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Devon schoolboy joins Mensa after scoring higher than Einstein on IQ test

2024-01-23 00:00:00.0 独立报-英国新闻原网页

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A 12-year-old school boy from Devon has been invited to Mensa after he surpassed the IQ scores of both Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking.

Rory Bidwell from Great Torrington in rural North Devon achieved the maximum possible score of 162 for his age group on the Cattell III B test, according to the North Devon Gazette.

It was above the 160 reported score of famous physicists Einstein and Hawking that had him invited by the Mensa, a high IQ society that accepts individuals whose IQ scores are in the top 2 per cent of the population.

It is a non-profit organisation only open to individuals who achieve scores at or above the 98th percentile on a standardised and supervised IQ test or other approved tests of intelligence.

Rory, who took the test just a fortnight after his 12th birthday, has reportedly joined Mensa.

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The boy sat for the two-hour-long test in Exeter and his mother said he did not prepare prior to it.

His mother Abi Bidwell said: “He even took a leisurely stroll to the toilet during one section!"

She said his unawareness towards the seriousness of the test helped him approach it without “anxiety” and “completing them unprepared”.

Ms Bidwell said Rory was “blessed with an incredible brain, capable of working things out and memorising information”.

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