British girl 'smarter than Einstein'

[Miss-Delectable]

British girl 'smarter than Einstein' - The West Australian

It's the battle of the IQs and a youngster from Britain has come out on top.

At the age of just 11, Victoria Cowie has a higher IQ than Einstein.

The young girl from Wolverhampton has an IQ of 162 - and has been offered scholarships at four secondary schools, Britain's Daily Mail newspaper has reported.

Albert Einstein had an IQ of 160 - the same as scientist Stephen Hawking and Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates.

Victoria's mother Alison, 44, told the Daily Mail: "We couldn't believe it, but are so proud of her.

"Victoria is a very bright girl and she has worked very hard, but she isn't glued to her studies, she loves drama and music and plays football too.

"We are just a normal family, we haven't cracked the whip. When it comes down to it she's still a child and we have always said she only does what she wants to do."

Victoria has now joined the ranks of Britain's brightest people after passing a Mensa test in January.

Mrs Cowie, who runs a health and safety consultancy with husband David, 42, said: "She did the test a few weeks back and the results put her in the top one per cent.

"We had a look online and saw that 162 was higher than Albert Einstein's score, we felt incredibly proud."

Victoria has set her sights on becoming a vet.

Hope she will achieve her dream of becoming a vet.

 

[Glenn]

Two points difference? That is not a lot.

 

[Bottesini]

To continue Glenn's downer trend, IQ always decreases for very bright children as they age and their peers develop.

 

[Glenn]

To continue Glenn's downer trend, IQ always decreases for very bright children as they age and their peers develop.

That would explain why I am not very smart.

 

[Bottesini]

That would explain why I am not very smart.

Because of you, I know about Half.com!

 

[Beowulf]

She wants to be a vet? How so militaristic.

 

[Bottesini]

She wants to be a vet? How so militaristic.

HaHa?

 

[Dixie]

It's a play on 'materialistic' I think. =/

 

[shel90]

Regardless of how high her IQ is, she is still a little girl with little girl dreams. I think it is great.

 

[Dixie]

11 y/o girl with IQ of 162? Fuck yea, I hope she rocks it when she gets older because as smart as she is, we could be working for her! Maybe she can become a vet and discover why chickens lay HOOGE eggs on occasion?

 

[posts from hell]

11 y/o girl with IQ of 162? Fuck yea, I hope she rocks it when she gets older because as smart as she is, we could be working for her! Maybe she can become a vet and discover why chickens lay HOOGE eggs on occasion?

Well.. I have a couple of friends well above 160 - and i dont find them impressive.

 

[shel90]

11 y/o girl with IQ of 162? Fuck yea, I hope she rocks it when she gets older because as smart as she is, we could be working for her! Maybe she can become a vet and discover why chickens lay HOOGE eggs on occasion?

 

[Dixie]

Well.. I have a couple of friends well above 160 - and i dont find them impressive.

I have one friend that is that intelligent and yet I don't like to be around him because he is so high on himself. He has all the booksmarts a person could want but when it comes to common sense and dealing with common people I'm just like GAH, one facepalm after the other. I often find him posting rants on Facebook over every detail of his life. Yet he is married with 3 children and is working on a Doctorate at SWBTS.

 

[sheila022]

Let's hope she can use her intelligence to make the world a better place.

 

[posts from hell]

Let's hope she can use her intelligence to make the world a better place.

I have heard that phrase so many times growing up.... I hated my intelligence because of that.

 

[sheila022]

I have heard that phrase so many times growing up.... I hated my intelligence because of that.

I did hear that phrase as well, but I never let it bother me a lot. I think it is always a shame to waste whatever talents you have.

And also, IQ is only one indicator of intelligence. There are many different kinds of intelligence.

 

[posts from hell]

I did hear that phrase as well, but I never let it bother me a lot. I think it is always a shame to waste whatever talents you have.

And also, IQ is only one indicator of intelligence. There are many different kinds of intelligence.

To me it was more of "you have to do this because youre so skilled" making me conform to society. I already had enough conforming to society because of my deafness, and now you want me to conform because I'm smart?

If you're smart enough to judge my intelligence, why don't you make some changes in the world yourself?

Why don't you allow me to do whatever *I* want, allow me to be happy with myself in what *I* choose to do?

(Of course, the use of the term you is generic, not pointed at anyone specifically.)

 

[TheOracle]

Sounds like a Matt Damon movie...

 

[deafskeptic]

I thought Einstein had a higher IQ than that?

 

[Beowulf]

I thought Einstein had a higher IQ than that?

So did I. Once someone asked him how many feet were in a mile, and he replied that he didn't know, asking why he should clutter his mind with unnecessary information that could be found in a good reference book, that he saves his mind for his work. I was impressed upon learning that, since no doubt the question is on the standard IQ test.