From time to time, people with extraordinary intelligence are born, introducing discoveries that change the world. Most of these people had normal childhoods and showed high intelligence as they grew older. Among such intellectuals, there are not without those who have acquired an intelligence level that is not suitable for their age since the time they chose the topic.
This is the information of Kim Ung-yong , who was included in the Guinness Book of Records as the person with the highest intelligence in the world at the age of 14 .
Who has the highest intelligence in the world?
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There is nothing wrong with calling it a hotly debated issue in this world. 'Intellect' is a fascinating and complex field of study. Because of this, for centuries, researchers have tried to find a way to accurately calculate the intelligence of each person. IQ Tests were born as a result.
What is usually done is to calculate the IQ of each person based on the number of points obtained by the IQ test. There are several methods used for classifying the number of points obtained. Typically, scores on an IQ test are given using a standard deviation-based method. A person with average intelligence gets 100 points here and 15 points are added for a standard deviation. Getting high scores here is getting more and more difficult. To put it simply, 69% of all people in the world get marks in the range of 85-115 and only 13% can be in the range of 115-130. There are 2% in the 130-145 range and 0.1% in the 145-160 range. Only a very few people get marks above 160.
According to the Stanford-Beane classification or Terman index, those who score between 145-160 are considered geniuses. People beyond that can be considered as super sages who appear only for a while. Because there are some differences in the problems given here to young children, it cannot be directly compared with adults. However, only very few children can exceed 160.
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In 1977, at the age of 14, Korean Kim Ung-Yong was able to enter the Guinness Book of Records with an IQ of 210. Later, an American woman named Marilyn Vos Savant broke his record by scoring 228 points in 1986, but even today, Kim Ung-yong's record is considered to be the highest intelligence result recorded in the world at a young age.
Who really is Kim Ung-yong?
Kim Ung-yong was born in Gangnam, a city on the east coast of South Korea. Some sources give his date of birth as March 8, 1962, while other sources give his date of birth as March 7, 1963. According to his professor father, Kim Ung-yong started talking at the tender age of 6 months. It is said that by the time he reached the age of two, he was able to speak and read Korean, Japanese, English, German and many other languages.
3-year-old Kim Ung-yong solving math problems (debate.com.mx)
By the age of 4, Kim Ung-yong had developed a passion for solving complex math problems and spent his spare time composing essays and poems in Korean and Chinese. His parents have also arranged to publish two books of short stories written by him. It was also during this time that he managed to score 200 marks in an intelligence test conducted for children who completed the age of 7.
Writing Poetry in English (homoludentic.tistory.com)
As a result, international attention turned to Kim Ung-yong. Articles about him were published in many newspapers around the world and in 1967, Grant High School in Los Angeles, United States of America sent a letter expressing interest in enrolling him in the school. His father agreed and arranged for Kim Ung-yong to be admitted to Grant High School in February 1967. With his international fame, Kim Ung-yong was invited to many foreign television programs and spent his childhood solving complex math problems in front of the television screen and composing poems in English, Mandarin, Spanish, Japanese and Korean.
Kim Ung-yong during a TV program (© The Korea Herald)
Attention NASA
It was during this time that NASA, which was looking for new intellectuals for the advancement of science, came to know about Kim Ung-yong. Accordingly, at the age of 8, he was taken to NASA and spent the next decade solving mind-numbing mathematical problems under the guidance of scientists who worked at NASA. “My life was like a machine. I used to wake up early in the morning and solve the math problems assigned to me, then eat and go to sleep every day. I had no knowledge of what I had done. I lived a very lonely life without friends.” That's how Kim Ung-Yong describes his life at NASA .
Young Kim Ung-yong (© Miratico)
Frustrated by his monotonous life, he decides to return to Korea and become a news maker again. Many newspapers branded him a liar and everyone wanted to know about his harsh life at NASA. Tired of all the attention paid to him, Kim Ung-yong has been hiding away from everyone for a long time at home.
A normal life in Korea
Deciding to live a normal life as the attention paid to him gradually waned, Kim Ung-yong focused on the higher education he had missed . After finishing all the school exams in two years, he entered Chungbuk National University and graduated as a civil engineer. He has managed to obtain a doctorate degree later.
Kim Ung-yong in the present (© The Korea Herald)
After graduating, he worked as a lecturer at Chungbuk National University and started working as a professor at Shinan University in 2014 .
He thinks that it is better to live a happy ordinary life than to act as an extraordinary intellectual. Recently, while participating in a press conference , he said, "Many people try to escape from their ordinary life and become someone special. But in reality, they should understand that happiness lies in having a beautiful childhood and making memories with friends. I say this because I didn't get any of that. Therefore, it should be remembered that it is more important to live a normal life than to be a special person.
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