A British boy of 2 years and 5 months has become the youngest member of Mensa , an international organization that brings together men and women of exceptional intelligence . His IQ , above 160 (the highest measure provided by the Stanford-Binet test for children), is comparable to that of geniuses such as Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking.
Oscar Wrigley's story is not that of a conventional child. At nine months he was already talking, and by the age of one and a half recited the alphabet in the bathroom. Six months later he had a vocabulary of thousands of words, while most children of that age barely handle 50 words correctly. Now he surprises his parents with his readings on the reproductive cycle of penguins. And as a Christmas present he has asked for a saxophone , to learn to play it.
John Stevenage, president of Mensa, assures that "Oscar has great potential", and welcomes that his parents have decided to join the association to receive support during his development. Since "little Einstein's" intelligence is literally off the scale, they hope to put him through further tests as he grows to accurately quantify his IQ.
