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May 26, 2021 · His IQ was thought to be 50 to 100 points higher than Albert Einstein's. William James Sidis was perhaps, as National Public Radio suggested in 2011, the smartest guy ever. "He's kind of an example that gets mentioned in a lot of textbooks and things in the field of gifted education," says Michael Matthews, a professor of gifted education at ...
William James Sidis is considered one of history's most accomplished geniuses. He was an American child prodigy with exceptional mathematical and linguistic skills. He is best known for his 1920 treatise The Animate and the Inanimate, in which he proposes a theory of life's origins based on thermodynamics. Sidis became the youngest person ever ...
Dec 7, 2018 · What Was William James Sidis’ IQ? We can’t talk about the smartest people in the world and neglect to mention William James Sidis. To this day, he is considered by many to be the smartest man to ever live. According to some estimates, his IQ score was actually around 50 points higher than that of Albert Einstein.
The Outsiders | Grady M. Towers. (From The Prometheus Society’s Journal, Gift of Fire Issue No. 22, April 1987. This article was re-issued in Issue 72, March 95.) 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 ...
Mar 24, 2023 · William James Sidis often lays claim to the title of the smartest man ever. Sidis was estimated to have an IQ in the 250–300 range. While accepted to Harvard at the age of 9 years old, ...
Oct 22, 2023 · American child prodigy William James Sidis (1898-1944) has the highest confirmed IQ score in history, ranging from 250 to 300. To put that in perspective, the average IQ is 100. Genius level is considered 140 and above. Sidis‘ IQ was more than double this benchmark for genius. Sidis could read the New York Times at just 18 months old.
Jan 16, 2023 · Jan 16, 2023 | Articles, Personal Triumphs. William James Sidis is believed to be one of the smartest people who have ever lived. The problem is, his IQ was never officially measured. According to his sister, his score was “the very highest that had ever been obtained”. Sadly, any records of his IQ testing have been lost to history.
