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Oscar Wrigley, a two-year-old with the same IQ as Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking, has become the youngest boy in Britain to be accepted into Mensa.

Assessors at the Gifted Children's Information Centre in Solihull said Oscar, with an IQ of at least 160, is one of the brightest children they have every come across.

He has been ranked in the 99.99th percentile of the population and has been ranked off the scale as the Stanford-Binet test cannot measure higher than 160.

Oscar's father Joe, 29, an IT specialist from Reading in Berkshire, said: "Oscar was recently telling my wife about the reproductive cycle of penguins.

"He is always asking questions. Every parent likes to think their child was special but we knew there was something particularly remarkable about Oscar.

Dr Peter Congdon, who assessed Oscar, said he was a "child of very superior intelligence".

"His abilities fall well within the range sometimes referred to as intellectually gifted. He demonstrated outstanding ability," he said.

John Stevenage, Mensa's Chief Executive confirmed Oscar had been accepted aged two years, five months and 11 days.
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  • Gravity_Man
  • Gravity_Man
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      Gravity_Man  
    • What's the temperature of a filament inside a regular incandescent light bulb? And all we get is the light? heh heh heh heh We're screwed in a big light socket, fallen and we can't get up.

    • 2 years ago
  • Gravity_Man
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      Gravity_Man  
    • Einstein was full of crap. Not really, but I always wanted to write it. I imagined how great it would be to write just once "Einstein is full of crap", and now that I have written it, it's just as great a feeling as I imagined it would be.

      Imagine that! It's very embracing, just like Einstein said it would be, like that aftershave that makes women rub your face on the bus and pucker their lips.

      I took an online IQ test back in 2002, first IQ test I'd ever taken in my life. I was 52YO. That test turned out to be the toughest damn test I ever took in my life. I think they were trying to outdo Mensa. They gave me a high ranking but then they said if I took it again, knowing what it's like, most people get a higher score.

      Once was enough. Besides, the stupid thing said I was qualified to run a world corporation. They called me a "Thinker-Philosopher" but as far as the IQ number it was only like 145 or something... unless hmm, I guess I could have read it wrong. Maybe it was 245. Oh well. I'm gonna be moving in about 5 weeks so I'll come across the certificate they sent me, then I'll have it right.

      If they gave that test to that boy hehehehe he wouldn't get far. He won't get far anyway. A world of lessers will keep him down just like they kept me down. Einstein made it because he agreed to blow up lots of Japs, so now everybody hangs on every scribble he ever made. Big whoop.

      His creativity blew up cities. My Millenial Dawn engine reverses what they did with the atom bomb and makes slow power like he knew was possible. I made it possible and they won't build it for ya, plus kept me from making the money to build it, so no matter because the giant screw in my back is in everybody else's back also.

      Buncha scared wusses. All they know how to do is dole out stuff real, real slow, as they are able to figure out how to set up a monthly billing cycle for everybody to have to pay them. What a crap mentality that feels it has to do that. Bottom Feeders, Scum. I've already shown how to make a regenerating solar engine that blows solar panels away.

      But with solar panels constantly wearing out they know soon as you pay the system loan off you'll have to replace all the solar cells. hahahahaha And you guys actually think that little boy will be able to challenge the old lions eh? You better think again. They'll have him for lunch and you'll get what they want you to get, like Ye Olde Guard Express Graham => http://current.com/items/91248869_sen-graham-we-need-to-use-the-coal-that-god-ha... You all are toast brother.

    • 2 years ago
  • Bethany_Ridinger
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      Bethany_Ridinger  
    • Every kid has the potential to be the "Next Einstein." I know a kid that has an IQ of over 150 and he fails every class because he just doesn't want to do the work. He doesn't care. Most Toddlers/Babies don't care about the hypotenuse of an isosceles triangle. They know that Dora comes on every morning. That's about it. I wish this kid the best in all he does, and hope he gets to live a normal childhood.

      "Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand." - Albert Einstein

    • 2 years ago
  • bielski
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      bielski [removed]  
    • Here's a list of the IQs of some famous people.

      Leonardo......that's Da Vinci....210!!! Scary. And he said women were just mechanisms for reproduction. Really intelligent eh?

    • 2 years ago
  • dudefromtherock
  • clayjj05
  • Mariana_GS
  • freedom765
  • Chancey
  • Valence
  • carmalite
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      carmalite  
    • I for one would not mind being that intelligent. How much easier would have been the Calculus, the statistics, the Anatomy. AHHHH to be lazy and just sit there in class and get it all from the lecture.
      I knew people who did that. I knew one who did not crack a book and still made almost all A's. I studied.

    • 2 years ago
  • Gravity_Man
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      Gravity_Man  
    • carmalite:

      I was one of those but there were many. Some worked hard, I didn't though, I was too smart for that. In the end, everybody comes to the same pothole in the road, pathetic, loveless, lovelorn losers uhm, normal. I have a few engines I invented that open the door to graduating from Type 0 to Type 1 civilization, but because I didn't go ta college (due to illnesses) no one really believes I have them. And even if they did "believe" it wouldn't matter, you still wouldn't get them, because the people at the top have to at all costs make sure we don't smooth into home plate from a ball hit off my bat.

      Enjoy the 20th century a bit longer I guess.

    • 2 years ago
  • Mariana_GS
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      Mariana_GS  
    • carmalite:

      I went to highschool with a guy like that, too. I had a measly 120 IQ and he had a 136, which isn't that much really, but he still sailed through with straight A's not having so much as shown up in many classes...

      I totally hated that guy.

    • 2 years ago
  • tawnybabe
  • Gravity_Man
  • danitassin
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      danitassin  
    • I hope he uses his knowledge well in life, and I hope his parents keep nurturing him as well as they have.

      I once met a mother who told me not to talk to her 18 month old child because "she's a baby, she doesn't understand". I could write my name when I was 2. Not because I'm gifted, but because my mother believed I could do anything and didn't hold me back.

    • 2 years ago
  • carmalite
  • kevinthedude
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      kevinthedude  
    • danitassin:

      I had a full conversation with my grandpa about astronomy and the possibilities of life on other planets when i was 2. I bet if I took an IQ test back then I would've been up there too, even though I'm only in the 130s now.

    • 2 years ago
  • Shadowthought
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      Shadowthought  
    • I feel sorry for this child...because intelligence of that level kills people...thousands of people...weather you invent the Nuclear Warhead...or start playing with the thesis that make up our very life.
      These people are the killers...then genius's, who give us the means to kill each other so easily.
      I wish him the best...and hope he uses his mind responsibly.

    • 2 years ago
  • newamerica2012
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      newamerica2012  
    • Just freaky. Kids like these, even adults who have super intelligence must have something in their brains that is turned on where the rest of us have it turned off. Or it could be the other way around, we have something turned on that they have off. But if all these people in Mensa are so smart, why are they not ruling the world? The only person who held a powerful position that I can find in this group is Norman Schwarzkopf. Others like Scott Adams. lol Asia Carrera! A porn star, kooky. James Von Brunn! The holocaust memorial shooter, what a crowd this group attracts.

      Hopefully this kid will grow up and move into a important role in our society, most members of mensa seem to not go this route.

    • 2 years ago
  • abg123
  • kevinthedude
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      kevinthedude  
    • There are hundreds of kids with IQs well over 200. At a young age intelligence varies and being twice as smart as the averge two year old is nothing special. By the time he's 14 he'll have an IQ around 120-150 like a lot of teenagers.

    • 2 years ago
  • MirrorLake
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      MirrorLake  
    • Children are a lot smarter than we give them credit for...we need to teach children reading, writing, and mental math skills from the earliest ages possible. We should probably teach them to touch-type from an earlier age, too, haha

    • 2 years ago
  • dragon1984
  • J_Jammer
  • tome_erau
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      tome_erau  
    • Did you know that the Unabomber was a genius. He graduated with a PhD from Harvard when he was 25. Probably the last person born with the IQ of this kid. Not every genius is a superhero.

      Food for thought.

    • 2 years ago
  • Gravity_Man
  • quanta
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      quanta  
    • I find it interesting that,no one is questioning how this child can to be, who are his parents that so quickly decided to hook him up with the " community" and what is really going on behind the scenes. It's good to be smart but not good to be controlled for specifics means. the child has a long journey ahead of him, he's gifted, I fear for him. He's already a star.

    • 2 years ago
  • veronaaa
  • Gravity_Man
  • Follow_me
  • keithponder
  • JrmSays
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      JrmSays  
    • Fascinating, but not nearly as much as the spelling error right out the gate.. "every come across?" Sorry to be a dick, but damn..

    • 2 years ago
  • Agent_Alpha
  • asherp
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      asherp  
    • I have a feeling that most people would be "super-intelligent" if their parents encouraged them to pursue their interests.

      Besides that, IQ is only measured against what is expected for that age group, so his IQ may decrease with age.

    • 2 years ago
  • Minus5scenePoints
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      Minus5scenePoints  
    • That's a lot of pressure for a 2 year old. And how will things come to be as he gets older? It seems as if it would be both a burden and a curse. I do wish him the best, but at the same time, the amount of expectation are gonna be REAL high for this young lad.

    • 2 years ago
  • drewsuf721
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      drewsuf721  
    • First of all, who tests their kid at age 2? Overbearing parents, that's who.

      Second, the test is relative to age so comparing him to Einstein, who I would assume did not take an IQ test at age 2, is dishonest.

      Third, all this means is the kid reads at the level of a 3 year old. Sorry to spoil the oohs and aahs.
      IQ = (MentalAge/ChronologicalAge) * 100.

    • 2 years ago
  • Bood
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      Bood  
    • drewsuf721:

      Maybe his parents saw something special in him and with the support of friends and family decided to get an IQ test. He is going to a gifted school so I'm sure there are individuals there capable of nurturing his intelligence and curiosity but at the same time allow him to have social interactions

    • 2 years ago
  • ocanada
  • Alanisnotcool
  • PressCore
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      PressCore  
    • I hope this young man is inclined to be hetero because there'll be a treasure trove of women looking to mate with him when he matures into adulthood. And what this world really needs is a lot more brighter people than dimmer people. Not only the world of people, but the Earth itself. Natural selection produced a faster, smarter human being as an improvement to the species to continue the survival of the entire human race. This young man may have the solutions to the problems needing to be solved then. Because he'll be a leader rather than a follower his only race is with time, and not any other because no one can compete with him. Like the fable of the tortoise and the hare. So long as they let him be, he'll likely be a bright normal well adjusted human with
      an extraordinary mind. I do hope he likes music and learns how to play the piano though. The math involved in learning the consonant scale will make it a lot faster still for him to master physics as Einstein did.

    • 2 years ago
  • Alanisnotcool
  • CarlosIsDown
  • Lidia78
  • LadybugLady
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      LadybugLady [removed]  
    • I hope this child can live a normal life.I see parents all the time pushing their kids as small as 3 months showing words on boards and stuff. I think those parents are doing it for their pride and who kids are smarter.Let him be a child.

    • 2 years ago
  • kreddig
  • monicasilva
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      monicasilva  
    • Kids are already born smarter. some are genius but they are all too smart. just stop and watch and listen to them. you could go crazy!

    • 2 years ago
  • EmperorThan
  • mrpibb19
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      mrpibb19  
    • ...The reproductive cycle of penguins? Yet another kid who found himself the medicine cabinet... No, just playin'; he's a smart cookie. Someone get this kid a lab coat so he can find a total cure for aids and solve the economic crisis.

    • 2 years ago
  • strawberriscott
  • blaino
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      blaino  
    • I dont believe that people are smarter or dumber than each other. I think some people are more prone to use more of their potential than others.

      Measuring intelligence is the same as looking at a persons race to decide if they are better or smarter. Just another thing to segregate each other and make people feel inadequate.

      "The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination."
      - Albert Einstein.

    • 2 years ago
  • J_Jammer
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      J_Jammer [removed]  
    • blaino:

      And that's why he's so smart...ha.

      Anyway that's a good point. There are smart people in different areas and not recognizing that at all....well, that's just stupid.

      My favorite example is Hitler. He did a lot of terrible, horrible and gross things...but he also did a lot of good for many people (even though it was not for ALL people). He was also a good strategist and avoided being assassinated 19 times. Recognizing how he's smart while at the same time understanding he used it incorrectly is the right way to go about it.

    • 2 years ago
  • PressCore
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      PressCore  
    • blaino:

      " Immagination is always better than knowledge. Knowledge is limited, but immagination encompasses the entire universe ",:"Immagination is the preview of coming attractions " Albert Einstein.

      Though I've never yet read or heard someone's mind or mouth express the following thoughts, having psychic abilities, I know this to be true..That having superior intelligence definitely depends first on having a vivid, active immagination, with logical thought patterns. And it also follows that precognition and clairvoyance may well be generated from those same brain centers. A brain is a brain is a brain. But no 2 brains are wired exactly alike. Some are wired like a Pentium 1, and some like a Pentium 4 depending on the motivation any particular person has to learn.

    • 2 years ago
  • pandaman2105
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      pandaman2105  
    • blaino:

      totally true man.

      everyone essentially has the same capabilities, we just have various factors that can hinder our abilities to use them and realize the potential.

      his have just been observed early, but he deserves every bit of childhood normality until he can actually use that IQ as an adult.

      he's a kid, his imagination is limitless and for right now it's all he needs.

    • 2 years ago
  • carmalite
  • carmalite
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      carmalite  
    • blaino:

      After getting through college and taking some challenging courses, I do believe some people are much smarter.
      I studied and did well. I know people who did not study but still did well.

    • 2 years ago
  • J_Jammer
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      J_Jammer [removed]  
    • He so adorable. Awww....

      they better treat him as a child and not as a science experiment.

      If he doesn't have a childhood they'll just create another Michael Jackson for the world to pity.

    • 2 years ago
  • SparkShark16
  • Gravity_Man
  • Gravity_Man
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      Gravity_Man  
    • Gravity_Man:

      Interesting little fellow though, has my two buck teeth up front, my hair color as a child, and close to having my eye color. Maybe one day he'll tell everybody how to stop cancers by forcing extra O2 into their bloodstream to superpower their Immune System, or write a page on Current.com telling how to make a Prospector's Health Tonic. Provided of course people in his timeline listen to him.

      I welcome the new entrant to the games.

    • 2 years ago
  • jac1992
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      jac1992  
    • i say its grand if he has the same IQ as Einstein, just make sure he gets a different haircut and he'll be set for life

    • 2 years ago
  • H_squared
  • peoj
  • Atalanda_Cameron
  • dirtymilk
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      dirtymilk  
    • Atalanda_Cameron:

      "People have under estimated babies for years, when the fact is your intelligence is fresh and strong when you are young "

      Exactly! Young kids are able to learn so fast and absorb so much information. We should be teaching them at younger ages instead of filling their heads with child like fantasy.

    • 2 years ago
  • Hunnter
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      Hunnter  
    • Atalanda_Cameron:

      This.

      People underestimate just how smart children are.
      But teaching them at that age? "Oh come on, they're just children, let them be kids!"
      I only wish something like that happened to me when i was a kid instead of having to pick up where evolution left off.

    • 2 years ago
  • RojoGatto
  • Paula_Porter
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      Paula_Porter  
    • okay, obviously with a strong vocabulary it would be easy to realize that the boy's gifted. but i can't help but wonder what his attention span is. and will he be able to live as a child? or will he be forced to be a trophy? or worse, an adult at age 9?

      i also wonder, how you test a kid that age for actual intelligence, and not saying something he's been told repetitively. does he understand it? debate it?

    • 2 years ago
  • DrivenUnder367
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      DrivenUnder367  
    • Paula_Porter:

      I agree with you wholeheartedly on this. I really hope his parents manage to allow him to be a child while he can.

      I suppose we'll see how accurate this test is in a decade or so when he starts to show true potential.

    • 2 years ago
  • AndrewH13
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      AndrewH13  
    • So... he's smarter that Einstein at that age, or Einstein at his peak?

      Because I find it hard to believe this child is wrestling with string theory and elemental uberforms while Spongebob is on commercial.

    • 2 years ago
  • Hunnter
  • stonefree87
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      stonefree87  
    • AndrewH13:

      Neither. It is much more impressive to have an IQ over 160 at an old age than it is to have the same IQ when you are as young as this child. Your age is a HUGE variable in the formula for calculating IQ.

      Even though this kid has an IQ over 160, he's more than likely not as "smart" as a 25 year old with an IQ of 125... Think about it, it really isn't impressive for a 25 year old biology student to be talking to his mom about the reproductive cycles of penguins is it? It's only impressive when your two years old.

      As he gets older, his IQ will drop. Not because he is getting dumber, but simply because of that pesky little variable in the equation. (unless he continues to gain knowledge at the rate he's going)

      That's not to say I'm not impressed. He's an intelligent little thing.

    • 2 years ago
  • AndrewH13
  • stonefree87
  • AndrewH13
  • shelbynb
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      shelbynb  
    • AndrewH13:

      IQ exams test not knowledge or intelligence in particular but the potential to learn, and how quickly. It's great to test children showing aptitude at a young age because then a gifted child can be placed in an accelerated program, harboring their ability to learn more rapidly and more easily than the average person. Nurturing his propensity to learn will be beneficial and will hopefully lead to the development of a true genius.

      While my initial thought was that IQ does not change with age, after looking into it, I've found that until the age of 7 IQ can change frequently. Perhaps continuation of testing will show his true intellectual capacity; however, considering the average IQ is 100, 160 is exceptionally high. Any fluctuation will still leave Oscar in the "genius" range.

    • 2 years ago
  • lordsbassman
  • ride442
  • ride442
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      ride442  
    • I actually feel sorry for this young man. There aren't too many happy endings for children of such intellect as they mature. Turning inward, depression just to mention a few issues. I wish him all the best.

    • 2 years ago
  • momusradar
  • Darevalo
  • dragon1984
  • Darevalo
  • metalcookiesxy70
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      metalcookiesxy70  
    • Hm, smart?

      That term has been used very widely lately, looks like he is only the few kids in world today who are have been exposed for their talent, while many have approximately the same ability as he does...

      Attention receives recognization...

    • 2 years ago
  • RaceBannon
  • drewsuf721
  • SagaciousNJ
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      SagaciousNJ  
    • metalcookiesxy70:

      Stanford binet tests aren't measured this way anymore it would be accurate to compare your test scores to his. (Don't do that you self esteem will die)
      And while it's true, most people with IQ's this high aren't that well known, there aren't very many of them to begin with.

      With an IQ over 160 this kid is already one out of more than 500million so there are roughly a hundred or so people in his league.

      If it rises by more than 10 points between now and adulthood as it does with everyone else he'll be one out of more than 300 billion.

      Still Not the most intelligent man who ever lived, but close enough to make no difference.

    • 2 years ago
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