Is genius overrated? The world’s cleverest society has welcomed its youngest-ever member. But some experts believe it might be all downhill from here for the erudite tyke.
Toddler named youngest Mensa member
Brain boxes: Many celebrities, real and animated, claim to be members of Mensa, but research has shown that while IQ may predict academic success, it does not necessarily correlate with other life outcomes. Glossary
Alan Turing - The English mathematician is considered the father of AI. He played a major role in cracking the German Enigma machine in WWII.
Enigma code - The Enigma was a type of machine used by the Germans to send secret messages during the war. Turing helped to build a machine called the Bombe to make it quicker to crack a code that the Germans changed every day.
Autistic - Autism spectrum disorder (ASD), is a complex developmental condition that affects how people interact, communicate, learn, and behave.
Eccentric - Unconventional or erratic.
Mensa - The largest and oldest society for people with high-IQs in the world. Mensa is the Latin word for "table".
IQ - A means of measuring human intelligence. A person’s IQ is usually ascertained by making them sit a standardised test. Some have criticised these tests as a means of evaluating intelligence, claiming that they ignore much of what it means to be intelligent.
Conspiracy theories - Theories that explain world events by blaming shady groups of powerful people operating in secret. Some conspiracy theories have a basis in fact, but many more of them are completely invented. What is more, they often play on dangerous prejudices such as antisemitism. It's worth being especially cautious and critical when you come across accounts that ascribe enormous agency to small and secretive groups.