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Who has the world’s highest TESTED I.Q?

Who has the world’s highest TESTED I.Q?

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A few days ago
JAMES B

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Tough one to call. Although Marilyn vos Savant managed to be listed in the “Guiness Book of Records” as having the highest IQ, this was mainly down to her consistency in scoring highly on a range of tests, rather than scoring the highest ever.

This is a problem which afflicts the whole field of IQ testing, particlarly at the upper and lower ends of the scale where sample groups are small. The lack of a truly “standard” test also muddies the waters significantly.

For example, I have undertaken six or seven IQ tests over the years, from pre-teenage through to my mid-30s. Most accepted tests are supposed to make allowances for age, yet over those series of tests I’ve scored anywhere between high 130s to mid 160s. That’s a vast margin of error by ANY standard!

In reality, it’s impossible to say whose IQ is the highest. Without subjecting everyone to a single standard test, the question becomes invalid. In my experience, the measurement of IQ bears little or no relation to what might loosely be termed “smarts”. I’ve known some ridiculously intelligent people who had the common sense of a garden slug. Equally, I’ve known people who would struggle with basic concepts in one field (e.g. mathematics) but who would be off the scale in terms of another (e.g. philosophy.)

Everyone has their “niche”, their particular area of excellence. If we were all tested in our own specialised field then we would ALL be classed as geniuses!!!

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A few days ago
millylouise
Marilyn vos Savant has the world’s highest verified IQ.
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A few days ago
Muaranah
Marilyn vos Savant
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A few days ago
Cherry Pie
I think that the person who tested (or had the test made for)Marilyn vos Savant should outsmart her. Otherwise, how ….????
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A few days ago
Anonymous
This question was asked here just 4 months ago. So, unless you know of someone that has broken the record in the last 4 months, then this information should still be valid:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070302135436AABMd9N

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A few days ago
drakke1
Not our president? :)))
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