There is such an anecdote: “The girl who has just been interviewed at the company is told that tomorrow she will have to pass an IQ test. The lady agrees, but asks to explain what this test means. To which the interviewer replies: "Thank you, you have already passed the test." This joke is more like a real story. Therefore, in order not to get into an awkward position, let's figure out what IQ is and what it is “eaten” with.
In simple terms, IQ is the level of intelligence. The highest IQ to date is with the American writer Marilyn Vos Savant and is 224 units. This record is also reflected in the Guinness Book of Records.
It should be said that the development of all modern IQ tests was laid down in the first decade of the 20th century by the French psychologist Alfred Binet. Working with young people who had mental disorders, he developed a special technique that determines the mental development of a child or adult, regardless of his age. It was this scientist who laid the foundations for the development of the currently popular test for the intellectual level of development.
Over time, a large number of various tests were born that determine the highest IQ and allow us to say about some pathologies of personality formation. Not without reason in many schools IQ tests are introduced into the program. The purpose of these checks is to identify and identify violations in the mental development of the student.
Numerous studies have confirmed that there is a direct relationship between the state of a person and his level of intellectual development. Also, these experiments showed that people with the highest IQ live an order of magnitude longer than people with a low IQ. In addition, the likelihood of Alzheimer's disease increases many times in people with a low level of intelligence.
There is a proven theory that IQ tests reveal a person’s abilities and his hidden talents. These tests include checking all areas of a person’s knowledge: computing, logic, creativity, creative thinking, etc. The average IQ level in most of the population is 100 +/- 20 points. This includes almost 80% of all people on the planet.
At the present stage, there are organizations that bring together under their wing people who have the highest IQ. For example, the Prometheus society, which brought together under its leadership geniuses from 18 countries. Anyone can join them if his IQ is 163 points. The Mensa organization accepts as members of the club "clever men and women", people with an IQ above 132. This society consists of members from more than 100 countries. Olympic is a company that includes only 27 people. The reason for this is a high IQ score of 180.
A huge number of people are interested in the question of who has the highest IQ in the world. In the entire history of the existence of this scale for measuring genius, only one person was able to reach the maximum mark of 300 points. And this man turned out to be William James Sidis, who was born at the end of the 19th century and left his mark in many fields of activity. It was Sidis who patented the perpetual calendar and developed methods to improve the operation of the transport network. William graduated from Harvard at 16, knew more than 40 languages, and at the age of eight even invented an artificial language. Therefore, it is not surprising that he had the highest IQ: according to numerous tests, his level of intelligence reached 300 points.
