RTÉ News - Toddler accepted into Mensa

[UltimateLSD]

who wrote e=mc^2 on the chalkboard?? wtf? this is a really bad joke

[3ntlk]

they should show one of his skills to prove it more

[busterkeatonsbriefs]

they thought their child was bright so the logical thing to do was to give him an IQ test at two years old

[1skullduggery]

1+1=....fuck that, let's work out some einstein equations...lol. the wheels on the bus go round and round, round and....oh, this is bollocks; i need to come up with a way to travel at the speed of light.

[441135sqqqwww]

0:20 to 0:25

He is trying to make a car, but he is not succesful...

1:05 to 1:15

He is making baby noises... Then he MUST have an 160 IQ.

[2mean2]

This boy could be the smartest ever but I can see or hear no evidence! Vote down for the video!

[BigOChunk]

@2mean2

Ya, I have to agree with you. This boy might be above average intelligence but I don't think there's sufficient evidence to say he's genius level intelligent. So he knows 600 words at 18 months of age, more than most toddlers at his age. That doesn't mean he didn't have an advantage over the other toddlers at his age, like being exposed to more words and education. He's not old enough for school and they admit him to MENSA just because he can learn words fast, ridiculous.

[MissGame0ver]

Belonging to a group that only requires a big capacity, but no use of it is like having a great computer and using it only to play tetris. What make a genius brilliant is the ability to reflect that into something useful, not the ability to answer an over-known repeated number of questions in an hour and a half. In fact if you give an IQ test to an average person, the result from both test usually varies. Use what you have to create, not to brag like a peacock.

[hypersupermamado]

@sitdownspeakup hahahah nigga please

[IzaFaqat]

LOL some noobs put E = mc2 on the board while he just draws all around it. I think intelligence is based on how well you solve problems anyway especially under stress you never know

[Moliipop]

aww.. he's so cutee <3

[ScienceFictionHairdo]

Getting a two year old to join mensa is only good for the parents being able to brag about it to the other parents at their weekly zumba class. Unless of course the kid likes talking about politics, married life, or taxes.

[MrBrandyPort]

Mensa is a fucking joke, just a way of getting cash from dumb people for membership lol

[g0d13ss]

Where in this video does he show that he is smart? He looks like any other kid his age. They say he has a large vocabulary but he isn't saying anything but something that sounds like dada, and some weird humming.

My daughter was talking from about 3 months on. She's now 2 1/2 and reading at a 2nd grade level. Maybe I should have her tested for Mensa, since they seem to be accepting just about anyone now.

[DictatorRoB]

Intelligence is very difficult to define.

I myself for example, learned English language at age of 14 (I am from easten Europe), I understand politics at age of 20 better than majority, I knew right answer on question why wet wood or clother get darker after few minutes of thinking, I knew how to draw from early childhood, and I was best in my class in reading so far---yet on the other hand, I still can't remember calendar months and I have difficulties with clock-face.

[Christmastaflex]

@DictatorRoB First line you state you you learned english at age 14, then you go onto suggest that you answer "why wet wood or clother get darker ". I think anyone who can decipher that without a reference should get into fucking mensa. The question is "why do wet clothes get darker?". You and Peter Griffin should shack up and get pajama jump suits you fucking derelict.

[thezippero]

what is this kid doing lately? press didn't say more?

[nina435]

lol... "Stephen Hawkings?" Don't think the reporter's a Mensa-member...

[cg66guido]

@nina435 Maybe you should look into the subject more before commenting.

Intelligence quotiant is Mental age divided by Chronological age, which means it is possible for this child to have an intelligence quotiant on par with Steven Hawkings.

Its kind of like "pound for pound".... the kid is as intelligent as Steven Hawking, but not literally of course.

[Kainoguten]

@nina435 what did she say wrong? ....

[animelover2910]

Haha...I feel dumb now xD

[Cammie010]

I qualified for Mensa but it's nothing more than a pretentious "society" for people to commend each other on how high their iq is.

[slyckafin]

@Cammie010 Ok if you ask an average human being "Why is the sky blue?" do you think that person will explain why it's blue or rather tell you that you are stupid? I always get the latter one whereas since I joined MENSA, even though I ask the stupidest of things, they always give a full detailed answer. How are they pretentious?

[viavonvallor]

@Cammie010 I don't know where you are getting that from. I am a Mensa member and no one even mentions their IQ. Mostly people are casual, friendly and just play different games and have discussions about various topics.

[nattavision]

Einstein did not pass his Maths test, basic Maths.

His teachers told him he would never become anything!

[frazbob1]

@nattavision Thats why i hate most tests; there not that accurrate, too often my silly mistakes in tests cost me my status to drop.

[KANETREADWELL]

@nattavision I doubt his teacher actually said that

[Triple9Stud]

Shut up you envious jealous bitches!

your're stupid this kid is smarter than you. deal with it losers.

[77tubuck]

@Triple9Stud No we are not jealous! I have an IQ of 140. I don't like toddlers getting into mensa or the gifted program because it goes against the lattest research that states intelligence can be increased. It is like telling a fat kid he will never be good at sports or telling someone on race he competes in reflects his entire life. The other thing is it promotes arrogance.

[sistersxxEVERYTHING]

@77tubuck there should have been a comma after 'No'.

[GriffinNary]

@77tubuck I like the way you stated "I have an IQ of 140" and yet you reproached MENSA for promoting arrogance! I agree with you though. The labeling effect on young children can groom a child negatively (even if it is done in the best of intentions.)

Having said that, its best not to put a child's ambition down at all so that they barely try at all in whatever work they're presented. Parents/adults responsible for that tend to be bitter themselves, thinking they're being 'realistic'.

[mrnewrooster]

@Triple9Stud I learnt to read at a ridiculously early age but and was really good with lego and knex and had a large vocab but i wasnt in mensa the fact is i am what u would call smart but know what i wouldn't join Mensa because they are bunch of upnose snobs that dont realise IQ doesn't really matter your actual intelligence cant be put into numbers heck Einstein was declared a failure by his teachers

[LiNaK37]

@mrnewrooster Einstein was not declared a failure by his teachers, in fact, he made excellent grades in math and was taking calculus at the age of 12.

[mogbasterd]

if everyone would just listen to me everything would be ok

[ununhexium]

i hate this child prodigy shit. i feel like they just grow up with all this pressure on them to do something incredible, and when they don't, they feel like shit.

[fjsfjsh]

his parents look really unintelligent in comparison with the kid.

[Macrokosmos]

einstein did not learn to speak until age 2.

[tonymasons]

That's only because he had nothing important to say until then.

[BurntKush]

lmao... AGREED

[SpencerKaelin]

Einstein was great but shakespeare had a much higher IQ

so this kid could be anything.

[Macrokosmos]

...what does shakespeare have to do with anything?

[macflyfilm]

IQ isn't everything, this doesn't mean he's going to go on to do great things, and it certainly doesn't mean he'll be the next Einstein. Einstein was a late starter anyway.

[SpencerKaelin]

Einstein was great but he has nothing on William Shakespeare!! he had an IQ much greater than Einstein..

so this kid could be anything in a few years

[Macrokosmos]

how would you know shakespeare's IQ? did you go back in time and test him?

surely they did not have IQ tests back in the 1600s.

[PhilosophySavesLives]

@Macrokosmos

That may explain lots of things...

[tonymasons]

The IQ scale of testing didn't exist when Shakespeare was alive. And besides, creativity and EQ are far more important.

[Macrokosmos]

yes, he only learned to speak at age 2.

[Emerald1234S]

i'm actually jealous

[Nutz320]

@Emerald1234S same this is the second time in my life

[drlego100]

i dont give a damn

[sarahde1]

Wow,that is mad! Good though!

[SniperHero720]

.. FIRST.

[applefame123]

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[Incapine]

GO ON RTE!!!

[Powerslider]

awesome!

[Philip424]

Isn't this ment to be irish news?

[psychodan18]

they do international news too.philip424.