What were you doing when you were three?
If the answer is learning to use the toilet and how to say “I pooped again”, don’t feel bad, that’s what all three-year-olds do.
Unless you’re a genius of course.
Reader: Three-year-old can be genius meh?
Well, the world didn’t think so either, but then they met this bright Malaysian boy from the UK.
3YO Malaysian Boy Is Youngest Person Ever To Qualify For Mensa With 142 IQ Score
A three-year-old Malaysian boy living in the United Kingdom has become the youngest member to join Mensa UK, Mensa officials said.
According to Mothership, Muhammad Haryz Nadzim was evaluated by a psychologist after scoring 142 on the Stanford-Binet IQ test.
He was then invited to join Mensa.
When I was 6 I thought all cats were females and all dogs males. I don’t think Mensa would have been dying to have me at that point. Or now.
His score of 142 placed him in the 99.7th percentile, his mother, Nur Anira Asyikin, told CNN.
How to join Mensa
Well, it’s pretty easy, really.
Step 1 – Be born a genius
And that’s it.
According to Mensa, an individual must “demonstrate an IQ in the top 2 per cent of the population” to become a member.
When I was 5 I thought all basketball players were tall because they kept jumping so much.
Didn’t actually take any Mensa test
You’re probably wondering how a three-year-old took a Mensa test.
He didn’t.
The supervised Mensa IQ test is only designed for children and adults above 10-and-a-half years old.
For those under 10, they need to be assessed by an educational psychologist to determine their IQ score.
But he did score well on the Stanford-Binet test, and that played a large role in his acceptance to British Mensa, Mensa spokesperson Charles Brown told CNN.
The test consists of a combination of math, reading, memorisation, and logical thinking questions.
Family knew he was special
Haryz’s mother said they knew that the toddler was special even before Mensa confirmed it.
He became part of the honour roll for advanced students in both subjects when he was enrolled in Kumon’s after-school math and reading programme.
When I was 7 my mum told me that we had to give away our pet tortoise because it was growing and would eventually get so big that it would break our house and I believed her.
Just like any kid
Haryz mother says that while her kid is a “mini brainbox”, he’s just like any other kid.
“He really loves painting and reading books, really anything arts and crafts. He loves playing with Legos and Play-Doh especially…”, she told CNN.
“He’s not only good at academics, but he’s just like other children who loves playing and growing up. We know he will give so much back to society in the future.”
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Reads to subscribers on YouTube & Instagram
As you can imagine, people are quite fascinated by this 3-year-old genius. So much so that he has nearly 4,500 followers on Instagram and almost 4,000 subscribers on YouTube.
What does he do on these platforms? He reads to his audience.
If you’re feeling a little bad about your intelligence right now, keep reading Goody Feed; with the idiot writers we have here (including me), you’ll start feeling better in no time.
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