While Shakuntala Devi could multiply two 13 digit numbers just under 28 seconds and tell the eighth root of a 14-digit number in less than 10 seconds, everytime, correctly, she could not recite the numbers given to her in the IQ test in reverse order and could only utter 4 digits before stumbling! [1] She was labelled as "average".
And she once calculated 23rd root of a 201-digit number in 50 seconds which was later verified by writing a special program on Univac 1101 at the US Bureau of Standards. [2]
At the University of Rome one of her answers to the problems was found to be wrong by the calculating machine, but after re-checking it was found that the machine had made the mistake and not Shakuntala.
Oh and meanwhile I just came to know I have an IQ of 130! [3] I beat "The Human Calculator" :D
IQ is for fun and doesn't correspond to intellect as much as you'd think :)
And you are also probably lying about your IQ. You have a lot to learn about Human Ability and intelligence. I spent my life studying the subject and the first thing I learned is that when people have to let you know what their IQ is, they are usualy full of crap. (Dr. Pratt)
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