Jill Harness
Baby Shares IQ With Einstein
by Jill Harness - December 23, 2009 - 10:18 AM

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Earlier this year, Oscar, a two-year-old boy, became the youngest English person ever admitted to Mensa. He was tested as having an IQ over 160—as high as Einstein or Stephen Hawking. He has been ranked off the scale, because the Stanford-Binet test he took cannot measure above 160 IQ points.

“He is always asking questions. Every parent likes to think their child was special but we knew there was something particularly remarkable about Oscar,” said his father, Joe Wrigley. “I’m fully expecting the day to come when he turns around and tells me I’m an idiot.”

Here’s an interview with Oscar and his parents. If Baby Oscar goes on to become some sort of child prodigy, then later finds great success in adulthood, we may have to update this list: 9 Child Prodigies (Who Actually Ended Up Doing Something).

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Comments (5)

  1. Hey Joe, if your kid tells you you’re an idiot sock him in the teeth. That’ll cut down his IQ a few points. His ego, too.

    posted by Bubba on 12-23-2009 at 10:44 am

  2. My daughter could name all the ancient Egyptian gods at 2 and was singing along with the Beatles. Maybe I should get her tested? Nah, I’ll let her be a kid instead.

    posted by Betty on 12-23-2009 at 10:56 am

  3. With a name like oscar and an iq of 160 I suggest making this kid do push ups and sit ups until he is old enough to lift weights.

    posted by CJ on 12-23-2009 at 12:31 pm

  4. too bad the reporter is too stupid to ask the riddle to the kid properly

    posted by dani on 12-23-2009 at 6:36 pm

  5. Sadly, chances are he’ll end up like most other child prodigies–failed and obscure.

    posted by MetFanMac on 12-24-2009 at 6:01 am

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