. I unlike most am not a liar and my iq is 138. Everyone on this list say thier iq is in the 140-180’s, which is rated from a little dumber than einstien to way smarter than him. have any of you developed your theories of relativaty- how the entire f–king universe works. Im honest and i havent. im 13 and never sleep because i cant stop thinking about everything. a lot of smart people have s–t lives and never have a break from our overactive inquisative minds. i would love to be normal than smart. all the best
I have an iq of 290 ps bet nobody can answer this what happens when you mix potassium sulfate with potassiom iodine
me thinks you should develop your spelling.(sorry couldnt resist haha)
why has everyone taken an iq test anyways.. what do you get from it other than semi-decent bragging rights? and what sorta iq tests has everyone taken? those bs internet ones? coz according to those, everyone on the internet is a genius
I am probably the closest person to the title of “smartest man in the world” on this web page. Everybody makes spelling mistakes, a few loners have been putting vulgar words on this page and others are just showing off, those eejits that claimed they had IQ’s in excess 250 obviously have to get a life.
I’m not saying that I am the smartest person in the world but I am definitely the smartest person on this web page filled with dim lights.
والله مني فاهمة اش كاتبين كلكم كلجتو
المهم انا كان معدل ذكائي عندما كنت في الصف الخامس
اختبرت في مركز رعاية الموهوبات كان ذكائي 140
انا الآن في الصف العاشر
that’s all
hahaha
this is crazy I wrot by another languege
I’m smart in my high school I take 99,3
so what do you think?
I can’t speaking more ofent because my own languege it’s (arabic)
I believe that Sir Isaac Newton from England was the smartest man in the world. My IQ is 110…
Issac Newtons Iq was never measured but its been guessed at 190 they person with the worlds highest tested IQ registered at 167-230 i myself was tested at 163 that being a couple years ago of course but many people can test at above 150 easily my discussion partners iq tested at 180 they are extremely simple as long as you can solve puzzles quickly
Aaron can you make me my own pokemon from julian david cubillas
Funny comments, really shows who is smart and not so smart about how some of you take other comments so seriously, making spelling errors only makes you Human and this is obv. Not school just random URL. Does anyone have a decent iq test I can take? Note: if that guy passes harvad medical exam @ 8 he obviously was reincarnated Or brought back in time. I recommend a hypnosis because that is super natural Intelligence. If I was brought back In time(I’m 16) I would be in college at 5-7.
The person that knows who is the smartest is probably that person. Dumb people do not always know how dumb they are.
I NOW I AM SMARTEST IN SPACE IN ALL TIME.BUT I AM NOT ACTOR.I KNOW YOU ALL KNOW THAT BUT DONT ACT THAT YOU DONT KNOW!YOU KNOW THAT I AM THE ONLY ALLAH BIOLOGICAL SUN!BUT HE IS CRAZY!I CAN HELP COUSE YOU ALL ARE CRAZY BUT YOU ALL SHOULD LISTEN ME!