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Kazcynski went to Harvard at the age of 16, and has an IQ of 167.
by lowtolerance 8y ago
Kazcynski went to Harvard at the age of 16, and has an IQ of 167.
- na85 8y agoIQ tests only measure your ability to write IQ tests.
- kxyvr 8y agoI don't doubt that Kazcynski was highly intelligent, but I would be careful of throwing out IQ scores like that. It very much depends on the test. More to the point, I believe that both Wechsler and Stanford-Binet have a maximum score of 160, so a number like 167 is not possible and meaningless with some of the most commonly used tests. Intelligence tests are normed and it's difficult to have enough data to do that properly on the the tails. Further, a good diagnostician uses the results of an intelligence test to determine areas of strength and weakness, so while the overall score is used to satisfy the legal criteria for children when placing into special education, it's not the only criteria. tldr: Most modern tests stop at 160, so 167 is not possible in that context. If another test generated that score, then it's difficult to compare it against modern test scores since they have a different cap.