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Feb 12, 2023 · He supposedly spoke 25 languages and dialects and had an intelligence quotient between 250 and 300. In comparison, average people have an IQ between 80 and 120. Einstein had 160. But Sidis...
Nov 24, 2021 · By the time Sidis turned eight, he could speak eight languages, including Greek, English, and Russian. Later, he also created a language of his own that he called ‘Vendergood’.
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May 26, 2021 · When William (Billy) Sidis was barely 3 years old, the story goes, he taught himself a language: Latin. By the time he was 6, he had added Russian, French, German, Hebrew, Armenian and Turkish to his lengthy linguistic resume — so the story goes — along with Latin and his native tongue, English.
Apr 8, 2023 · His name was William James Sidis, and his remarkable abilities in various fields of study, including mathematics, language, and history, earned him a reputation as one of the most intelligent people ever known. But there was more to Sidis than just his extraordinary intelligence.
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Jan 11, 2024 · It was believed that he was eventually able to speak twenty-five languages and dialects. He even invented his own language which he called Vendergood. By eight he had written several books on...
Born in 1898 and named for his father's mentor and colleague, psychologist-philosopher William James, Sidis began his rise to fame at the age of four, when he could use a typewriter to produce both English and French. By five, he could speak five languages and read Plato in the original Greek.
Jan 29, 2009 · His name was William James Sidis, and his IQ was estimated at between 250 and 300 [8, p. 283]. At eighteen months he could read The New York Times, at two he taught himself Latin, at three he learned Greek. By the time he was an adult he could speak more than forty languages and dialects.
