The man with the highest IQ ever may have been a fellow by name of
William James Sidis (1898-1944). Sidis's IQ can only be approximately
known even though he took many IQ tests, the tests were just not up to
the task, he was off the charts. Abraham Sterling, director of New York
City's Aptitude Testing Institute said " he easily had an IQ between 250
and 300, I have never heard of anybody with such an IQ. I would say
that he was the most prodigious intellect of our entire generation".
So what did this "prodigious intellect" accomplish in his 46 years?
He wrote a book about streetcar transfers, that's about it.
It seems high IQ and genius are not quite synonymous.
John K Clark jonkc@att.net
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