Genius who is only two years old
By simplejoy
@simplejoy (359)
China
June 26, 2007 10:22pm CST
I've read a piece of news on the newspaper.The IQ of an English two-year-old girl,Georgia,is as high as 152.The IQ of the famous Physicist Stephen Hawking was 140,and Einstein's was 160.The girl is amazing,right?
The girl learned to walk when she was only nine months,and she could dress up herself at the age of fourteen months.The Psychological experts said that Georgia was the most intelligent two-year-old child.
Sometimes I wonder:are these genius children happy or not?They are much more intelligent than the children at the same age.And they know a lot of things.Does it mean that they lose their childlike innocence?
What abour your ideas of genius children?Have you ever met genius?
3 responses
@foxyfire33 (10005)
• United States
27 Jun 07
I have a genius level IQ also. But I was raised as a normal child. I can understand more complex things than others and I learned more quickly but I wasn't "taught" more. I can't say that I was happy either.There is a great deal of stress caused by trying to live up to that kind of potential. Iknow that eventually my "gift" will be useful otherwise it wouldn't have been given to me but in my almost 28 years I have yet to discover it's purpose.
@simplejoy (359)
• China
28 Jun 07
Thank you for your response.
Ease your life and don't give yourself too much stress.Your talent will definitely be useful.Trust yourself.
@tikensoup (227)
• Mauritius
28 Jun 07
At what index can you say you are a genius? Is a there a target which you have to obtain in order to be labeled a genius? And does learning quickly makes a genius out of you?
@foxyfire33 (10005)
• United States
28 Jun 07
There are standard IQ tests. When I was tested I scored above 165. Some people learn more than the standar school curriculum but I was not raised that way. As an adult I can learn about any subject that I choose more easily than other people that are considered to have a "normal" intelligence.
@Polymath25 (39)
• Germany
12 Jul 07
Simplejoy,
I know the answers to the questions you ask.
As a child, I took an IQ test and got an even higher score than the little girl, Georgia, that you are talking about. As an adult, I recently took another test that showed an even higher IQ score than I had as a child.
You ask if genius children are happy or not. Everyone is happy some of the time and unhappy some of the time. What makes us happy or unhappy is sometimes different from what makes other people happy or unhappy. Also, we are treated very differently sometimes. We are subjected to much greater pressure and expectations to do what non-geniuses think geniuses should do. It's usually the same sort of thing that non-geniuses do, only more of it. Yet when we think about things that are important and come to different conclusions than everybody else, that is when we are most likely to be met with criticism, with scorn, with hatred and with accusations that we are crazy or unpatriotic or something. What did you expect of us? That we would think the same way as everyone else? The fact that we don't is what makes us geniuses! That kind of thing doesn't make me happy.
You say that genius children know a lot of things and you ask if they lose their childlike innocence. Having an IQ of 152 at age 2 does not mean that the little girl knows all that much.
The Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale, which is the best known IQ scale for children is based on the formula IQ = 100 x mental age / chronological age. This means that a 10 year old child who has the intellectual capacity of a twelve year old would have an IQ score of 120. Or a 10 year old with only the mental abilities of an 8 year old would have an IQ of 80. Therefore, if this is the system they were using to measure Georgia's abilities, we can calculate quite simply that since her chronological age is 2 and her IQ is approximately 150, then they are saying her mental abilities are the same as an ordinary 3 year old child. They are not saying she knows more than college professors or anything like that. It is still quite extraordinary for a 2 year old to be as advanced as a 3 year old, but that's all they are saying.
Even if they are using the other approach to measuring her IQ, it still means approximately the same thing. It means she is about 50% more advanced than other 2 year olds. It will be much more interesting to know what sort of IQ she will have as an adult.
Two completely different systems of measuring "IQ" were developed, one for children and one for adults. The one for children is based on the formula I cited above. The one for adults is based on comparing scores of different people on tests and seeing if they are above or below the average and by how much.
You ask if genius children lose their childlike innocence. Not at age 2. Later, perhaps, but it depends on the person. I have known other geniuses. Sometimes they still have a bit of childlike innocence and idealism as adults. At other times, their different understanding of the world makes them sound like bitter cynics or pessimists. I know one child genius who can easily carry on conversations with adults on intellectual topics. You almost forget he's a child, but he has the emotions of a child and sometimes it is surprising to see reminders of that.
You ask what are my ideas of genius children. I was one. I don't think you intended that question for someone like me. I also don't know if you really want my answer to that question. There is too much to say and some of it makes me sad to think about. I would like very much to know what everyone else thinks of genius children and about what you expect of us when we grow up.
@simplejoy (359)
• China
12 Jul 07
Thank you so much for your response.
After reading your response,I've known more about IQ and IQ test system.
@Polymath25 (39)
• Germany
12 Jul 07
I checked up on it. According to BBC reports, the IQ test that was given to Georgia Brown where she scored 152 was the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale test, just as I thought. This means she has the mental capacity of a 3 year old at age 2. It's spectacular and she may grow up to be one of the greatest thinkers of all time, but don't think that because Georgia's IQ score is 152 and Stephen Hawking's is 140 that this little child knows more about the universe than Hawking does. That's not what it means.
@coolcat123 (4387)
• India
27 Jun 07
how to check IQ....may be she is extra ordinary girl...a gift of god to earth or its just the media who has lenthen the common news.
whatever be the IQ, prove yourself to get fame in world is my funda.