Well, I always stand first in class...But my parents often complain about my study. Why??? Do they want me to become the smartest?
2007-03-30 23:47:16 · 17 answers · asked by Luck woman 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
Stephen Hawking, as far as well know people go. I'm sure there's some unknown who can outdo him, but i don't know their name!
Parents have a way of having super high expectations of their kids, usually it's only because they want the best for their kids -- and the kid needs to tell the parent when he or she feels overwhelmed. Otherwise they don't know where to draw the line.
2007-03-30 23:57:13 · answer #1 · answered by Steve C 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The smartest living person at this time is Daniel Tammet. He is an autistic savant who sees numbers as shapes. He can recite Pi from memory to 22,514 decimal points. He learned the Icelandic language in 7 days and speaks 6 other languages. Unlike most Savants, Daniel is nearly fully functional and can actual explain how his mind works. I have seen him on several shows recently including 60 Minutes as well as a show on th Discovery Channel. Here is a link that has a write up on him.
http://www.notelay.com/articles/people/the_worlds_smartest_man/
Stepping back in time, I would imagine that DaVinci, Einstein and Ben Franklin would be up there as some of the most ingenious minds in history.
2007-04-05 11:43:09 · answer #2 · answered by SmartGuyMark 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The following is guesswork. I don't really *know*.
They may want you to develop good study habits. They're concerned that you may always stand "first in class" because you're surrounded by folk or are either less able or not exerting themselves, or both. They don't want you to be at a disadvantage under more strenuous circumstances.
They're not pushing just for the sake of mean-ness.
2007-04-08 01:50:39 · answer #3 · answered by h_brida 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To my knowledge the writer and columnist Marilyn vos Savant is the person with the highest officially confirmed IQ by the Guinness Book of World Records. Sources I've consulted put it at 228. Even her last name means genius or scholar. By the way, she is married to Robert Jarvik, the developer of the Jarvik artificial heart. Here is another interesting aside. I remember reading once that both her parents had different forms of the same last name. Her mothers maiden name was Savant, and of course, her father's surname is/was vos Savant. So, I guess we could call her Marilyn Twice Wise, because both names ultimately derive from the Latin word "sapere," which means "to be wise." It is the same root used to form the scientific name of modern man: homo sapiens sapiens.
2007-03-31 15:09:53 · answer #4 · answered by MathBioMajor 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i guess ur already smart and if u were the smartest one on earth they would still complain about ur studies
my parents do the same but im the last in class lol
2007-03-31 06:59:36 · answer #5 · answered by Scratch N 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am the smartest person in the world. I know everything because I am Alpha and Omega. I am also the most important person in the world. Bow down before me or suffer the consequences.
2007-03-31 06:58:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
honestly... like, people can be geniuses and know sooo mush about soo many things, but who syas that that guy is THE smartest? YOU could be smarter than Steven Hawking at something right now...
i everyone is the smartest at SOMETHING... even if its the most trivial thing... :)
and as for your rents... they just care about you thats all
2007-04-05 08:38:53 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Leonardo Da vinci or Einstein
2007-04-01 04:45:15 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They put the goal post always a few feet further away so you will reach. Besides smarts they want you to have ambition. Now ask them - how does one learn creativity.
2007-04-01 02:15:42 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Einstein was a genius..
living person - Steven Hawking
2007-04-04 03:46:04 · answer #10 · answered by Lefty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋