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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
9-year-old Belgian to become youngest university graduate
2019-11-12
[DAILYSABAH] Around the world, most people graduate from university between the ages 21 and 25; however, 9-year-old Laurent Simons is about to graduate from Eindhoven Technical University's Department of Electronics Engineering in couple of months. Simons will also break the world record as the youngest university graduate, a title previously held by Michael Kearney who graduated from the University of Alabama at the age of 10.

Born in Belgium, Simons' parents understood he was extraordinary at an early age. With an IQ of 145,
...is 145 special? Perhaps there is something else going on...
the 9-year-old started high school at the age of 6. According to an article published by the BBC, bored at school, he began to participate in certain projects at the Medical School at the University of Amsterdam and after graduating from high school, enrolled in Eindhoven University. Managing to finish the three-year program in only one year, Simons also has a photographic memory.

When he is asked what he wants to focus on later in his life, Simons said he wants to be a heart surgeon to find ways to prevent all kinds of heart illnesses. He said he also wants to work on projects to prolong the human lifespan.
Posted by:Fred

#7  Global warming alarmist next guest speaker.
Posted by: bbrewer126   2019-11-12 21:48  

#6  Re #2. From what I remember of my 'Personnel Tests and Measurements' course, lo, these many years ago, IQ peaks around age 25.
Posted by: Mercutio   2019-11-12 16:41  

#5  I was expecting a dog story.
Posted by: SteveS   2019-11-12 15:57  

#4  “When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.”

― Mark Twain
Posted by: Procopius2k   2019-11-12 11:53  

#3  I agree. And how. Mine plunged to single digits the first time I fell in love.
Posted by: Dron66046   2019-11-12 10:09  

#2  IQ changes with age, Mercutio
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2019-11-12 08:24  

#1  145 not THAT unusual... Went to school with several folks over that. Highest was 165 known to one and all as "Docile John - World's Dullest Genius"
Posted by: Mercutio   2019-11-12 08:21  

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