Highest IQ - Rick Rosner Part 5

From the TV series First Person by Errol Morris we follow the story of real life genius Rick Rosner.

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[CyborgNinja7]

Part of being an intelligent thinker is knowing exactly what the other person is thinking: to be able to tell ahead of time what their thoughts are. This would have led him to understand that he obviously had only 4 choices and had to pick one (you don't have to be a genius to know that), and that Kathmandu as a choice was a trap. Because Quito is usually stated as the highest capital in the world, that is what he should have chosen. Unfortunately he is not as knowledgeable as he claims to be.

[OriginalMindTrick]

@CyborgNinja7

It was not obvious at all on a 16 000 level.

If it had been on the 500 000 level it would have been much different.

[SonicBoom91]

He should have known that "Kathmandu" was a trap answer because millionaire understands that many people know Mt. Everest is in Nepal; an average person who doesn't know much about capitals would be like "uh Kathmandu" since its in nepal. This guy isnt as smart as this video makes him to be...now with that being said Millionaire still technically owes him a retry. Which of these and what is the mean two different things. Fucking idiots messed up the question

[OriginalMindTrick]

@SonicBoom91

On that level it was the obvious choice.

[JANNOSPR]

Big Ben is the name of the bell. The name of the tower he is reffering to is actually St Stephen's tower. Good job it wasn't a millionaire qeustion for him!

[OriginalMindTrick]

@JANNOSPR

Who fucking cares!

You think that puzzle was named St Stephen's tower?

[davitodude]

This guy is obviously lacking some common sense.

[harveyO75]

An interesting man. He certainly has a good memory, but is he intelligent? By some measures he would likely be deemed extremely intelligent. However, Rosner is remarkably deficient when it comes to thinking in a creative manner. What makes him so exasperating and ultimately intolerable though, is his absolutely extraordinary narcissism-- a perfect case study, in fact.

[eppinizer]

This seems really cut and dry to me. If he actually knew that Quito was the highest altitude out of the four listed cities than he would have got the question right. The right answer wasn't listed, but he "claims" to have known that. If he picked Quito and for some reason got it wrong, there would absolutely be no grounds ABC to refuse his dispute. What would they say?"The actual answer wasn't listed?" or "No, it's not that high go away?".

However, it's very strange that it was a 16k question...

[PlayClaner]

I think he recorded this himself. Doesn't the interviewer sound wierd? He probably ran his voice through a voice changer program. And then he shows this to women becouse he hopes it will get him laid.

[ASwiftHippie]

This man is not a genius a genius by any means. In fact, after watching these videos up to this point, I'm convinced that he's an absolute moron with a very bad grip on reality.

[metalmike83]

hahahaha, this fruitcake thinks he is smarter than all of the physicists who agree on the current calculated age of the Universe which is 13.5 billion years. If he's right, he should take his "theories" and demonstrate their effectiveness. You know, win over a consensus in the scientific community. How the hell does multiplying the "current proton to electron ratio" by the current calculated age of the universe even begin to give you the real age?

[metalmike83]

@OriginalMindTrick It shouldn't matter what level the question was. It was obvious to everyone except Ricky that you had to pick from the four options available. He should have known which of the four had the highest elevation. I doubt he would have won anyway. And if he really does have an IQ of 170 then why doesn't he become the next Bill Gates or Einstein. He should be able to come up with a few patents just by teaching himself the various forms of engineering.

[popartpistol]

He seems incredibly obsessed, perhaps slightly on an aspergers level or OCD level. There seems something really mentally off about him.

[Baraquiel62]

wonderful greetings from Mexico City!

[ion010101]

What do the number of thoughts in a life time, and the elect. proton mass ratio have to do with age of universe?