2007-04-02 08:20:52 · 12 answers · asked by iconoclast12 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
The Guinness Book of World Records stopped listing the highest IQ in 1989 (along with many other world records).
IQ testing is an inexact science with many different society tests and standards.
But this comes from Wikipedia:
It is generally acknowledged that Marilyn vos Savant has an extremely high IQ, and she has belonged to Mensa, Prometheus, and other high-IQ societies.
However, there is much confusion over its actual value, with different data and calculations yielding different numbers: 167+, 186, 218, 228, and 230.
The measurement of extremely high IQs is an inexact science, subject to problems including small sample sizes (because so few people have IQs at this level), ceiling bumping (because many tests are not designed to measure such high IQs), and a fat tail (because there seem to be more high IQs than a normal distribution would predict), as well as to the controversy over IQ in general.
Marilyn was listed in the 1986 to 1989 editions of the Guinness Book of World Records under "Highest IQ".
Subsequent editions do not include this category, and her column now reports that she is listed in the Guinness Hall of Fame.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/marilyn_vos...
Link below is to a list of Mensa members:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/category:me...
2007-04-02 08:25:48 · answer #1 · answered by Sam 3 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Who Is The Smartest Person In The World?
Kim Ung Yong is the smartest man in the world! His IQ Score is rated at a hefty 210! The following excerpt is from wikipedia... "Kim Ung-Yong (born March 7, 1963) is a Korean former child prodigy. He scored a 210 IQ on the Stanford-Binet test according to the Guinness Book of World Records.
That IQ Score makes him the smartest person in the world. Many sites list either Marilyn Vos Savant or Chris Langan improperly as the smartest person in the world but its clear, hands down, Kim Ung Yong from Korea is the smartest person in the world.
Edit: At 160, Stephen Hawking's IQ isn't really that high (yeah, compared to us dodo's, but not compared to the "genius" population...
2007-04-02 15:26:08 · answer #2 · answered by Nasubi 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Marilyn vos Savant. Her IQ was rated at 228 and I believe she is in the Guinness book of world records as such.
2007-04-02 15:27:38 · answer #3 · answered by Josh 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Steven Hawking
2007-04-02 15:23:58 · answer #4 · answered by imabadassbetty 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Marilyn vos Savant
2007-04-02 15:40:25 · answer #5 · answered by dianemelloniemarlenejerryginder 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sir Steven Hawking.
2007-04-02 15:23:19 · answer #6 · answered by Ted 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
ur me doos i finks i iz ta bestist clevver persin in da worldz
see the funny side !
Kim Ung Yong Korean born very clever, so high iq could not be monitored. spoke several languages from as young as 4 yrs. he is highest iq person not me i am sorry for that :(
2007-04-02 15:23:51 · answer #7 · answered by delbolof 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Anybody that smart would make sure the world thought it was somebody else.
2007-04-02 15:29:02 · answer #8 · answered by Happy Camper 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The full answer to your question would be:
Steven Hawking
2007-04-02 18:23:18 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stephen Hawkings.
Or maybe George Bush cause people have a hard time understanding him too.
2007-04-02 15:23:50 · answer #10 · answered by Ands 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋