It is often perceived that one’s IQ score correlates with income level. This conception even sounds self-evident - smarter people usually do earn more money! Though, some real-life evidence shows that in some cases it is not true., and in fact, actually quite opposite from the truth - one of the world’s smartest men has worked as a bouncer for half of his life.
The smartest persons of the world
The measurement of intelligence is very problematic and incomplete - even IQ score are claimed to be biased measure of intelligence (which are biased towards people who grew up in Western countries). However, there are several persons that are widely recognized for their intelligence all over the world. Which of them is the smartest?
Christopher Michael Langan is said to be "the smartest man in America", many believe that he is even "the smartest man in the world". What is so special about him? Christopher started talking when he was only six months old. He taught himself to read at the age of three. In the university Christopher understood that he could teach more to his lecturers than they can teach him - therefore he never finished his studies. Therefore, it should come as no surprise that his IQ is immeasurable - he scored 195 which is off the charts.
Despite his genius intellect, Christopher Langan hasn’t become a CEO of a big corporation. Instead he has worked as a fire fighter, farmhand and as a weight-lifting bouncer for twenty years of his life.
Marilyn vos Savant is being perceived the world’s smartest woman. She has stated the Guinness World Record in the highest IQ category - she scored 228. Here it is important to note that IQs of Marilyn and Christopher were measured according to different scales.
Similarly to Christopher - Marilyn also dropped out from the university - she wanted gain financial freedom. For most of her life Marilyn has worked as magazine columnist, writer and lecturer.
The richest persons of the world
One of the well-know billionaires of the world is the Microsoft founder Bill Gates. He used to take the first place in the world’s billionaire list until very recently. To be more precise, his net worth of his properties is around $40 billion.
Bill Gates is also considered as one of the most influential persons of the 20th century. This is actually nothing unexpected as he is one of the computer revolution originators.
The wealthiest woman of the world is Liliane Bettencourt. She is principal shareholder of L’Oreal and her assets are worth about $13.4 billion. Liliane inherited the enterprise from her father in 1957. Currently Liliane is 86 years old, and besides being the richest woman of the world, she is also world’s 21st richest person.
Why the smartest are not the richest?
This is definitely not the question which we intended to answer in this article. I’m also not claiming that world’s richest persons are not smart - they definitely are! There is just one thing that is completely evident - correlation between IQ score and predicted income or level of education is far from being strong. Though many IQ advocates claim the opposite…
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Author: Mat Brown
Matthew Brown is a researcher and analyst of QuizBoom.com. Online quiz QuizBoom.com is a global skill-based game where players compete from all around the World by using their knowledge. Each game consists of 16 multiple choice questions with different difficulty levels covering various subjects. Registered users can play the daily quiz game by buying chips and taking stakes on ones game score. At the end of each day’s quiz game all the individual games played are ranked by their scores. The daily game pool is distributed to all players of the particular day according to pre-defined winnings distribution.
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