Fun Fact of the Day: Kanye West’s WAIS is within two points of a fields medalist’s (the fields medalist is Richard Borcherds, their respective IQs are 135 and 137).
Extra Fun Fact: Kanye West was bragging about this to Donald Trump in the Oval Office. He revealed that his digit span was only 92.5 (which is what makes me think he actually had a psychologist-administered WAIS).
Extra Extra Fun Fact: Richard Borcherds was administered the WAIS-R by Sacha Baron Cohen’s first cousin.
Possible, but seems unlikely. Unless there’s some verified record, the mere fact he may have taken a valid test is very weak evidence that his claimed scores are accurate and not exaggerated.
Fun Fact of the Day: Kanye West’s WAIS is within two points of a fields medalist’s (the fields medalist is Richard Borcherds, their respective IQs are 135 and 137).
Extra Fun Fact: Kanye West was bragging about this to Donald Trump in the Oval Office. He revealed that his digit span was only 92.5 (which is what makes me think he actually had a psychologist-administered WAIS).
Extra Extra Fun Fact: Richard Borcherds was administered the WAIS-R by Sacha Baron Cohen’s first cousin.
(For reference, 135 is 2.33 SDs, which works out to about 1 in 100, i.e. you’re the WAISest person in the room with 100 randomly chosen adults. Cf. https://tsvibt.blogspot.com/2022/08/the-power-of-selection.html#samples-to-standard-deviations )
Interesting, seems believable. Being intelligent probably helps a lot with being a successful musician.
Possible, but seems unlikely. Unless there’s some verified record, the mere fact he may have taken a valid test is very weak evidence that his claimed scores are accurate and not exaggerated.