12 year old girl has higher IQ than Einstein

A British female student achieved an IQ of 162, higher than famous geniuses Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking.

According to CNN, Lydia Sebastian, an 8th grade student at Colchester County School, Essex, took the IQ test during the summer vacation after presenting the idea to her parents and convincing them.

The Cattell III B test consists of 150 questions that mainly measure the participant's reasoning ability. Lydia eventually set a record by achieving a maximum score of 162, higher than the score of two famous physicists Einstein and Hawking, which was 160.

Lydia Sebastian. Photo: Cascade News

"I was really nervous before the test and thought it would be difficult. But after I started doing the test, I found it was easier than I thought," she said. "I don't think I can compare to great intellectuals like Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking. They have achieved so much."

Lydia's parents are of Indian descent. Her father is a doctor and her mother is a bank vice president. She started reading when she was a few years old and played the violin at the age of four. Lydia enjoys studying math and physics.

The girl's parents said they were surprised by their daughter's results because they both have quite open views on education and do not have any special ways of raising their children.

Lydia hasn't decided what she wants to do when she graduates. "All I'm going to do is work as hard as I can and see where I fall in," she said.

With this achievement, Lydia has entered the top of people with the highest IQ in the world and is eligible to join Mesa, a club of people with IQs of 148 or higher.

According to VNE