In a sensational interview with TEDxTuscon, Dr. George Land told the audience the shocking results of the tests of creativity he and his team developed as part of a special NASA project...

The task of the team of psychologists was to develop a test to assess and measure the creative potential of preschoolers.

The result shocked not only customers at NASA, but also the psychologists themselves.

In general terms, the test offered the children various tasks that they could understand, offering them to solve them in one way or another. The test was conducted on 1600 children aged 4 to 5 years.


Scientists were ready for a lot, but what they found left them baffled. It turned out that 98% of children fell into the top category of the test, considered by psychologists as “genius”!

Because "98 percent" of geniuses seemed like an unthinkable figure to NASA, the test was dismissed as incorrect. However, the developers did not give up and conducted the same test on the same children, but already when the children reached the age of 10 years. This time, only 30% of children fell into the category of “brilliant imagination”.

The result was so strange that NASA became interested again and conducted the same test on the same children, but already at the age of 15 years. Geniuses among them turned out to be less than 12%!

For the next 5 years, NASA did not wait and slightly violated the purity of the experiment by testing it on a random sample of adults. Among adults, the percentage of genius has fallen to 2!

Based on these data, Gavin Nascimento made a detailed scientific publication, the essence of which is as follows:


“The school system, colleges and higher education are gradually depriving the growing person of the creative genius inherent in everyone. There are several reasons for this, but the order of the ruling classes seems to be the most obvious reason.

What we invest in the concepts of "school" and "education" is actually a global institution, a complex psychological system, historically created to serve the needs of the ruling class.

In order for the so-called “elite” to maintain their chic style of defiant luxury, while making a minimal contribution to the development of the new and to production, not only eternal artificial scarcity, endless exploitation and incessant war are needed. We also need a nationwide, supranational system of brainwashing, proving that “it has always been like this” and not allowing us to look critically at the predatory, slave-owning world system.

So what do we all do now? Can we restore our creativity?

Dr. George Land (George Land) says that, despite the blocks in the mind, we continue to remain the same brilliant 98 percent all our lives. The main thing is to understand how this suppressive system works and how to get around it.

George Land explains that each of us has two types of thinking: divergent and convergent, that is, divergent and convergent.

Divergent thinking is what we have from birth and call the word imagination.

Convergent thinking is also a part of us, working in a different part of the brain and limiting divergence. Thus, divergent thinking works as an accelerator of processes in the brain, and convergent thinking slows down this process. This is fine.

But if convergent thinking is taken under control, if it is stuffed with some “paradigms” and “dogmas”, it starts to slow down everything in general:

"We (?) tried this before, it won't work"

"That's a stupid idea!"

"The textbook says it's impossible!"

This is what it looks like on the outside. On the internal, morphological plane, everything is much more interesting. There, your own neurons are fighting each other!

Think about it: YOUR OWN nerve cells, stuffed with ALONE's dogmatic garbage, are engaged in criticism and censorship, lowering the frequency and power of your brain!

And if you add religious fear to the convergence, then the brain will either fall into a stupor, or even burn out.

What is the solution in this situation?

The solution is very simple. Try again to find in your mind a five-year-old child who has just begun to explore the world and let him, like a ball held on water, emerge to the surface.

This child is in you, it has always been, it will never go anywhere. It's very easy to start looking for it.

Take a look at the room around you and think, first, how you can significantly change and improve a simple chair leg. What else can be improved and where? And don't stop, find the courage to challenge the system!

The term "genius" implies many different concepts. For every person whose name the triangle was named, there is a comedian who "infected" the whole country with some phrase. We call geniuses the one who invented the light bulb, those with an IQ over 200, and even the one who came up with clever sports tactics. In this list, we will try to pick the top ten most amazing child geniuses.

10 Elise Tan Roberts

Childhood Achievement: Admitted to MENSA at age two years and four months
IQ: 156

In April 2009, North London based Alice Tan Roberts (born 2007) became the youngest member of Mensa at just 52 months old. Elise likes to count in Spanish. According to Alice's parents, her favorite game is to recite the world's capitals by heart. Alice's parents try to raise her down to earth. Down to earth in this case probably means not becoming a worldwide super villain.

9 Heidi Hankins


Childhood Achievement: Admitted to Mensa at the age of four.
IQ: 159

Four-year-old Heidi Hankins (born 2008) was also invited to Mensa in 2012. Heidi lives in Winchester, England. Looking at Hankins and Roberts, the question arises - what are they doing in England in order to raise genius children. It is quite possible that someday one of these children will figure out how to make English national cuisine delicious. Hankins is looking forward to going to school. This, however, is not a guarantee of good grades, given that her IQ is one less than that of Albert Einstein. And, as you know, Einstein's grades in elementary school were not impressive.

8. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart


Achievement in childhood: Composed music from the age of 5. He performed before European royal families. By the age of 17, Mozart had become a court musician in Salzburg.
IQ: 165 (approx)

Long before Falco recorded "Rock Me Amadeus" and before there were various rumors about his possible murder, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart lived (January 27, 1756 - December 5, 1791). When Mozart was 6 years old, he performed at the court of Maximilian III (Maximilian) in Bavaria. By the age at which most children today become deaf from listening to loud music, Mozart was composing operas, concertos and symphonies. By the time people get their rights today, Mozart has performed and written music for all the major royal courts of Europe. You can start to remember all those cartoons that you spent time on in your childhood. Even in a lifetime, it is unlikely that most of us will achieve what Mozart achieved by the age of 18. Take comfort in the fact that we can enjoy cartoons about SpongeBob Square Pants.

7. Theodore “Ted” Kaczynski

Achievement in childhood: a genius in mathematics. Admitted to Harvard University at 16.
IQ: 167

In the movie Good Will Hunting, there is a reference to the math genius Ted Kaczynski, born in 1942. Kaczynski skipped a few grades and entered Harvard at 16. He graduated when he was 20 years old. By the age of 26, Kaczynski became a professor at the prestigious University of California at Berkeley. Of course, the name of Kachinsky now does not remind me of mathematics at all. Kachinsky will forever remain known as the Unabomber - the creator of improvised explosive devices. As the Unabomber, Kaczynski scared people not only with his explosions, but also with his Manifesto. That he was one of the best theoretical mathematicians of his generation remains only a note or warning story. Kaczynski will spend the rest of his life in a federal prison.

6. Judit Polgar

Childhood Achievement: One of the top 100 chess players in the world at age 13.
IQ: 170

If Bobby Fisher wasn't crazy (and was a girl), he would look a lot like Judit Polgar. Polgár defeated a grandmaster for the first time at the age of 10. Her family didn't want Polgár to compete in the weaker women's chess championship. As a child, Polgar beat family and friends without even looking at the board. Today, Polgár is the only woman to ever defeat a reigning world chess champion. She defeated 9 former world champions and at one time was ranked 8th in the world in chess. In short, Polgar is the strongest female chess player in the world and you have no chance of beating her. She could beat you by watching some series on TV, while her sister would go after her, and Judit would not even see the blackboard.

5 Blaise Pascal

Childhood Achievement: Developed Pascal's Theorem by age 16
IQ: 195 (approx)

Blaise Pascal (June 19, 1623 – August 19, 1662) wrote his "Experiment on Conic Sections" by the age of 16. Because of this work, we still say that hexagons have "Pascal's Straight Line". Pascal understood mathematics so much that he was not only far ahead of his contemporaries, but today's mathematicians are still trying to catch up with him. Unfortunately, by the age of 18, Pascal began to get seriously ill. Pascal died when he was only 39 years old. Pascal not only provided answers to problems that existed in his day, but also formulated new problems that mathematicians of today and future generations will struggle with.

4. Kim Ung-Yong

Achievement in childhood: listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the person with the highest IQ
IQ: 210

Kim Ung-Yong, born in 1963, was listed in the Guinness Book of Records as a child as the smartest person in the world. Ung-Yong solved complex equations on television in Japan. It is not known if this was a TV show in which fingers would be cut off for a wrong answer. Ung-Yong received his PhD in physics and mathematics from Colorado State University at the age of 15. Then Ung-Yong got a job at NASA. He currently resides in his native South Korea, where he works as a civil engineer. Ung-Yong published about 100 scientific papers on hydraulics. He began his studies at the age of 3, when he could already understand university lectures.

3. Terrence Tao

Childhood Achievement: Aged 760 in the math section of the Exceptional Talent Research Program at age 8 (one of only two children to score over 700). The youngest participant of the International Mathematical Olympiad.
IQ: 211

If Sheldon Cooper were real, he would look a lot like Terence Tao. Born in 1975, Tao had knowledge of basic arithmetic and was fluent in English by the age of 2. By the age of 5, Tao was able to solve complex mathematical problems. At the age of 12, Tao participated in the International Mathematical Olympiad. By the age of 24, Tao was teaching at the University of California. Tao received the Fields Medal in 2006 at the age of 32, as depicted in the film Good Will Hunting. All that's left for Tao is to have an unusual neighbor, a waitress from Nebraska who lives on the same landing and love Star Trek, then he will be the spitting image of Sheldon.

2. William James Sidis


Childhood Achievement: Went to Harvard at age 11, has one of the highest IQs in the world
IQ: 275

William James Sidis was born April 1, 1898. Sidis' date of birth reminds everyone else what "fools" they are compared to him. During his relatively short life of 46 years, Sidis has often made him both admired and intimidated by him. According to rumors, Sidis' IQ was around 250-300 (much more than the minimum limit after which a person is considered a genius). During his lifetime, Sidis was considered a lost potential. Sidis abandoned the scientific world at a young age. James Thurber wrote an article in The New Yorker where he lambasted the way Sidis wasted his talent. Sidis responded to this with a court. After the death of Sidis, it was discovered that he preferred to make his contribution in secret from others, in the tradition of the Indians. Sidis published several scientific papers under various pseudonyms and speculated in private papers on the existence of such phenomena as black holes. Sidis wanted his contribution to be discovered only after his death.

1. Gregory Smith

Childhood Achievement: Outrageous IQ, twice nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by the age of 16.
IQ: 200+

Gregory Smith (born 1990) could memorize the entire contents of books by age 2. Fortunately, Smith was interested in World Peace, unlike Stewart Gilligan Griffin, who plans to take over the whole world. However, Smith almost succeeded. Smith became a motivational speaker by the time children were just getting ready for school. When Smith got his license, he also graduated from the University of Virginia at Charlottesville (Charlottesville). Smith is a vocal advocate for children's rights, which has brought him to the attention of the Nobel Prize committee twice. As a young teenager, Smith appeared on numerous television shows in the United States.

The news about the brilliant baby, who already speaks seven languages ​​at the age of 4, amazed Runet users. The girl became a real star after the TV show "Amazing People" on the channel "Russia 1", where she demonstrated her unusual abilities.

The baby owes her success to her mother, who from birth communicated with her daughter in Russian and English. And then, seeing that the girl was showing talent, she connected other languages.

We decided to figure out which of the children can actually be considered brilliant, is it a blessing or a curse, and where should the parents of the young Einsteins and Mozarts run?

7 signs of a gifted child

According to many years of research, from 1% to 5% of children around the world are born with the makings of a genius, but only one hundredth of the gifted manage to show them. The chances of raising an adult genius from a small one are very slim, but it's worth a try.

First you need to distinguish a child with unusual inclinations from their peers. A genius child always has the following traits:

  • Craving for communication with adults and problems with peers due to the lack of common interests;
  • Perfectionism;
  • Increased curiosity that does not decrease with age;
  • Ability to independently acquire new skills (reading, counting, drawing);
  • Obsession with your favorite pastime, unwillingness to switch;
  • Emotional instability;
  • The ability to build cause-and-effect relationships at an early age.

If you find several of these qualities in your child before the age of 4-5, contact a specialist. An experienced child psychologist or teacher will tell you whether the development of the child corresponds to the norm, and if he is ahead of it, then how much.

Child psychologist Tatyana Lyubeznova often repeats to the parents of her little wards:

A feature of gifted kids is not only the mind or talent for creativity, but also an extremely “fragile” psyche. Often, adults, seeing a precocious child, communicate with him on an equal footing, without discounts on the level of psycho-emotional development. For such children, any rude phrase or intonation can cause injury. Two extremes (talking like an adult and lisping like a baby) are equally unacceptable when working with such children. Both kill the baby's self-esteem and his trust in loved ones.

4 types of gifted children

All talented children who are ahead of their peers in development can be divided into four groups:

creative kids- the rarest of the gifted, show talent for one of the types of creativity already in the first year of life. Otherwise, they develop on a par with their peers, but they can be lazy and not show interest in the general development program. Requires work with experienced teachers and individual mentors.

geeks- children who are fond of everything, gifted by nature. From a very early age, they show a craving for learning and new knowledge, they learn to read, write, count very early and begin to obtain information in all available ways. Most often they are not interested in communication with peers, games, physical activity. They require special education, training in special boarding schools, they are not adapted to everyday life.

Hypermotivated kids- diligently study everything that is required of them. Interested in learning for the sake of praise, typical A students and "nerds", try to study best within the framework of the general program, win Olympiads in one or more subjects.

Capable children- they are a little ahead of their peers in development, they love to learn, they are extremely curious, and from childhood it is clear whether a “techie” kid or a “humanist”, because he is fond of only a certain type of knowledge. It is these children who learn to read by the age of 2-2.5 years and consider the book the best gift. Non-conflict, obedient, assiduous. Rarely show interest in peers and can become outcasts in the team due to unwillingness to communicate.

Features of education of gifted children

Raising a gifted child is always an additional burden on parents. However, it is important to understand that for a child such mental activity is no less stressful. Any genius has "side effects", and children require a special approach from the first days of life.

Marina Kudeikina, a preschool teacher with 35 years of experience, recommends remembering the following aspects of education:“The sooner you identify a child's talents, the easier it will be to improve them. For example, it is easier to develop creativity abilities if you start classes at 3-4 years old, languages ​​- at 3 years old, music - from 1.5 years old.

  • Find a specialist who will create an individual education program for your child, as well as a teacher or several who will work with him. Pay special attention not only to the knowledge of the teacher, but also to his contact with the child. Too strict or unpleasant teacher can discourage the child from all the desire to study and nullify any innate talent.
  • Do not demand constant results and achievements from the child, let him study for pleasure and in no case put pressure on him and do not blackmail him. Even an ordinary kid who hears “you didn’t do the task, and therefore my dad and I don’t love you anymore” will panic, and brilliant children with their heightened perception can even give out an unpredictable reaction.
  • In pursuit of records, do not forget about such aspects of life as sports, communication with other children, emotional development. Good helpers in this will be pets and older children. Remember, very often genius borders on emotional coldness, so teach your child not only to solve algorithms, but also to love, express affection, and sympathize with the weak.
  • Don't show off your child's personality, it will only lead to envy from other children (and parents) and prevent him from making friends.
  • Remember that most brilliant children by the age of 7-8 are compared in terms of development with their peers, which means that do not accustom the child to the fact that he is better than others. If the difference in development is erased, the awareness of one’s ordinaryness will become a strong blow for a little man who is used to looking at others with condescension.

The whole Soviet Union knew about them. Even in those pragmatic times, they talked about a gift from above, about the incredible properties of the human intellect. From an early age, these children-geniuses conquered with their talents. Unfortunately, many of them paid for their prodigy abilities with an unenviable fate.

Pasha Konoplyov

Pasha Konoplev knew how to do everything, and in the eighties he became famous all over the world. He was able to solve the mathematical problems that are given to high school students at the age of three. And at five, the boy himself, without mentors and anyone else's initiative, sat down at the piano and learned to play.

At the age of 6, Pasha became interested in physics, and at the age of eight he became practically an expert in it. Based on the boy's extraordinary data, already at the age of 15 he was admitted to the first year of the university, and at 18, when many of us were just entering, the guy was already a graduate student. Immensely proud of their brilliant son, the parents were sure that the guy would have tremendous success in life and a brilliant future.

However, everything has its price. Early loads dealt an irreparable blow to Pasha's psyche. His genius went side by side with the hardest despair, the loss of the meaning of life. The young man became aggressive, followed by a series of nervous breakdowns and suicidal attempts. In a violent state, Pavel ended up in a psychiatric hospital, where his mind was silenced by serious medications. The then punitive psychiatry believed that this way it was possible to alleviate his suffering. Within the walls of the "Yellow House" Pasha spent the rest of his short years - he never managed to cross the thirty-year milestone. A pulmonary thrombus caused his death at 29.

Sasha Putrya

Very small - and absolutely brilliant, Sashenka lived only 11 years (1977-1989). During this short time, Sasha presented more than 2,000 works. The girl was born in Poltava, and literally from the cradle showed interest in fine arts. At the age of three, she miraculously succeeded in paintings and caricatures. She never redrawn from life - all the plots were born in her head. She painted parents, relatives, animals. She was especially attracted by the theme of India - she loved to portray oriental dances, the god Shiva, etc.

At the age of five, Sasha fell ill with acute leukemia, which took most of her life to fight - as much as 6 years. In short breaks between examinations, tests, hospitals, the girl devoted up to 10 hours a day to drawing.
“Let me go,” the little genius Sasha asked her parents before her death.

Unfortunately, the main glory came to her posthumously. When Sasha was buried, her personal exhibitions began. More than 100 exhibitions in dozens of countries around the world.

Polina Osetinskaya

Polina Osetinskaya was born on December 11, 1975, and in the eighties the whole Soviet Union started talking about her. An eight-year-old child played the most complex pieces of music (at this tender age, she knew by heart more than 30 hours of musical creations of the classics). She was admired, each of her concerts ended with a full house.
But at the age of 13, a loud and scandalous event happened: Polinka ran away from home. She did not remain silent, and told the whole country on television about what really happened.
It turns out that her genius was the result of her father's bullying. The pianist, who did not realize himself as a result of a hand injury, threw his ambitions on his daughter, in whom he wanted to see a popularly known genius. Polina was beaten, humiliated and actually not released because of the piano, thereby depriving her of her childhood.

Despite this, Polina continued to make music. She graduated from the lyceum school at the St. Petersburg Conservatory, and after that - the conservatory itself. In 2008, Osetinskaya published the book Goodbye Sadness, where she frankly spoke about what she had in her childhood and at what cost she got her fame.

Now Polina Osetinskaya continues to give piano recitals and is raising three children. He recalls his "star" childhood philosophically, but without enthusiasm, of course.

Alyosha Sultanov

Another case when a child - a brilliant pianist was deprived of his childhood for the sake of playing the piano - is Alyosha Sultanov.

Alyosha was born in 1970, and literally from the age of one he became interested in playing the piano. At the age of two, he played simple melodies like "A Grasshopper Sat in the Grass", and at five he wrote his first piece of music.
Little Mozart! - the Soviet and foreign press spoke so admiringly about him. However, the enterprising and, as always, “wishing only the best for their child” parents forced Alyosha to exhausting work, believing that this was the only way his natural talent could be revealed. And at the age of 8, the brilliant child already performed the most complex works of Beethoven, Mozart, Bach on the piano, striking with his skills.

Unlike Polina Osetinskaya, Alyosha did not run away from home, but due to heavy loads, he developed bulimia and a number of nervous breakdowns by the age of nine. The boy rebelled against the parental drill in a different way - he broke instruments at the conservatory, harmed himself, injuring his hands on the eve of a prestigious competition.

At the age of 19, Alexey becomes the owner of the title of the best of the 40 most talented pianists in the world. But not only the title, but also a serious mental disorder in the form of a panicky fear of death, so that fame no longer pleases him. He is sure that he will die of a stroke and spends almost all his time trying to prevent it. But at the age of 32, he really becomes a victim of a stroke - a whole series of brain hemorrhages that occurred one after another take away his vision in 1 eye, then paralyze him, and 4 years later, at the age of 36, Alyosha Sultanov passes away.

Nika Turbina

The whole world knew the beautiful poems of this little poetess. Composing them Nika Turbina, embraced by a tender love for poetry, began at the age of 4. Then Nika could not write yet, and her mother wrote down her poems. At the age of 9, Nika's first collection was released and the whole vast country of the USSR started talking about her. She adored fame and attention, and recited her works to the public with such feeling and fervor that the audience cried. Her poems were heard on all radio stations of the Soviet Union. At the age of 12, Turbina was awarded the prestigious Venetian Golden Lion award, which only Anna Akhmatova managed to receive from Soviet poets, and even then at an advanced age.

However, we all know about the tragedy of Nika Turbina. Her fame began to fade as the girl grew older. People have heard enough of her poems, the society has new idols, and Nika herself felt that no one needed her.

Like most of the brilliant children in this collection, Nika had multiple nervous breakdowns. She drank, became addicted to drugs, made several suicide attempts, the last of which was successful ... At the age of 27, Nika Turbina died after throwing herself from the fifth floor.

Nadia Rusheva

The real name of Nadya Rusheva is Naidan, which means “Eternal Life”. She was born in the family of an artist, and naturally from childhood she showed interest in fine arts. She became famous as a graphic artist, thanks to numerous illustrations for the novel "The Master and Margarita" and not only. Nadia was taken from the world of the living by a brain aneurysm when she was only 17. The planet Rusheva was named after her.

Savely Kosenko

Saveliy Kosenko is one of the few geeks of that time who survived and continued his successful career. Savely entered the Guinness Book of Records as the first child in the world to write a textbook on physics at just 11 years old. Then, at 11, he entered the Moscow Technical University and graduated at 16. Now Savely Kosenko lives in Canada, successfully manages a number of companies. He is grateful to his parents for the way they raised him and for his achievements, but he does not like to remember his childhood. He notes that the life of a child prodigy is constant conflicts with teachers, bullying by classmates and excessive demands from parents. And to learn "for speed" in order to break someone's record - Savely has no idea why this is necessary.

So maybe you shouldn't worry that not all of us are geniuses. Sometimes a quiet, even life with modest but regular gains is much better.
What is better - to flare up brightly and go out, or to maintain a long, uniform burning - a philosophical question. Everyone chooses his own path. We wish your journey to be long and successful.

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Incredible Facts

It is quite common among the children of geniuses that by the age of 21 they feel as if life is over. However, such children show the presence of such abilities that most of us do not appear throughout our lives. Moreover, children grow up to become "very fertile" adults. This is enough to make you feel like evolution has bypassed you.


10. Maria Agnesi

Maria Agnesi was born in Milan in 1718, it was just at the time when women were not very favored in scientific circles. But she was different: she spoke several languages ​​as a child and gave scientific speeches to her father's friends. At the age of 20, she published some of her lectures on philosophy, however, her most important work on calculus was not published until Mary was 30 years old.

By the time of her death at the age of 80, Agnesi had received the title of professor. Not bad for the 18th century.


9. Carl Friedrich Gauss

Until 1777 (the time of Gauss's birth), mathematics was not as we know it today. It didn’t take long for Gauss to start redoing everything, and it all started at the age of three, when he began to do some mathematical calculations, later, in elementary school, he easily and quickly added more than 100 numbers in his head.

Gauss continued to study mathematics and made important contributions to the development of algebra and number theory. He also wrote several papers on magnetism, which is why you often see his name on a magnet: Gauss is the unit used to measure a magnetic field.


8. Paul Erdos

Do you know how many seconds you lived? Three-year-old Paul Erdos could easily give you the answer to this question. As a child living in Hungary in the 1910s, he amazed everyone with his amazing ability. When Paul crossed the 20-year mark, his skills in mathematics could only be envied, by this age, he received a doctorate in this science. He was also quite eccentric, developing his own unique set of vocabulary, and doing everything to ensure that his life passed "on the suitcases".

By the end of his life, Erdos was one of the most influential and knowledgeable mathematicians of all time, publishing over a thousand papers, many of them over the age of 70, proving that an early start does not mean a quick end to the race.


7. William Rowan Hamilton

How many teenagers in today's world know 10 languages? Hamilton knew 14. He was born in 1805 in Dublin, and by the age of 16 he was already studying higher mathematics. He spent most of his life studying optics, but his most important and influential work was on algebra and the quaternion, the number system that was created to become the essential foundation of computer graphics, quantum physics, and vector algebra today. No wonder the Irish are still so proud of him.


6. Kim Un-yong (Kim Ung-Yong)

With an IQ of around 210, Kim Un-young began studying university programs at the age of 3, around the time the vast majority of us were playing with the magnetic alphabet. Korean Kim flaunted on Japanese television in the late 1960s, solving complex equations, writing poetry, and speaking a variety of languages, which helped him earn his Ph.D. He did all this at an age when ordinary children had not yet finished high school. Since then, however, he has calmed down and settled down to a normal life in his home country, where he still teaches at the college.


5. Jean Piaget

For someone who will study the cognitive development of children, Jean certainly had an unusual childhood. Swiss by birth, Piaget published his first scientific work in 1906 when he was 10 years old.

Piaget watched children as they grew up, and how they turned from babies into adults, he studied how they learn about the world and develop. His conclusions changed the point of view of society on children and childhood, showing how important this period of a human being's life is.


4. John von Neumann

When a 6-year-old child can mentally divide 6-digit numbers, one cannot help but say that he is a genius. Being of Hungarian origin at the age of 8, John could memorize entire pages of phone books. However, by the age of 50, he surprised no less. Von Neumann, in the company of leading physicists of the world, opposed the mysteries of quantum mechanics, and also connected human behavior with the theory of games with economists.


3. Ekrit Jaswal

Few 7 year olds have surgery, or at least want to. Surely, many here will wonder what adult doctors were thinking about if they allowed this? But Indian-born Ekrit, now a university student as a teenager, has always been a little different. He is not a doctor, but his parents claim that he has always had a passion for anatomy and the sciences. From the age of 5, the boy enthusiastically read Shakespeare. Today, Ekrit says that he will focus all his efforts on finding a cure for cancer. Well, he has a lot of time ahead of him to work on it.


2. William James Sidis

This may be a legend, but it is said that William James had an IQ of 250 to 300 and could read before he was 2 years old. Some adults still don't know how to do it.

Born in 1898, he spoke several languages, was a mathematical genius, entered Harvard at the age of 11 and became a professor before he was 20. attention" by zealous parents.

After a socialist anti-war rally in 1919, he was imprisoned. There, Sidis abandoned his former life, renouncing his academic career and taking up a regular working profession, while lamenting the lost love of his life.

He died in 1944 at the age of 46. He may have been the smartest person on earth.

1. Pascal

Blaise Pascal only lived to the age of 39, however, this 17th century Frenchman made the most of those 4 decades of his life as he had an "early start". At the age of 12, he began solving complex geometric problems and proving theorems. By the age of 16, he had created his theorem and was in the circle of prominent French mathematicians. He even invented the first mechanical calculator at the age of 19, which was called pascaline.

By the time of his death, Pascal went beyond mathematics, he became a philosopher, theologian and writer. Today he is known both for his mathematical merits and for his contributions to philosophy. Among his most famous philosophical concepts is Pascal's Wager. This is the argument that you can either believe in God or not believe in him, since there is no potential risk or great reward in believing in him. Very pragmatic.