14-year old teenage boy has higher IQ than Stephen Hawking | Inquirer News

14-year old teenage boy has higher IQ than Stephen Hawking

11:52 AM April 08, 2016

Sharvin Jeyendran has been crowned Australia's smartest kid by Mensa. Screen grab from Youtube

Sharvin Jeyendran has been crowned Australia’s smartest kid by Mensa. Screen grab from Youtube

Intelligence society Mensa has declared a teenager from Perth as Australia’s smartest kid, after attaining a higher IQ than genius scientist Stephen Hawking.

Sharvin Jeyendran, a 14-year-old school-boy from Sacred Heart College, scored an astonishing intelligent quotient (IQ) of 168—eight points higher than the renowned physicist.

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The Australian-based network 9news reported on Friday that Jeyendran was naturally smart at a young age, and even started walking and holding normal conversations at just nine months.

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“He started talking like a normal child, like how a two- or three-year-olds could speak with proper sentences and grammar,” his mother, Deva, said.

The promising Malaysian-born student, who’s also a talented pianist, has high hopes for his future and intends to put his intelligence to good use.

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“When I grow up, I want to be a biological scientist, I want to try find a cure for cancer,’ Jeyendran told 9news.

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“I also want to be a marine biologist to explore the seas and also have my own charity for all the poor people in the world,” the child prodigy added.

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Despite being recognized as a kid wonder, the young Sharvin lives a typical teenage life who enjoys playing basketball and kicking a soccer ball in his backyard.

His test score has ranked him in the top two percent of intelligent people in the world. Khristian Ibarrola, INQUIRER.NET

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