Conversation with Entemake Aman (阿曼) on American High-I.Q. Societies and Tests: Member, OlympIQ Society (5)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Publisher: In-Sight Publishing

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Volume Numbering: 13

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Theme Type: Idea

Theme Premise: “Outliers and Outsiders”

Theme Part: 32

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Individual Publication Date: September 22, 2024

Issue Publication Date: January 1, 2025

Author(s): Scott Douglas Jacobsen

Word Count: 2,760

Image Credits: Entemake Aman (阿曼).

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN): 2369-6885

*High range testing (HRT) should be taken with honest skepticism grounded in the limited development of the field at present, even in spite of honest and sincere efforts.*

*Updated November 10, 2024.*

*Please see the footnotes, bibliography, and citations, after the publication.*

Abstract

Entemake Aman claims to be a super genius, because he is a member of the Olympiq and Mensa Associations, the theoretical threshold for Olympiq is 175 (SD 15). He claims that his IQ is around 199 (SD 16) because ‘he has done some IQ problems correctly that no one has ever done correctly’ on the SLSEI. Aman discusses: American high-I.Q. societies; high-I.Q. culture and constitutions; educational systems; and some personal notes.

Keywords: American media influence, artificial intelligence test development, G-factor intelligence tests, High-IQ societies, I.Q. test security measures, Mega Society Constitution, Mensa child prodigies.

Conversation with Entemake Aman (阿曼) on American High-I.Q. Societies and Tests: Member, OlympIQ Society (5)

Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Have you had any luck getting onto CGTN? I doubt I can help in that department–outside of my reach.

Entemake Aman: I am not getting anywhere in that department.

Jacobsen: How did the American media look to you after the article was published? Thank you for noting some questionable behaviour in scores in the Asiatic region, at least with one individual, several received documentation from another.

Aman: American media is more authoritative and influential. Geniuses are often honest, and we all hope there are no liars in the circle of high intelligence.

Jacobsen: When you look at different examinations in the U.S., what ones seem to tap the g factor?

Aman: The SAT and GRE are the only I.Q. tests in the United States that measure children’s G-factor.

Jacobsen: What have been some of the recent positive and negative developments in the high-I.Q. world in Asia? There tends to be more focus on the Americas and Europe. 

Aman: I am only looking at the high I.Q. circles in Europe and the United States because I suspect there have been scammers in the high I.Q. circles in Asia since 2012.

Jacobsen: You have more of an affinity for American culture than me. What do you like about it? I tend to be more lukewarm about it. 

Aman: I like American movies, the culture of I.Q. testing, the culture of educating gifted children, and the emphasis on creativity.

Jacobsen: How important are constitutions and broader high-I.Q. society guidelines to high-I.Q. societies? I know of three former Mega Society members of note: Keith Allen Raniere, Christopher Michael Langan, and YoungHoon Bryan Kim. The Mega Society was founded in 1982 by Dr. Ronald K. Hoeflin. Keith Allen Raniere (1, 2) was sentenced to 120 years in jail. He “was convicted by a federal jury in June 2019 of racketeering, racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking, attempted sex trafficking, sex trafficking conspiracy, forced labour conspiracy and wire fraud conspiracy.” Christopher Michael Langan went through litigation with the Mega Society (1, 2). He founded the Mega Foundation in 1999 as a 501c(3) tax-exempt non-profit corporation. YoungHoon Bryan Kim was the Senior Membership Officer of Chris Langan’s Mega Foundation until about 2020, then joined the Mega Society from 2020 to late August, 2024. Following an award and an interview with Ian Bott–alongside others like Aubrey de Grey, Professor Howard Gardner chose revocation of his award and assessed Kim’s United Sigma Intelligence Association (founded by HanKyungLee, M.D. (1) in 2007 as United Sigma Korea (1) and registered in 2023 by YoungHoon Bryan Kim) in August, 2021 in “Good Work, Compromised Work, Bad Work… And Ego.” Gardner gave an additional examination in a mid-October, 2021 update to the same article republished in The Good Project. The USIA Lifetime Achievement Award, formerly the USIA Award, has been awarded to Neil deGrasse Tyson, Jennifer Doudna, Richard Dawkins, Noam Chomsky, Yuval Hariri, Anthony Giddens, Elizabeth Blackburn, Terence Tao, and Howard Gardner.

[Ed. Update October 3, 2024: A professional photo of YoungHoon Bryan Kim claimed as “own work” under the username ‘Reality180‘ was uploaded on June 1, 2024 in English Wikipedia. The same username, ‘Reality180,’ attempted to create English Wikipedia pages ‘YoungHoon Bryan Kim‘ (May 29, 2024) and ‘United Sigma Intelligence Association‘ (April 21, 2024). The same identified pattern occurred with Korean Wikipedia username ‘Reality180‘ with a professional photo of YoungHoon Kryan Kim claimed as “자작” (Google Translate: ‘One’s own work.’), which created the Korean Wikipedia page ‘세계지능협회‘ (United Sigma Intelligence Association) and only ever edited Korean Wikipedia pages for YoungHoon Bryan Kim and United Sigma Intelligence Association (English). Also, Korean Wikipedia username ‘211.237.101.103’ (English) only ever created and edited the page ‘ 김영훈 (아이큐)’ or “Kim Young-hoon (IQ).” Recently, the same for Korean Wikipedia username ‘61.255.211.119‘ (English) only ever editing Korean Wikipedia page ‘세계지능협회‘ (United Sigma Intelligence Association) and ‘ 김영훈 (아이큐)’  or “Kim Young-hoon (IQ).” A Reddit thread about IQ Olympiad 3 years ago focused on English Wikipedia editing too, particularly around username ‘58.227.250.85.’ (User contributions) ‘Reality180‘ on Korean Wikipedia threatened to sue (English)–on November 15, 2023–another Korean Wikipedia user who had the username ‘2607:740:2D:7:ABAF:CD92: 974A:23B5‘ (English). ‘2607:740:2D:7:ABAF:CD92: 974A:23B5‘ claimed ‘Reality180‘ was a Christian and, at one point, training to become a priest (English). Subsequently, a legal context was reported on, by YoungHoon Bryan Kim in a professional or personal blog (English), on March 18, 2024. Recently, the claimed GIGA Society (TM) medium account issued statements about Ronald Hoeflin (1), the “Mega Society,” (1) “IQ Olympiad,” (1) “South Korean Jeong Kye-won(정계원) called Andrew Zheng or Andrew Jeong,” (1) “another giga-level group” and here, (1, 2) and “Scott Douglas Jacobsen.” (1)]

Aman: The High I.Q. Society asks only for I.Q. There are no other requirements. I would guess that only 0.1% of the people in the high I.Q. association are problem characters. If they are no longer members of the Mega Society, then the Mega Society may focus more on moral aspects.

Jacobsen: I would agree. It is a handful or less than a handful, or less than 0.1%. The vast majority have been excellent and kind to and with me, whether in word or deed. As a practical example, they have been generous with their talents and time in expressing their views in interviews for over a decade. Are there any emerging trends in the approach to I.Q. testing?

Aman: There are a few new trends in I.Q. tests. They have only one purpose: to measure the G-factor. So, it is all about the ability to find patterns.

Jacobsen: How will the high-I.Q. community evolve over the next decade?

Aman: I prefer supervised I.Q. tests, like Stanford Binet. Hopefully, there will be better I.Q. tests in the next ten years. The most important thing for the I.Q. society is whether its members’ I.Q. is qualified. 

Jacobsen: Are there any unique challenges the American high-I.Q. community faces compared to other regions?

Aman: Members of the American High I.Q. Society is doing reasonable quality control, but some answers to American I.Q. tests have been leaked. I hope the American I.Q. test is changed to a paper I.Q. test.

Jacobsen: How has digitalization impacted networking and collaboration within the high-I.Q. community?

Aman: Digitization makes it easier for knowledgeable people to communicate. However, it could also lead to the leakage of answers.

Jacobsen: Are there specific regions where high-I.Q. communities are particularly active or growing?

Aman: America. Because America values I.Q.

Jacobsen: How does the high-I.Q. community support the development of young talent?

Aman: Mensa often reports on child prodigies under seven, bringing them to society’s attention. Mensa also has some social benefits. Some companies may focus on whether someone is a Mensa member. 

Jacobsen: Have any recent debates or controversies within the high-I.Q. community?

Aman: I have not been paying attention to the High I.Q. Society has been controversial for a long time.

Jacobsen: What role do you see artificial intelligence play in the future of high-I.Q. communities?

Aman: Artificial intelligence may be able to design brilliant questions for people.

Jacobsen: How do different cultural attitudes about I.Q. in different parts of the United States seem on the outside?

Aman: Most states have rules for gifted children. In 1961, California became the first state to legislate meritocracy education.

Jacobsen: What seems like the different cultural attitudes towards intelligence and high-I.Q. communities in the States?

Aman:  Supportive. Because the United States values I.Q. the most.

Jacobsen: From your analysis, you claimed to have answers stolen from your computer after it was hacked. What is how hacking is done?

Aman: That is one thing I regret and am sorry for, Jon. I should have deleted the answer from my mailbox. He probably planted a computer virus.

Jacobsen: How can test-makers protect themselves and their answers, especially from hacking and cheaters?

Aman: The authors no longer provide email addresses to the testers. Instead, submit using a paper envelope, like Mega Test.

Jacobsen: If we were to ignore paper and pencil tests, what qualitative metrics would you have noticed in gifted and talented people? So, words, deeds, and other non-test markers of higher I.Q.s—those that indicate the g factor—I am curious how you see these as culturally and individually emergent.

Aman: Geniuses often have good character, quick thinking, and original thinking about every problem. They also like to talk to themselves sometimes.

Jacobsen: Are there aspects of American culture you find in Asian cultures now?

Aman: High-I.Q. societies have also emerged in Asia.

Jacobsen: Would it be helpful for high-I.Q. societies that are more established to implement ethical guidelines? 

Aman: That doesn’t help the High IQ Society.

Jacobsen: On constitutions, what about inclusion in refined constitutions for expulsions of individual members on the vote of the membership? I know the Mega Society included a clause for expulsions in its Constitution–”Drafted by Chris Cole and Kevin Langdon; ratified January 1, 2001; amended August, 2005,” Article IV. Elections in Paragraph 7:

1. Any member may call for the expulsion of any other member at any time. An expulsion vote shall be held only if after the call for expulsion has been seconded by another member. The member whose expulsion is proposed shall be entitled to up to eight pages to present a defense in the issue following the appearance of the second to the call for expulsion (which may be the same issue in which the original call appears), which shall also contain a ballot, and every member shall be entitled to present up to two pages for or against the expulsion. Expulsion of a member shall require two-thirds of the votes cast on the expulsion. The member whose expulsion is proposed shall be allowed to vote in the expulsion election.

In the Mega Society’s ~42-year history, it has been used only once to expel a member. The expulsion from the Mega Society was based on vastly overwhelming “votes cast” against the expelled member’s defense case. After the subsequent expulsion from the Mega Society, removal from the mailing list, deletion from the listing on the website, and so on, the then-former member later sent an email to the Mega Society claiming withdrawal from the Mega Society, and then later publicly claimed to have voluntarily resigned from the Mega Society. 

You don’t have take it on faith. You could email the Mega Society or a representative.

Aman: It is a good idea. It raises the moral level of the I.Q. Society. It can make their communication more positive.

Jacobsen: What can high-I.Q. societies do to stop the leakage of test answers and maintain test integrity now?

Aman: I.Q. test questions are not published, and paper envelopes are used. The test creator’s email number is not provided. Periodically check to see if the answers are leaked.

Jacobsen: What are the positive things Mensa is doing to foster young people, nurture young talent, and keep the spirit of the high-I.Q. societies alive in positive contributions to community building, which so many of these people crave?

Aman: Mensa’s advantage is supervised testing. It can identify gifted children and help them find a platform to communicate. 

Jacobsen: Specifically, how could A.I. help develop hard test questions for people to separate intelligent people from brilliant people?

Aman: Artificial intelligence may have higher I.Q.s, be proficient in psychology, and create complex I.Q. tests for people.

Jacobsen: How could online platforms be more robust in terms of security and prevention of cheating? The Adaptive I.Q. Test comes to mind from a team in the Mega Society.

Aman: Artificial intelligence may be able to help solve this problem, with any leaks about I.Q. test answers automatically blocked. The team should switch I.Q. tests regularly.

Jacobsen: Could high-I.Q. societies do with more diversity? 

Aman: No need. Paying attention to the quality of members is the most important.

Jacobsen: How do you perceive the role of digital platforms in shaping the future interactions of high-I.Q. communities?

Aman: Increase the risk of I.Q. test questions being discussed and leaked.

Jacobsen: What measures can high-I.Q. societies implement to prevent the leaking of test answers and ensure test integrity?

Aman: Use paper envelopes to test; do not reveal the questions.

Jacobsen: What are some fundamental cultural differences you have observed in attitudes toward intelligence across various regions in the United States?

Aman: For example, in junior high schools in suburban St. Louis, gifted classes are similar in the difficulty of teaching knowledge to ordinary classes, but they pay more attention to cultivating students’ practical and hands-on skills, often organizing science experiments and speech competitions. On the East Coast, where the pace of life is much faster, it is different. Maryland’s gifted class advocates advanced education, children have more homework, and small and medium-sized tests are standard.

Jacobsen: What are the most significant ethical guidelines that high-I.Q. societies should consider adopting?

Aman: Abide by the laws of the state.

Jacobsen: How might artificial intelligence contribute to developing more challenging I.Q. tests, and what implications could this have for test fairness?

Aman: I do not think it affects fairness.

Jacobsen: Are there any high-I.Q. communities outside the United States and Europe that you find particularly noteworthy or growing in influence?

Aman: Not found. I think the American High IQ Society is the best in the world.

Jacobsen: What qualitative traits have you observed that indicate high intelligence beyond traditional I.Q. test metrics?

Aman: No other indicator surpasses I.Q. tests.

Jacobsen: How do you see the evolution of high-I.Q. societies over the next decade, especially regarding inclusion, diversity, and ethical practices?

Aman: The diversity of I.Q. society does not matter. What matters is the quality of members of an I.Q. society. There will probably be more good tests in the next ten years, and members’ ethics will get higher and higher.

Jacobsen: What positive contributions do organizations like Mensa make to support young talent within high-I.Q. communities?

Aman: Regular meetings, monthly magazines. Some countries may have social benefits. Large companies may require Mensa membership.

Jacobsen: In what ways could online I.Q. testing platforms improve their security measures to prevent cheating and maintain credibility?

Aman: Using an envelope paper I.Q. test, the author of the I.Q. test question regularly investigates whether there is a possibility of giving away the answer. Keep the test questions secret.

Jacobsen: Can you share your personal journey in high-IQ societies? How being a member has influenced you?

Aman: When I joined Mensa, I had a high-quality circle. But it didn’t affect me that much.

Jacobsen: How being a member has influenced you?

Aman: I met some successful people. The effect on me is that I have an easy circle to communicate with.

Jacobsen: How has being part of high-IQ communities affected your relationships, both personally and professionally?

Aman: I found Mensa to be generally of higher quality than those around me. They have better characters. I prefer to talk to them.

Jacobsen: What are the subtle ethical challenges high-IQ societies face today? 

Aman: The High IQ Society needs more supervised IQ tests.

Jacobsen: How can they address them?

Aman: Establish supervised examination rooms. Like the Stanford Binet test and the Mensa test.

Jacobsen: Are current ethical guidelines in high-IQ societies effective? 

Aman: Effective.

Jacobsen: How could they be improved?

Aman: The most important thing is to obey the laws of the country.

Jacobsen: Besides test security, how can technology enhance collaboration and networking in high-IQ communities?

Aman: Technology has made it easier for members of high-IQ societies to meet.

Jacobsen: How can artificial intelligence improve communication and collaboration among high-IQ society members?

Aman: Artificial intelligence can help find members of highly intelligent associations in a particular country.

Jacobsen: How can high-IQ societies promote cultural diversity and inclusion among their global members?

Aman: The High IQ Society test requires no knowledge. It only requires a high IQ.

Jacobsen: How can members of high-IQ societies use their abilities to make meaningful contributions to society?

Aman: Studies mathematics, philosophy and physics.

Jacobsen: How can high-IQ societies encourage members to apply their intelligence to solve real-world problems and help their communities?

Aman: The High IQ Society creates different hobby groups.

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[Update November 10, 2024: Upon further investigation, an old certificate of the Extreme Sigma Society of United Sigma Korea founded by HanKyung Lee, M.D. stated:

Extreme Sigma Korea (E.S.K) – High IQ society

Membership Certificate

Extreme Sigma Korea (E.S.K) is an International high I.Q. society located in Korea, founded on July 25, 2012, by HanKyung Lee, M.D., with the aim to gather people who have a high level of intelligence above I.Q. 220 sd24 or I.Q. 175 sd15 of the unselected adult population. The society Genius Member (G.M) is granted to individuals having achieved the required cognitive performance.

We certify that Marco Ripà
Is Honorary Member (H.M.) of E.S.K – High IQ society

E.S.K Honorary Member: 021318eskhm
Date Issued: 30 July 2015

The Founder
HanKyung Lee, M.D.

Sigma Korea website (copyright 2007) stated on March 22, 2017:

Sigma Korea is an International  high I.Q society located in Korea founded on July 3, 2007 by HanKyung Lee, M.D which has various groups according to cognitive performance; Three Sigma Korea (T.S.K) ≥ IQ 172 sd24 or IQ 145 sd15, Four Sigma Korea (F.S.K) ≥ IQ 196 sd24 or IQ 160 sd15 and Extreme Sigma Korea (E.S.K) ≥ IQ 220 sd24 or IQ 175 sd15 of the unselected adult population. The aim of Sigma Korea is to gather the people who have high level of intelligence and provide an intellectual discussions in forums that TSK, FSK, ESK members are allowed to share ideas and opinion for intellectual life. 

Sigma Korea high IQ society may have important meaning enough as one of I.Q societies in the world. Korea always have been top I.Q ranking country in the world by official statistics and reported academic resources. If you participate in this project is to gather the people who have high cognitive performance located in Korea, you would be a member of the best IQ country society in the world. In the history, Korean couldn’t help using their brain to keep identity and survive against others, and consequently this environment help people to do their best in intelligence. It is well explained considering geopolitical factors have utilized for scientific research as well as the humanities field in academia like anthropology with sociobiology. That is this society is just for the people welcome to intellectual work. 

YoungHoon Kim and HanKyung Lee are mentioned on the lower portion of the website. HanKyung Lee’s old blog can be found here. United Sigma Intelligence Association, up to and including June 15, 2021, cited its copyright as from 2007 to 2021 with a founding in 2007 and a founder of HanKyung Lee, M.D. The current claimed founder is YoungHoon Bryan Kim with a founding date of 2019. 

Therefore, following from the October, 2024 update, according to available records, Sigma Korea, founded in 2007 by Dr. HanKyung Lee, became United Sigma Korea, founded in 2007 by Dr. HanKyung Lee, and later the United Sigma Intelligence Association. Up to at least June 15, 2021, the founding date was cited as 2007 with Dr. Lee as founder. Later, the founding date was claimed as 2019, founded by YoungHoon Bryan Kim, with the incorporation in 2023 by YoungHoon Bryan Kim. 

IQ Olympiad (Foundation Limited) (1, 2, 3) was in partnership with United Sigma Intelligence Association. To quote United Sigma Intelligence Association:

USIA has signed the IQ Olympiad Foundation partnership.

The IQ Olympiad is an intellectual growth platform that everyone can participate in by refining and sharing IQ tests around the world. Users can access different types of IQ tests here, which can meet intellectual needs and challenge human intelligence limitations. The IQ Olympiad is a decentralized platform where users create and provide IQ test content themselves and users become consumers of IQ test content. The founder of the IQ Olympiad Foundation is Ronald K. Hoeflin, PhD, who is the founder of the Mega Society.

Website: https://iqolympiad.org

Other listed partners were Lifeboat Foundation, World Memory Sports Council, HK, Korea Memory Sports Association,Complex Biological System Alliance, World Academy of Medical Sciences, International Longevity Alliance, and India Future Society. 

IQ Olympiad (Project) listed United Sigma Intelligence Association as a partner in addition to a list of other organizations:

United Sigma Intelligence Association : https://www.usiassociation.org

Lifeboat Foundation : https://lifeboat.com

International Longevity Alliance : https://longevityalliance.org

World Academy of Medical Sciences : https://wams.online

Complex Biological Systems Alliance : http://www.cbsaimtt.com

Hong Kong Institute of Memory Education : https://www.wmsc-hk.com

Gifted High IQ Network : https://www.giftediqnetwork.org

Genius High IQ Network : https://www.geniusiqnetwork.org

World Intelligence Network : https://www.iqsociety.org

Olympiq High IQ Soicety [sic]: https://olymp.iqsociety.org

Helliq High IQ Society : https://hell.iqsociety.org

Civiq High IQ Society : https://civ.iqsociety.org

Griq High IQ Society : https://gr.iqsociety.org

Qiq High IQ Society : https://q.iqsociety.org

Iqid High IQ Society : https://child.iqsociety.org

This High IQ Society : https://www.thisiqsociety.org

4G High IQ Society : https://www.4giqsociety.org

Brain High IQ Society : https://www.brainiqsociety.org

ELITE High IQ Society : https://www.eliteiqsociety.org

6N High IQ Society : https://www.6niqsociety.org

NOUS High IQ Society : https://www.nousiqsociety.org

Venus High IQ Society : https://venushighiqsociety.org

Catholiq High IQ Society : http://www.catholiq.org

Catholiq High IQ Society : http://www.catholiq.org

American High IQ Society : https://ahiqs.org

Canadian High IQ Society : https://chiqs.org

Global High IQ Society : https://ghiqs.org

Torr High IQ Society : https://torr.org

IQ Olympiad listed YoungHoon Bryan Kim’s high-range test entitled KIT-1 including a listing of his IQ Olympiad business email, stating:

Kim’s Intelligence Test (KIT-1) is a verbal associations high range IQ test developed by YoungHoon Kim in 2022. Please send your answers to bryan@iqolympiad.org, along with your full name, nationality, age, gender and all prior I.Q. scores. Valid answers are single words, and you can send one answer per question. Scoring fee is “free” of charge if you join the IQ Olympiad Forum : https://forum.iqolympiad.org. KIT – 1 supports two attempts and raw score will be reported in both of them according to the current norm.

IQ Olympiad Medium account on January 3, 2022 in “IQ Olympiad team member named in 2022 Genius of the Year Awards” said, “IQ Olympiad’s Global Strategy Officer YoungHoon Bryan Kim was named 2022 Genius of the Year Award from high IQ world.” This was online until, at least, November 30, 2023. It has since been deleted.

Therefore, according to their official statements, IQ Olympiad and the United Sigma Intelligence Association listed each other as partners and featured YoungHoon Bryan Kim in their communications.

Circa December, 2019, Jonathan Mize’s God Versus Language published in December, 2019, cites a number of acknowledgements, including Mr. Christopher Langan and Dr. Gina Langan of the Mega Foundation, and YoungHoon Kim, among many others of the Mega Foundation community:

I am no doubt indebted to numerous members of the CTMU community, including of course Christopher Langan himself. Various members have assisted me in as diverse things as the inclusion of the ever-so-challenging to conjure “unisect symbol” (thank you Raj Dye!) to the genesis of cover design ideas (Adam Haas) and the development and consideration of various topics analyzed within the book. I am indebted to the following members of the community for providing thought- provoking material and engaging in stimulating conversation about topics related to the book: Gina Langan, Jesse Franckowiak, Alexis Pantelides, Dylan Catlow, James Bowery, Arek Sobiczewski, Eike Freidank, Quest Quinn DeWitt Brown, Ethan Swofford, John Rice, Bernard Skomal, Aaron Esbenshade, Martin LoBretto, Martin Ezeugwu, Jason Jackson, Micha Szczsny, Lennox Niece, Zachary Auf, Daniel Falk, Charles Ringer, Matisse Mallette, Richard Jefferson Yorke, YoungHoon Kim, Megan Lorrayne and Johnny Yiu. 

Kim served as the Senior Membership Officer for the Mega Foundation until 2020. In the same year, he joined the Mega Society as a member. As of August 2024, Kim is no longer listed as a member of the Mega Society. Verification can be obtained through official Mega Society channels: https://megasociety.org/#officers. 

Circa July 13, 2019, in the Phenomenon (World Intelligence Network) interview republished from In-Sight Publishing by Scott Douglas Jacobsen, YoungHoon Bryan Kim stated:

Hi, before saying my story, I appreciate talking with this journal and being a part of your interviewee series. To put myself shortly, I have studied philosophy and theology in Korea University and Yonsei University, which are called Sky Universities (or Ivy league in South Korea), as well as studying B.M. piano in a music College. 

My full-memberships may be the most interesting. The scores are accredited by some professional psychologists, of OLYMPIQ Society, Mega Foundation for IQ 175, sd15 and Epimetheus for IQ 160, sd15, I am also working as a president in the United Sigma Korea with ESK, IQ 175, sd15 society, which was founded in 2007 by Hankyung Lee, M.D…

…Graduating from high school, firstly, I attended B.M. classical piano in one music college (university). Completed 2 years out of 4, I changed my major to humanities and studied a variety of fields on the academic degree B.A. programme in Korean Ivy league, called, as noted, the Sky Universities. Additionally, I also completed a diploma in London. Now, I am preparing to attend Ph.D. programme in Harvard University, Graduate School…

…Next year, I will apply Harvard with a few of the prestigious graduate schools. I said, on the former question, about my academic journey from studying music to humanities. That is my next step to be a professional scholar. I am sure that you will see I am studying and researching in there, as always, soon…

…Most of the societies I am involved with have the qualification of the professional psychological test by a psychologist. This is far from several societies that just accept non-professional and even online IQ test. If we acknowledge, by any possibility, non-professional IQ test could measure the human intelligence, any of the society approved League be unsuitable for the name of a high-IQ society…

…I recognize that there are many cheating issues. Most of the cases are from the score on non-verifiable tests like so-called high-range IQ test, which do not require any identification of the testee or have been compromised. Even though, most of the test makers are still scoring. That is another reason that we could not believe the score from that.

At the time of the interview, Kim was a member of the following high-IQ societies: “Mensa, TOPS, ISPE, TNS (Triple Nine Society), OATH (One in a Thousand), Epimetheus, Mega Foundation, and OLYMPIQ Society.”

On September 10, 2024, US Weekly’s Isabel Mohan published an article online featuring the US Weekly new Editor-in-Chief Dan Wakeford doing an interview with YoungHoon Bryan Kim in an article entitled “World’s Smartest Man Believes the Higher Your IQ, the Greater Your Need For Gossip (Exclusive).” Kim was quoted in the article:

“I love news and stories from the celebrity and entertainment worlds, because it helps a lot with my anxiety,” he told Us, noting that many people with particularly high IQs can struggle with their mental health. “I believe that celebrities and the entertainment industry are harnessing our culture and their content is so intriguing for me. They’re the ones that are entertaining all of us. They are artists so I think, in a way, learning about their lives is a form of art experience. It’s an escape for me as well, but also a source of inspiration.”

Despite dedicating his life to science and technology, Kim has an equal respect for creativity. “Not only are the celebrities really creative, they’re also helping us think of new ideas and new ways to express ourselves,” he says. “And it helps us become more motivated to become better versions of ourselves. And pop culture never stops!”

As well as being a huge fan of BTS — the first K Pop act to go truly global — Kim is also something of a Swiftie, and says that this helps him feel more immersed in US culture; yes, keeping up with celebrities can give us a wider world view too!

The article is no longer available on the US Weekly website but remains accessible on other platforms, e.g., AOL, “World’s Smartest Man Believes the Higher Your IQ, the Greater Your Need For Gossip,” and MSN, “World’s Smartest Man Loves Celebrity Gossip Too!”

With more investigation into information from the October, 2024 update, English Wikipedia username “58.227.250.85” referenced in the Reddit post entitled “Ron Hoeflin’s New Online IQ Test Hub” was searched on English Wikipedia. “User contributions for 58.227.250.85” stated only edits to English Wikipedia entries for Ronald K. Hoeflin, High-IQ society, Kim Ung-yong, Christopher Langan, and Youngsook Park between February 4, 2020, and August 2, 2021.

According to “User talk:58.227.250.85: Revision history,” “58.227.250.85” was blocked for disruptive editing by “Rklawton” and “Kinu” with prior warnings from English Wikipedians. The content of the edits for “58.227.250.85” comprised additions relevant to deletion of Mega Society and Prometheus Society, addition of United Sigma Intelligence Association (1, 2), addition of Ronald Hoeflin with USIA reference, addition of United Sigma Intelligence Association again (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6), and addition of IQ Olympiad (1, 2, 3, 4), including claiming USIA is “currently the most active and representative organization of high-intelligence organizations.”

Circa March, 2023, a Korean article “세계인명사전 IQ 1위 천재 김영훈 씨, ‘목사’의 길 걷는다” or ‘Kim Young-hoon, the number one genius IQ in the world’s famous class, walks the path of ‘Pastor‘ (March 20, 2023) claimed YoungHoon Bryan Kim ‘entered the pastor candidate course at Hanshin University Graduate School of Theology directly managed by the Korean Presbyterian Association.’ Another article titled “현재 IQ 전 세계 ‘1위’라는 33세 한국 남성, 전혀 예상치 못한 직업 택했다” or ‘A 33-year-old Korean man whose IQ is currently the ‘No. 1’ in the world chose a completely unexpected job.’ (March 28, 2023) claimed that Kim was ‘currently enrolled in the pastoral candidate course at Hanshin University Graduate School of Theology directly managed by the Korean Christian Presbyterian Association. After graduating from graduate school next year, he will take the pastor course as a full-time evangelist the following year.’ 

The same article quotes YoungHoon Bryan Kim:

‘I originally had a meaning in theology. I wanted to be a theologian, but there was a time when I wandered for a while as my study abroad was wrong,’ he said. ‘After graduating from graduate school, I plan to work as a full-time evangelist and take a doctoral program in theology together. I would like to contribute to nurturing future students as a theologian in the future, while doing theological research and ministry in parallel.’

As indicated in the October, 2024, update, ‘Reality180‘ on Korean Wikipedia threatened to sue (English)–on November 15, 2023–another Korean Wikipedia user who had the username ‘2607:740:2D:7:ABAF:CD92: 974A:23B5‘ (English). Before the threat of suing Korean Wikipedia User “2607:740:2D:7:ABAF:CD92:974A:23B5,” Korean Wikipedia User ‘2607:740:2D:7:ABAF:CD92: 974A:23B5‘ (English) added the edit to the ‘Kim Young-hoon (IQ)’ Korean Wikipedia page with the claim:

‘However, the admissions officers of the High Intelligence Prometheus Society suspected his score fraud and did not grant him membership in the society, and he instead created the Prometheus 2.0 Society and joined it. This new society is a trademark infringement by using a name similar to the existing Prometheus, the same selection criteria, and a similar logo.[5]’

The Korean Wikipedia page of ‘Kim Young-hoon (IQ),’ as such, during the time of the edit of Korean Wikipedia user “2607:740:2D:7:ABAF:CD92: 974A:23B5” also claimed:

‘Kim Young-hoon (May 25, 1989 ~ ) is a candidate pastor in Korea. He graduated from the Department of Theology at Yonsei University and is currently enrolled in the pastoral candidate course at the Hanshin University Theological Graduate School directly managed by the Korean Christian Presbyterian Association.[1]…

…He is currently working as a pastor candidate and evangelist of the Korean Presbyterian Church.[7]…

…Dropped out of King’s College London graduate school

I’m a student at Hanshin University Graduate School’

This portion the version listed above about dropping out of King’s College London graduate school was edited to ‘King’s College London Graduate School Mathematics Master’s (MSc).’

In 2024, a website of YoungHoon Bryan Kim’s claimed Kim to be no longer involved in any religious activities starting January of 2024: “※ 참고: 김영훈은 2024년 1월을 기점으로 종교와 관련된 일은 공식적으로 하지 않습니다” or ‘※ Note: Kim Young-hoon will not officially engage in any work related to religion as of January 2024.’

Independent investigation by Scott Jacobsen revealed YoungHoon Bryan Kim requested inclusion in articles listing individuals with the highest IQs, e.g., “Top 10 People With Highest IQ In History.” (Curious Matrix of Domagoj Parner), even contacting, at least one, several times. The article addition to Curious Matrix stated:

1. YoungHoon Kim – IQ Score: 276

In 2024, YoungHoon Kim from South Korea was recognized as number one in the world among the 50 people with the highest IQ 276 in America’s top magazine, Reader’s Digest, holding the highest IQ record holder officially certified by Korea Record Institute, World Genius Directory, Global Genius Registry, Esoteriq Society, and GIGA Society. With perfect scores on various experimental high range intelligence tests, he is the 1st ranked lifetime member of Mega Society, the one-in-a-million level high IQ society which was the only one listed in the Guinness Book of World Records and included all the people who were listed in the Guinness Book of World Records for the highest IQ.

Note: YoungHoon Kim founded an organization, the United Sigma Intelligence Association for the world’s brightest minds, of which seven Nobel Prize winners are official fellows/members. From his organization, The greatest minds in the world such as Noam Chomsky, Yuval Harari, Richard Dawkins, Howard Gardner, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and Terence Tao have received official awards with the winners’ consent.

This has since been deleted. 

Circa July 14, 2024, the GIGA Society (TM) Medium page republished most or all of the article BBC Science Focus: Who has the highest IQ in the world in 2024? with an additional commentary on specifically YoungHoon Bryan Kim, the article “BBC Science Focus: Who has the highest IQ in the world in 2024? (Fact Check).” The GIGA Society (™) article stated:

NOTE: BBC Science Focus is providing incorrect information without any fact checking. Therefore, through this article, we will provide a BBC Science Focus article that has been properly fact-checked…

…Pictured above, YoungHoon Kim is said to have the highest IQ score in the world currently, with an impressive score of 276. If this South Korean intellectual scored IQ 276, he is definitely out in front.

Effectively tying for the title, though, is Marilyn Vos Savant. Her recorded IQ in the Guinness World Records was 228, awarded between the 1986–1989 editions until the record was discontinued in 1990, with IQ scores deemed too unreliable to document.

This article has since been deleted. 

The GIGA Society (™) Facebook group lists a series of different title edits since July 10, 2021. These names, with dates of change, include:

• United Giga Society (USIA) Jul 16, 2021
• UNITED GIGA SOCIETY (USIA) July 19, 2021
• UNITED GIGA SOCIETY Dec 21, 2021
• GIGA SOCIETY 190 June 9, 2022
• GIGA Society — Discussion Group Jul 4, 2022
• GIGA Society — Secret Group Jul 6, 2022
• GIGA Society — The Official GIGA High IQ Society Jan 8, 2023
• GIGA Society Membership Jan 8, 2023
• GIGA Society Official Jan 26, 2024
• GIGA SocietyTM Official Jul 14, 2024
• GIGA Society Official Jul 26, 2024

The first name change to United Giga Society happened on July 16, 2021, becoming United Giga Society (USIA), or UNITED GIGA SOCIETY (USIA) on July 19, 2021 and UNITED GIGA SOCIETY on Dec 21, 2021. From July 16, 2021 to July 26, 2024, United Giga Society (2021) was then renamed to GIGA Society Official.

On September 9, 2021, the web domain for United Giga Society–https://gigaiqsociety.org–was registered. 

On October 1, 2021, ABSNewswire published the press release entitled “GIGA SOCIETY, THE WORLD’S MOST EXCLUSIVE HIGH I.Q. SOCIETY.” The company name described was United Giga Society with the main contact person as “Bryan Kim.” United Giga Society (2021) contact person Bryan Kim’s press release claimed:

Qualifications to join is 1) High Range IQ test score ≥ IQ 190 SD15, and 2) High Range IQ Society membership ≥ IQ 190 SD15. There is only full membership at the United Giga Society and Membership is free of charge.

It has been known to occur that social media “groups” started by impostors made unauthorized use of the name “Giga Society” or some variant or misspelling thereof.

Such groups are not affiliated with the United Giga Society, and membership in them under no circumstance entitles one to call oneself a member of the United Giga Society.

For more information, visit – https://gigaiqsociety.org

The wording in the United Giga Society’s press release is similar to a warning previously issued on the Giga Society website founded by Paul Cooijmans in 1996.  Giga Society (1996) of Paul Cooijmans stated:

It has been known to occur that social media “groups” started by impostors made unauthorized use of the name “Giga Society” or some variant or misspelling thereof. Such groups are not affiliated with the Giga Society, and membership in them under no circumstance entitles one to call oneself a member of the Giga Society. Contact the society’s Psychometitor to verify whether any particular group is bona fide.

Visiting the website of United Giga Society, the executives and positions listed circa October 25, 2021, were the following:

President: YoungHoon Bryan Kim

Vice-President: Iakovos Koukas

Membership Officer: Masaaki Yamauchi

United Giga Society contact person, “Bryan Kim,” released “GIGA SOCIETY, THE WORLD’S MOST EXCLUSIVE HIGH I.Q. SOCIETY,” listing the President of United Giga Society as “YoungHoon Bryan Kim.” In addition, the certificate of United Giga Society claimed “YounHoon [sic] Bryan Kim” was the “Founder” of United Giga Society in 2021. Therefore, United Giga Society contact person “Bryan Kim” released a press release through ABSNewswire about United Giga Society founded by “Younhoon [sic] Bryan Kim” led by “President: YoungHoon Bryan Kim,” and the wording in the United Giga Society’s press release was similar to that of the Giga Society founded by Paul Cooijmans.

Another press release from ABSNewswire entitled “GIGA society – What is the real Giga Society?” was released on July 6, 2022, claiming “The official GIGA Society was originally established in 2001 as the Esoteriq Society by Masaaki Yamauchi.” This claim is echoed later. “YoungHoon Kim” edited only two entries in Golden, on World Genius Directory and GIGA Society. Golden claims “GIGA Society” founded in 2001 by Masaaki Yamauchi. The “World Genius Directory” entry only had 2 editors. It claimed, “The World Genius Directory was created by Dr. Jason Betts. Currently, YoungHoon Kim ranks first in the world according to this organization’s IQ data.”

Circa October 25, 2021, the listed membership of United Giga Society, were the following 9 individuals:

IACOVOS KOUKAS
GREECE

YOUNGHOON KIM
SOUTH KOREA

MARIOS PRODROMOU
CYPRUS

GLENN ALDEN
NORWAY

TOR ARNE JøRGENSEN
NORWAY

TOMAS PERNA
CZECH REPUBLIC

DANY PROVOST
CANADA

FENGZHI WU
CHINA

TOM CHITTENDEN
USA

Circa May 19, 2022, the membership was the following:

IACOVOS KOUKAS
GREECE

YOUNGHOON KIM
SOUTH KOREA

EVANGELOS KATSIOULIS
Greece

RICK ROSNER
USA

MISLAV PREDAVEC
CROATIA

DANY PROVOST
CANADA

MARIOS PRODROMOU
CYPRUS

TOMAS PERNA
CZECH REPUBLIC

FENGZHI WU
CHINA

So, between October 25, 2021 and May 19, 2022, Glenn Alden, Tor Arne Jorgensen, Dany Provost, and Tom Chittenden, were listed then not listed as members, while Evangelos Katsioulis, Rick Rosner, Mislav Predavec, and Fengzhi Wu, were added to the membership. 

Circa October 25, 2021, the partners listed for United Giga Society were United Sigma Intelligence Association (USIA), World Memory Championships (HongKong), Global Genius Directory, ESOTERIQ Society, Gifted High IQ Network, Genius High IQ Network, NOUS 200 High IQ Society, 6G High IQ Society, NOUS High IQ Society, 6N High IQ Society, ELITE High IQ Society, 4G High IQ Society, BRAIN High IQ Society, THIS High IQ Society, Opal Quest Group, TENIQ High IQ Network, Global High IQ Society, Canadian High IQ Society, American High IQ Society, Italian High IQ Society,Synapse High IQ Network, ICON High IQ Society, Callidus High IQ Society, Capabilis High IQ Society, Magnus High IQ Society, Egregius High IQ Society, and Profundus High IQ Society.

By March 7, 2022, President, Vice-President, and Membership Officer, changed to administrators, who were the same Iakovos Koukas, Masaaki Yamauchi, YoungHoon Kim, with the addition of Nikolaos Soulios.

By May 19, 2022, the partners for United Giga Society were no longer claimed on the website, while GIGA UNION was claimed through United Giga Society. GIGA UNION was described: “GIGA UNION is an association of societies whose membership requirements are IQ 190 SD15 or higher. The purpose of GIGA UNION is to unite and increase communication with IQ 190 scorers or IQ 190 societies around the world.” Listed below its description were several organizations: UNITED GIGA SOCIETY, SINGULARITY SOCIETY, ESOTERIQ SOCIETY, NOUS 200 Society, and6G HIGH IQ SOCIETY.

By June 10, 2022, United Giga Society’s website became THE GIGA SOCIETY 190. The United Giga Society Facebook group’s name was changed from “UNITED GIGA SOCIETY” to “GIGA SOCIETY 190” on June 9, 2022. The administrators for THE GIGA SOCIETY 190 were Iakovos Koukas, Masaaki Yamauchi, and YoungHoon Kim. Nikolaos Soulios was no longer listed. The members were YoungHoon Kim, Iakovos Koukas, Evangelos Katsioulis, Rick Rosner, Mislav Predavec, Dany Provost, Fengzhi Wu, Marios Prodromou, and Tomas Perna.

Giga Society 190 claimed, “Giga Society 190 was originally established in 2001 as the Esoteriq Society. The Giga Society 190 shares the history and spirit of the Esoteriq Society. Currently, the two societies are operating independently.” No founder is claimed for Giga Society 190. The United Giga Society certificate claimed a founding by “YounHoon [sic] Bryan Kim” with the first press release and website active in 2021. 

Circa June 28, 2022, THE GIGA SOCIETY 190 administrators were replaced with President Evangelos Katsioulis, MD, PhD, and Vice President Masaaki Yamauchi, BSc & Vice President Iakovos Koukas, MSc.

Circa July 6, 2022, THE GIGA SOCIETY 190 became GIGA Society, where “GIGA stands for Global Intellectual Giga Association.” The United Giga Society Facebook group page was renamed again–from GIGA SOCIETY 190–on July 4, 2022 to “GIGA Society — Discussion Group” and then on July 6, 2022 to “GIGA Society — Secret Group.” President Evangelos Katsioulis, MD, PhD, and Vice President Masaaki Yamauchi, BSc & Vice President Iakovos Koukas, MSc were no longer listed on the website in those capacities. Neither were the prior administrators listed in their prior capacities. Previously listed members Evangelos Katsioulis, Dany Provost, and Rick Rosner were removed and Kirk Butt, Tom Chittenden, and Tianxi Yu were added to the membership. Chittenden was added, again in this round after removal between October 25, 2021 and May 19, 2022, originally.

Circa July 7, 2022, a new website, gigasociety.net, was registered in place of the September 9, 2021 web domain registered for United Giga Society–https://gigaiqsociety.org. Links led from the latter to the former. 

Circa July 12, 2022, on the new web domain, GIGA Society created the GIGA NETWORK. The GIGA NETWORK was described as “an alliance of high IQ societies worldwide. The purpose of GIGA NETWORK is to unite and increase communication with high IQ scorers or high societies around the world.” In addition, GIGA Society was described there: “GIGA Society is an extremely high IQ society for those who scored IQ 190 SD15 on the high range IQ test. The society was originally established in 2001.”

Circa August 17, 2022, the officers of GIGA Society were YoungHoon Kim, (South Korea), Masaaki Yamauchi (Japan), Claus Volko, (Austria), and Kathy Kendrick (USA). GIGA Publication was started. It stated. 

For the first time in the world, the publication of the GIGA Society was brought to the book market. Although it is only a record of the society’s current state, this information will become a valuable piece of history in the future.

Amazon Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B6B3KLXL/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_6S2TA4K1YW6RY7HZR20D 

The Kindle edition book has since been removed from availability. Advisors listed were Ivan Ivec, PhD (Croatia), Manahel Thabet, PhD (UAE), Tim Roberts, PhD (Australia), Kirk Butt, ThD, PhD (Canada),Eick Sternhagen, DPhil (Germany), Tom Chittenden, PhD, DPhil, PStat (USA), Ilia Stambler, PhD (Israel), Mark Tabladillo, PhD (USA), Claus D. Volko, MD, MSc (Austria), and Amit M. Shelat, MD (USA). The GIGA Council was formed. The GIGA Society stated, “The GIGA Council was formed to select the GIGA Society’s admission tests and to discover the best high range IQ tests.” The members of the GIGA Council were Mislav Predavec (Croatia), Kirk Raymond Butt (Canada), and YoungHoon Kim (South Korea). The GIGA Network comprised of GIGA Society, Global Genius Registry, Generiq Society, Grand Master Society, Prometheus 2.0, Nobel Society, ESOTERIQ Society,EVANGELIQ Society, GIGA Society, Global Genius Registry, Generiq Society, Grand Master Society, Prometheus 2.0,Nobel Society, ESOTERIQ Society, and EVANGELIQ Society. 

Circa September 29, 2022, Marco Ripà was added to the membership list. The GIGA Society claimed, “The official GIGA Society was originally established in 2001 as the Esoteriq Society by Masaaki Yamauchi. GIGA Society shares the history and spirit of the Esoteriq Society. Currently, the two societies are operating independently.” The United Giga Society, in 2021, certificate claimed “YounHoon [sic] Bryan Kim” and the website claimed “YoungHoon Bryan Kim” was the President & Founder. 

Circa January 8 to 26, the United Giga Society Facebook page name changed again from “GIGA Society — The Official GIGA High IQ Society” on Jan 8, 2023 to “GIGA Society Membership” on Jan 8, 2023 to “GIGA Society Official” on Jan 26, 2023.

Circa February 5, 2023, GIGA Network claimed:

Anyone with an IQ score within the top 1% or an IQ 135 (SD15) or higher can join GIGA Network as a regular member. After membership registration is approved, members can receive the official GIGA Network certificate including a certified IQ score. An official member of the GIGA Network has a personal profile within the GIGA Network website. A sample profile can be found here.

Circa February 7, 2023, the GIGA committee was founded, saying, “GIGA committee was established to secure democracy and fairness in administration, introduce specialized knowledge, and discuss decision-making by GIGA Soceity [sic] and GIGA Network.” Its members were Raymond Keene, OBE (UK), Tom Chittenden, PhD, DPhil, PStat (USA), Manahel Thabet, PhD (KSA), Ivan Ivec, PhD (Croatia), Tim Roberts, PhD (Australia), Kirk Butt, ThD, PhD (Canada), Eick Sternhagen, DPhil (Germany), Ilia Stambler, PhD (Israel), Mark Tabladillo, PhD (USA), Simon Olling Rebsdorf, PhD (Denmark), Amit M. Shelat, DO (USA), Dr. M. M. Karindas, MD (Netherlands), Claus D. Volko, MD, MSc (Austria), YoungHoon Kim (South Korea), Masaaki Yamauchi (Japan), and Kathy Kendrick (USA). GIGA Society is claimed as “an experimental project of GIGA Network.” The updated list of the GIGA Network is GIGA SOCIETY,ESOTERIQ SOCIETY, GRAND MASTER SOCIETY, PROMETHEUS 2.0 SOCIETY, NOBEL SOCIETY, GLOBAL GENIUS REGISTRY, and KIT HIGH RANGE IQ TEST. A new web domain was made for GIGA Network at this time–https://www.giga-network.org/. Its About page stated:

GIGA Network is a global organization for the high intelligence network founded by YoungHoon Kim who is ranked number one in the World Genius Directory. The aim of GIGA Network is to integrate high IQ people & societies, to certify high IQ scores, and to publish GIGA Records which is the world’s highest IQ list certified by GIGA Network. GIGA in GIGA Network means Global Intelligence Giga Association.

Circa March 14, 2023, GIGA Publications had a new book for high-range tests. This is still online. The tests accepted for admission were KIT High Range IQ Test (by YoungHoon Kim), Hoeflin Power Test (by Ronald K. Hoeflin), Hoeflin’s Ultra Test (by Roanld K. Hoeflin), Eureka Test (by N. Lygeros), G-test (by N. Lygeros), 916 (by Laurent Dubois), Hyper Test (by Laurent Dubois), LSHR (by Ivan Ivec), LSHR Light (by Ivan Ivec), DOT&LINE&PLANE (by Tianxi Yu),Death Figures (by Tianxi Yu), Ivory Tower (by Tianxi Yu), Cats Are Tailors (by Mahir Wu), LDA-SWaN (by Gianluigi Lombardi), Challenger (by Zoran Bijac), SLSE II (by Jonathan Wai), Lux25 (by Jason Betts), and Sigma Test Extended (Hindemburg Melão Jr.). The GIGA Network claimed:

GIGA Network is a global organization for the high intelligence network founded by YoungHoon Kim who is ranked number one in the World Genius Directory. The aim of GIGA Network is to integrate high IQ people & societies, to certify high IQ scores, and to publish GIGA Records which is the world’s highest IQ list certified by GIGA Network. GIGA in GIGA Network means Global Intelligence Giga Association.    

GIGA Network uses cutting-edge statistics and scientific technologies to verify human high intelligence. The limits of human intelligence will be challenged by experimental high intelligence assessments called high range IQ test. GIGA Network serves as an institution that recognizes IQ scores by evaluating them. It will serve as an official certification authority in the high IQ network.

The GIGA Network established the Grand Master Society, the Prometheus 2.0 Society, and the Nobel Society with the GIGA Society at the head for the purpose of research on high intelligence.

Circa March 22, 2023, the GIGA Records was created with a sample certificate presented. It has since been deleted. 

Circa May 13, 2023, there was a GIGA Network facebook page. It has since been deleted. Jeff Leonard was added as a member. GIGA Society was no longer claimed as established by Esoteriq Society by Maasaki Yamauchi in 2001. No claimed President or Founder.

Circa September 3, 2023, no claimed president or founder since 2021 under United Giga Society with Founder “YounHoon [sic] Bryan Kim” & President “YoungHoon Bryan Kim,” or 2022 with President Evangelos Katsioulis, MD, PhD, or then in 2022 claimed as established in 2001 as Esoteriq Society by Masaaki Yamauchi or Masaaki Yamauchi as the Founder. GIGA Society said about its foundation:

GIGA Foundation is a global organization for the high intelligence network founded by YoungHoon Kim who is ranked number one in the World Genius Directory. The aim of GIGA Foundation is to integrate high IQ people & societies, to certify high IQ scores, and to publish GIGA Records which is the world’s highest IQ list certified by GIGA Foundation. GIGA in GIGA Foundation means Global Intelligence Giga Association.    

GIGA Foundation uses cutting-edge statistics and scientific technologies to verify human high intelligence. The limits of human intelligence will be challenged by experimental high intelligence assessments called high range IQ test. GIGA Foundation serves as an institution that recognizes IQ scores by evaluating them. It will serve as an official certification authority in the high IQ network.

The GIGA Foundation established the Grand Master Society, the Prometheus 2.0 Society, and the Nobel Society with the GIGA Society at the head for the purpose of research on high intelligence.

Circa April 20, 2024, a new president was claimed for the GIGA Society. The GIGA Society said, “The President of GIGA Society is Dr. Tom Chittenden who is an Honorary Professor in the Department of Artificial Intelligence at the University of London.” Dr. Tom Chittenden’s LinkedIn profile lists a presidency beginning October, 2023.  The updated GIGA committee included Tom Chittenden, PhD, DPhil, PStat (USA), Raymond Keene, OBE (UK), Manahel Thabet, PhD (KSA), Fabiano de Abreu, PhD (Brazil), Ivan Ivec, PhD (Croatia), Tim Roberts, PhD (Australia), Kirk Butt, ThD, PhD (Canada), Eick Sternhagen, DPhil (Germany), Ilia Stambler, PhD (Israel), Mark Tabladillo, PhD (USA), Simon Olling Rebsdorf, PhD (Denmark), Amit M. Shelat, DO (USA), Dr. M. M. Karindas, MD (Netherlands), Claus D. Volko, MD, MSc (Austria), Masaaki Yamauchi (Japan), and Kathy Kendrick (USA). The Hyper Society was created. The website descriptions explained:

HYPER Society

HYPER Society is an intellectual enhancement and self-development community founded by United Intelligence Research Institute of USIA and YoungHoon Kim, the record holder of the highest IQ officially certified by Korea Record Institute, World Genius Dictionary and Global Genius Registry (IQ 210, SD15 = IQ 276, SD24). 

*HYPER Society is a cooperative organization of GIGA Society.

HYPER Mission

The goal of HYPER Society is to provide mentoring for personal and interpersonal growth and social and emotional self-realization that cannot be experienced outside by sharing and communicating with each other’s intellectual curiosity.

• • HYPER united club (N=1481)
  • HYPER 1 sigma club (N=428)
  • HYPER 2 sigma club (N=170)
  • HYPER 3 sigma club (N=280)
  • HYPER 4 sigma club (N=79)
  • HYPER 5 sigma club (N=28)
  • HYPER 6 sigma club (N=10)

Contact

• • Email: lab@usiassociation.org

Highest IQ 276 was established as a webpage, too. GIGA Society claimed to be founded in 2001; no reference to Masaaki Yamauchi or Esoteriq Society at that time. HYPER Society has since been deleted.

Circa June 22, 2024, GIGA Society claimed Ronald Hoeflin was the “Honorary Founder” of GIGA Society, and founded in 1982, as follows:

GIGA Society, as the world’s most exclusive high IQ organization, was originally founded in 1982 by Dr. Ronald K. Hoeflin under the name Mega Society as the world’s highest IQ society which was the only one listed in Guinness Book of World Records in histoy. [sic] However, while the Mega Society sets a very high intelligence level of one in a million as a condition for membership, GIGA Society sets a condition for joining a superintelligence of one in a billion…

◆ NOTE: As the most exclusive high IQ organization for individuals with an intelligence of one in a billion, GIGA Society continues the spirit of Ronald K. Hoeflin and his Mega Society…

…HONORARY FOUNDER

Dr. Ronald K. Hoeflin

Circa July 16, 2024, GIGA Society repeated the claims as well as noted and warned:

■ NOTE: Except for the nine members above, GIGA Society does not have any other members.

■ NOTE: As the most exclusive high IQ organization for individuals with an intelligence of one in a billion, GIGA Society continues the spirit of Dr. Ronald K. Hoeflin and his Mega Society.

■ Warning: Here is the official GIGA Society™ for those who score IQ 190 (SD 15) on an acceptable high range IQ test. However, there is another giga-level group which accepts unprofessional uncensored tests authored by the group’s founder who is not properly disciplined academically.

Circa August 14, 2024, for the GIGA Society, all claims to the honorary presidency of Dr. Ronald Hoeflin were removed in addition to removal of claims to GIGA Society being founded in 1982. 

Circa August, 2024, according to the Mega Society, YoungHoon Bryan Kim was expelled by the Mega Society following a membership vote with 1 vote in defense of YoungHoon Bryan Kim and the rest against him. YoungHoon Bryan Kim then sent an email to the Mega Society as a then-former Mega Society member claiming withdrawal from the Mega Society. As of August 2024, Kim is no longer listed as a member of the Mega Society. Verification can be obtained through official Mega Society channels: https://megasociety.org/#officers. GIGA Society (™) then released a statement claiming YoungHoon Bryan Kim voluntarily resigned from the Mega Society.

YoungHoon Bryan Kim connected Scott Douglas Jacobsen to Dr. Ronald K. Hoeflin for a 3-part interview published in In-Sight Publishing’s platform in 2019, and then republished the 3-part interview on the United Sigma Intelligence Association website with Kim’s approval. In total, these extensive views and ideas of Hoeflin were published in comprehensive interviews on the In-Sight Publishing website, United Sigma Intelligence Association website, and in the former USIA Research Journal–this has since been deleted–with Dr. Ronald Hoeflin in 2019/2020. No public allegations against Hoeflin or others were made between 2019 and July, 2024 to views or opinions expressed by Hoeflin. As cited in “On High-Range Test Construction 19: Dr. Ronald K. Hoeflin”:

*Original publication in In-Sight 1, 2, and 3, and republished in the USIA Research Journal (United Sigma Intelligence Association) in 2019/2020 under the leadership of YoungHoon Kim founded by HanKyung Lee, M.D. in 2007 as United Sigma Korea and registered in 2023 by YoungHoon Bryan Kim (USIA Website: 1, 2, 3; USIA Research Journal: 1, 2, 3; USIA Blog: 1, 2, 3).*

Circa August, 2024, onwards, the allegations against several people and organizations were made on several organizational and media platforms, referenced in the October, 2024 update and here. Based on available records, the following sequence of events occurred from removing Hoeflin’s name from the GIGA Society (™) website followed by allegations against several people and organizations: Ronald Hoeflin name claim and founder claim removal from GIGA Society (™) website, Mega Society expulsion of YoungHoon Bryan Kim as a member, YoungHoon Bryan Kim’s withdrawal claim letter to Mega Society as a then-former Mega Society member, GIGA Society (™) Medium account article with voluntary resignation claim for YoungHoon Bryan Kim, and then most of the GIGA Society (™) and other organizational-and-outlet allegations. 

Circa November 4, 2024, the GIGA Committee members are Tom Chittenden, PhD, DPhil, PStat (USA) YoungHoon Kim, DSc, hc., EdD, hc. (South Korea), Raymond Keene, OBE (UK), Ivan Ivec, PhD (Croatia), Tim Roberts, PhD (Australia), Kirk Butt, ThD, PhD (Canada), Eick Sternhagen, DPhil (Germany), Ilia Stambler, PhD (Israel), Mark Tabladillo, PhD (USA), Simon Olling Rebsdorf, PhD (Denmark), Amit M. Shelat, DO (USA), Dr. M. M. Karindas, MD (Netherlands), Soo-Young Kwon, PhD (South Korea), Masaaki Yamauchi (Japan), and Kathy Kendrick (USA). The GIGA Society™ claimed to be founded by The Brain Trust registered in 1989, as in the following:

As an experimental high-range IQ project, GIGA SocietyTM is an extremely high IQ society for the certified highest IQ people who scored at or above IQ 190 (SD 15) on an acceptable high-range IQ test, in partnership with World Mind Sports Council & World Memory Championships founded by Tony Buzan, the inventor of Mind Maps. GIGA SocietyTM was founded by The Brain Trust registered in 1989 as a nonprofit organization in the United Kingdom.

The only other giga-level society with both the theoretical level and the title “Giga Society” was founded by Paul Cooijmans in 1996. This has been the only claimed founder and founding date of the Giga Society in contrast to the United Giga Society to the GIGA Society (™). Jeff Leonard no longer listed as a member of GIGA Society (™). Christopher Harding, the Founder of the International Society for Philosophical Enquiry, died in August of 2024. Since Harding’s death, he has been listed as a member of the GIGA Society (™). Therefore, after Harding’s passing, his name appeared on the GIGA Society (™) membership list.

Therefore: 

• The first press release and press contact person was Bryan Kim shortly after the registration of the first website in late 2021. 
• The name of the organization since 2021 registration of the website and release of the first press release–referencing the Facebook group page name changes–has been changed several times.
• The web domain registrations for United Giga Society to GIGA Society–the name changes over time–have beenJuly 7, 2022 for gigasociety.net and September 9, 2021 for https://gigaiqsociety.org. 
• The claimed founders have been “YounHoon [sic] Bryan Kim,” Masaaki Yamauchi, Ronald Hoeflin, and The Brain Trust of the deceased Tony Buzan, with the original press release and website released in 2021, then claimed founding in 2001 (Esoteriq Society), then claimed founding in 1982 (The Mega Society), then claimed as “founded by The Brain Trust registered in 1989 as a nonprofit organization in the United Kingdom,” respectively. 
• The presidents have been YoungHoon Bryan Kim, Evangelos Katsioulis, and Tom Chittenden.
• The membership officer has been Masaaki Yamauchi.
• The vice presidents have been Iakovos Koukas and Masaaki Yamauchi.
• The administrators have been Iakovos Koukas, Masaaki Yamauchi, YoungHoon Kim, and Nikolaos Soulios.
• The GIGA Council members have been Mislav Predavec (Croatia), Kirk Raymond Butt (Canada), and YoungHoon Kim (South Korea).
• The committee members have been Amit M. Shelat, DO (USA), Fabiano de Abreu, PhD (Brazil), Claus D. Volko, MD, MSc (Austria), Eick Sternhagen, DPhil (Germany), Ilia Stambler, PhD (Israel), Ivan Ivec, PhD (Croatia), Kathy Kendrick (USA), Kirk Butt, ThD, PhD (Canada), Manahel Thabet, PhD (KSA), Mark Tabladillo, PhD (USA), Masaaki Yamauchi (Japan), Raymond Keene, OBE (UK), Simon Olling Rebsdorf, PhD (Denmark), Tim Roberts, PhD (Australia), Tom Chittenden, PhD, DPhil, PStat (USA), YoungHoon Kim (South Korea), and Dr. M. M. Karindas, MD (Netherlands).
• The members have been Iacovos Koukas, YoungHoon Kim, Marios Prodromou, Glenn Alden, Tor Arne Jørgensen, Tomas Perna, Dany Provost, Fengzhi Wu, Tom Chittenden, Evangelos Katsioulis, Rick Rosner, Mislav Predavec, Kirk Butt, Tianxi Yu, Jeff Leonard, and Christopher Harding.
• The partners have been United Sigma Intelligence Association (USIA), World Memory Championships (HongKong), Global Genius Directory, ESOTERIQ Society, Gifted High IQ Network, Genius High IQ Network, NOUS 200 High IQ Society, 6G High IQ Society, NOUS High IQ Society, 6N High IQ Society, ELITE High IQ Society, 4G High IQ Society, BRAIN High IQ Society, THIS High IQ Society, Opal Quest Group, TENIQ High IQ Network, Global High IQ Society, Canadian High IQ Society, American High IQ Society, Italian High IQ Society, Synapse High IQ Network, ICON High IQ Society, Callidus High IQ Society, Capabilis High IQ Society, Magnus High IQ Society, Egregius High IQ Society, and Profundus High IQ Society, and World Mind Sports Council & World Memory Championships.
• The GIGA UNION, GIGA Network, or GIGA Foundation, members have been 6G High IQ Society, Esoteriq Society, Evangeliq Society, Generiq Society, Giga Society, Global Genius Registry, Grand Master Society, KIT High Range IQ Test, Nobel Society, Nous 200 Society, Prometheus 2.0, Singularity Society, and United Giga Society.

The variety of allegations on the GIGA Society (™) Medium account were replicated about “Scott Douglas Jacobsen” in a prior version on the United Sigma Intelligence Association YouTube channel: Mark Coeckelberg,  Maria Ho, Ellen Langer, Ian Terry,  Richard Nisbett, Duncan Pritchard, Martin Rees, and Howard Gardner (who gave an extensive assessment of the United Sigma Intelligence Association). 

The only listed LinkedIn employee of the United Sigma Intelligence Association is 1 person, YoungHoon Bryan Kim. The only listed LinkedIn employee of the GIGA Society (™) is 1 person, YoungHoon Bryan Kim. YoungHoon Bryan Kim listed having worked at GIGA Society (™) for 2 years and 11 months, and United Sigma Intelligence Association for 5 years. There is only 1 employee listed for each in the 2 years and 11 month span as well as 5 year period of employment, GIGA Society (™) and United Sigma Intelligence Association, respectively. Posts on the GIGA Society (™) Medium account and the United Sigma Intelligence Association YouTube channel have included allegations regarding several individuals and organizations. Noted in the October update, about numerous individuals and organizations:

Ronald Hoeflin (1), the “Mega Society,” (1) “IQ Olympiad,” (1) “South Korean Jeong Kye-won(정계원) called Andrew Zheng or Andrew Jeong,” (1) “another giga-level group” and here, (1, 2) and “Scott Douglas Jacobsen.” (1)

Most of these were posted during and after August, 2024. One related to “Scott Douglas Jacobsen” stated “Aubrey de Grey” into it. The name, “Aubrey de Grey,” has been removed, while the allegation of “sex offender” remains there. (1) The Aubrey de Grey interview by Ian Bott for United Sigma Intelligence Association was online for several years until August, 2024, then moved to a private video or removed from the United Sigma Intelligence Association Channel, and then the allegations by GIGA Society (™) against Aubrey de Grey were made. The longest consistent allegation since founding as United Giga Society in 2021 by “YounHoon [sic] Bryan Kim” was in the press release by “Bryan Kim” and against ‘another giga-level group.’ Similar statements were published on various platforms, including www.iqsingularity.com extensively, United Sigma Intelligence Association main site, the www.geni.com article entitled “Highest IQ 276 Ever Recorded in the World in 2024,” the vocal.media article entitled “Highest IQ 276 Ever Recorded in the World 2024,” the USIA YouTube channel more extensively, https://www.202society.org/ website extensively, and numerous other places, even in YoungHoon Bryan Kim’s Instagram account claiming more fully on August 28, 2024:

The founder of Mega Society, Dr. Ronald Hoeflin founded the cryptocurrency coin company IQ Olympiad (Foundation) together with South Korean Jeong Kye-won(정계원) called Andrew Zheng or Andrew Jeong.

They are illegally stealing the intellectual property of YoungHoon Kim and YoungHoon Kim’s United Sigma Intelligence Association(USIA). YoungHoon Kim and his organization USIA are not affiliated with IQ Olympiad in any way.

For these reasons and Mega Society’s support for sex offender and extreme racism with eugenics, YoungHoon Kim voluntarily resigned from the Mega Society in August 2024.

GIGA Society (™) Medium account (12 followers at present) articles relate mostly about claims about or issues relating to YoungHoon Bryan Kim. These articles include “Introduction to GIGA Society™,” “What is High Range IQ Test?,” “GIGA MEMBERS,” “IQ Olympiad & Mega Society,” “World’s Highest IQ 276 Ever Recorded in History,” “GIGA Society™ Members,” “Global Genius Registry | World’s Highest IQ People,” “Top 10 People Alive with the World’s Highest IQ Ever Recorded,” “NANO Society, Founded by Dr. Ivan Ivec,” “Dr. YoungHoon Kim voluntarily resigned from the Mega Society,” “Official World Record® Holder for The World’s Highest IQ,” “Warning for Spreading False Information – GIGA Society™,” and “Dr. YoungHoon Kim, Wikipedia, World’s Highest IQ 276 Record in History.”

All community posts on the GIGA Society YouTube channel relate only to YoungHoon Bryan Kim. All posts on the GIGA Society Instagram page relate only to YoungHoon Bryan Kim. These reflect content and posts on the Instagram page for YoungHoon Bryan Kim. 

Circa June 28, 2024, following the release of the press release by ABSNewswire entitled “GIGA SOCIETY, THE WORLD’S MOST EXCLUSIVE HIGH I.Q. SOCIETY” (October 1, 2021) with contact person “Bryan Kim” for United Giga Society claiming Founder “YounHoon [sic] Bryan Kim” and President “YoungHoon Bryan Kim,” GIGA Society (™) published “Top 10 People Alive with the World’s Highest IQ Ever Recorded” (May 27, 2024) in its Medium account and EINPresswire released a press release entitled “GIGA Society Announces List of People with Highest IQ in the World in 2024.” The EINPresswire press release said, “Note: This article was written in collaboration with the GIGA Society.” Of YoungHoon Bryan Kim, it stated:

As of 2024, the highest recorded IQ score belongs to YoungHoon Kim from South Korea, with an IQ of 276. This score is verified by multiple organizations, including the Korea Record Institute, World Genius Directory, Global Genius Registry, Esoteriq Society, and GIGA Society. YoungHoon Kim’s exceptional intelligence is recognized globally, and he holds memberships in several extremely high-IQ societies such as the Giga Society and the Mega Society which was the only one listed in the Guinness World Records in history. 

His achievements span various fields, including psychology, neuroscience, and linguistics. Serving as an intelligence specialist advisor at the World Mind Sports Council and World Memory Championships, YoungHoon Kim founded an organization, the United Sigma Intelligence Association for the world’s brightest minds, which includes seven Nobel Prize winners. From his organization, the greatest minds in the world such as Noam Chomsky, Yuval Harari, Richard Dawkins, Howard Gardner, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and Terence Tao have received official awards with the winners’ consent.

This content was picked up by several publications and repeated.

From July 16, 2021, to November 10, 2024, these amount to many of the evolutions since the origin of United Giga Society’s instantiations, with the press release and first website registration as United Giga Society, to United Giga Society (USIA), UNITED GIGA SOCIETY (USIA), UNITED GIGA SOCIETY, GIGA SOCIETY 190, and GIGA Society Official described on Facebook, and then to the current GIGA Society (™), as documented above.]

[Update November 17, 2024: Based on further investigation, Paul Cooijmans, Founder of the Giga Society and the Glia Society, expelled YoungHoon Bryan Kim from the Glia Society around the time of “United Giga Society” as a high-I.Q. society name use, as investigated in the November 10, 2024 update. (United Giga Society transitioned over many iterations into GIGA Society.) This reflects the expulsion of Kim from the Mega Society in August of 2024. Verification can be obtained through official Mega Society contact channels, https://megasociety.org/#officers, and official Glia Society & Giga Society contact channels, https://paulcooijmans.com/contact.html, for each case. 

Circa Spring, 2020, I resigned from the United Sigma Intelligence Association (USIA) as its executive director and its main editor. My direct editorial successor was one of the main founding figures of the Intelligent Design creationism movement, Dr. William Dembski, particularly known for work on Specified Complexity, and in the International Society for Complexity, Information, and Design (ISCID) (of which Mr. Christopher Michael Langan was among its select ISCID Fellows) and its flagship Intelligent Design creationism journal. Other editorial replacements included other members of the Mega Foundation community. Both ISCID and PCID are defunct now. At the time, I served as Secretary-General of Young Humanists International as well, as the youth branch of Humanists International. Upon resignation from USIA, the United Sigma Intelligence Association with no humanist history and led by a Christian President, YoungHoon Bryan Kim–who eventually in 2023 intended on becoming a Christian pastor and Christian evangelist as someone in ‘the pastor candidate course at Hanshin University Graduate School of Theology directly managed by the Korean Presbyterian Association,’ applied to become a member organization of the same non-religious global secular humanist institution, Humanists International. United Sigma Intelligence Association’s organizational membership was rejected. They began hiring, at least, one long-term friend and colleague, Angeleos Sofocleous too. Later, Sofocleous no longer works for USIA.

Furthermore, there was no contact, or minimal contact in terse response, with YoungHoon Bryan Kim since the resignation in Spring, 2020. However, for about three years after resignation, I received emails from YoungHoon Bryan Kim with various content. The varied content included offers for work as head editor again, wanting to restore our relationship, asking for my forgiveness, claiming admiration for my passionate activities, the difficult in finding someone who is as enthusiastic as me about these activities, promises to treat me well as a humanist, claiming to be no longer hostile or aggressive to others, claiming to have matured, someone (Kim) who wants to be friends with wide ranges of communities as someone founding various communities, offers to allow me to write new articles, information about new projects including leading IQ Olympiad, offers to work on anything, to be operating the Nobel Society, Prometheus 2.0, Grand Master Society, new GIGA Society, and USIA, and creating admissions tests for them, claiming to make a list of high range IQ tests with Mislav Predavec and Kirk Butt, that he’s working with Claus Volko and Anja Jaenicke to publish the journals for those societies, claiming to be willing to do anything with me and whatever I suggest, that it would be an honour to work with me once again, and links to claims as a Fellow of the World Genius Directory (1, 2) with the articles claiming Kim’s membership in the Mega Society and in United Giga Society, etc. Communication was instigated one-way from YoungHoon Bryan Kim to me, over the course of about three years, since my resignation in the Spring, 2020.

YoungHoon Bryan Kim claimed a reason for my resignation from USIA in relation to the Mega Foundation’s Dr. Gina Langan and Mr. Christopher Michael Langan in a letter to the Mega Society in the Summer of 2024. Verification can be obtained through official Mega Society contact channels, https://megasociety.org/#officers. In addition, the United Sigma Intelligence Association former partner, Mega Foundation, maintained a post from April 18, 2020, for several years, with some content asserting a claim for the reason for my resignation from USIA, reinforced by Mr. Langan in the post’s comments section claiming the same using personal attacks or ad hominem, “Little Scott Jacobsen is the idiot who resigned as ‘chief editor’ of the USIA journal in protest over the partnership.” I never gave the reason(s) for formal resignation from the United Sigma Intelligence Association. Therefore, neither YoungHoon Bryan Kim, the USIA, Mr. Christopher Michael Langan, Dr. Gina Langan, nor Mega Foundation, were privy to this information, and so could not know this real reason or the real reasons for resignation from USIA, though presented claims up to over four years later. I never appointed any fellows, nor do I identify as a militant atheist. Fellows were solely finalized in appointment by the then-President and current President of the United Sigma Intelligence Association, YoungHoon Bryan Kim. 

Circa 2024, further inquiries revealed, Tianxi Yu resigned from GIGA Society, formerly United Giga Society founded by “YounHoon [sic] Bryan Kim,” and requested removal of his name from the GIGA Society, website. He gave commentary about his experience in a post on Zhihu, as translated by ChatGPT:

“I’m honestly shocked—I thought I’d gone “diving” (laying low), but a friend just told me I got “called out.” Well, since I’ve got some complaints about the whole GIGA Society thing too, let’s get into it.

I was one of the first to join Younghoon Kim’s GIGA Society. No idea how YK did it, scoring over 200 and convincing Evangelos Katsioulis to endorse the “legitimacy” of his GIGA Society. Back then, YK took over this whole GIGA scene and invited me to join. I thought, “Well, why not?”—it was free and gave me some “status.”

But the more I learned about the high-IQ community abroad, the more it all just started to feel like a joke. Besides YK, there’s also Iakovos Koukas, both scoring high on verbal tests. When I found that out, I had a massive “WTF” moment. Like, how do they even dare to use those super-easy verbal tests as their IQ scores? Anyone who knows the field understands that numbers and spatial problems are generally respected because they show real depth of thinking, but verbal tests? Realistically, verbal test scales don’t go as high as numbers and spatial tests because they just don’t measure as much. But these guys abroad? They treat it like it’s the real deal.

I’ve actually chatted with IK a few times. My takeaway? He’s not exactly impressive. He doesn’t speak with conviction, and his thinking lacks edge. But IK’s sneaky—he’ll say stuff like, “I don’t really care about IQ,” but then acts like, “I’m the smartest one around.” And the worst part? People actually buy it. YK, though, is one of the most shameless idiots I’ve ever met. Not only does he use crappy test scores, but he also goes around bragging he’s got an IQ of 276 (using SD24, no less), claiming he’s the smartest person alive (gigasociety.net/worlds-…). To sell this image, he even promotes it on YouTube and has entries about it on Medium, Wikipedia, and LinkedIn. Honestly, it’s wild. I’ve never seen someone so shameless—are all Koreans like this?

I didn’t talk with YK much, but when I first joined GIGA, he buttered me up, calling me the “smartest person he knew.” No clue how many times he’s used that line—Scott Jacobsen told me YK said the same to him. I glanced at his KIT series of problems, and let’s just say they’re awful. The scale doesn’t match what I’d expect; I even wonder if he’s ever taken a legitimate test. But YK’s managed to get support from a lot of people in the international high-IQ circles—besides EK and IK, there’s Mislav Predavec, Kirk Butt, and others backing him.

All of this has made me lose interest, so I’ve basically quit all the international societies. I left GIGA ages ago, and after getting called out today, I emailed them to remove my name from their member list. These people are just a bunch of scammers propping each other up, and being listed as a member makes me feel like an accomplice. Historically, the three most recognized societies with IQ cutoffs above 190 were GIGA Society, Nano Society, and Esoteriq Society. I used to be a member of all three, but now I’m only keeping my membership in Ivan Ivec’s Nano Society, which currently has six members worldwide. Some might ask, “What about Esoteriq Society?” Well, that got taken over by YK too—Masaaki Yamauchi got overrun by him. I’d already emailed Esoteriq Society ages ago to quit, but no one replied, so my name’s still there.

As of now, the only person in China who’s joined Paul Cooijmans’ official GIGA Society is Wu Meiheng. He got a perfect score on PC’s Alchemist test with an IQ of 196, which is seriously impressive. I also thought about scoring on PC’s tests, but our compatibility is so bad I got my lowest score ever.

Nowadays, the international high-IQ circles are full of people just hyping themselves up and chatting all day like they’re nuclear-powered mules, never taking a break. I’d suggest taking a page out of Jonathan Wai’s book—while he may not be the most meticulous grader, the man really puts in the work. Google Scholar shows he’s been cited 5,746 times, with his top paper cited 2,461 times. In 2024 alone, he’s published ten papers, mostly as the first or corresponding author—a true academic heavyweight. Since subscribing to his profile, I’m constantly getting Google Scholar Alerts for “Jonathan Wai – new article.” Then I look at the crap I’ve produced and my pitiful citations, and I’m just stunned.”

Tianxi Yu no longer listed on the GIGA Society website as a member based on request for resignation from GIGA Society and removal of his name from the GIGA Society website, including quitting the Facebook group earlier.]

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American Medical Association (AMA 11th Edition): Jacobsen S. Conversation with Entemake Aman (阿曼) on American High-I.Q. Societies and Tests: Member, OlympIQ Society (5). September 2024; 13(1). http://www.in-sightpublishing.com/aman-5

American Psychological Association (APA 7th Edition): Jacobsen, S. (2024, September 22). Conversation with Entemake Aman (阿曼) on American High-I.Q. Societies and Tests: Member, OlympIQ Society (5). In-Sight Publishing. 13(1).

Brazilian National Standards (ABNT): JACOBSEN, S. Conversation with Entemake Aman (阿曼) on American High-I.Q. Societies and Tests: Member, OlympIQ Society (5). In-Sight: Independent Interview-Based Journal, Fort Langley, v. 13, n. 1, 2024.

Chicago/Turabian, Author-Date (17th Edition): Jacobsen, Scott. 2024. “Conversation with Entemake Aman (阿曼) on American High-I.Q. Societies and Tests: Member, OlympIQ Society (5).” In-Sight: Independent Interview-Based Journal 13, no. 1 (Winter). http://www.in-sightpublishing.com/aman-5.

Chicago/Turabian, Notes & Bibliography (17th Edition): Jacobsen, S “Conversation with Entemake Aman (阿曼) on American High-I.Q. Societies and Tests: Member, OlympIQ Society (5).” In-Sight: Independent Interview-Based Journal 13, no. 1 (September 2024).http://www.in-sightpublishing.com/aman-5.

Harvard: Jacobsen, S. (2024) ‘Conversation with Entemake Aman (阿曼) on American High-I.Q. Societies and Tests: Member, OlympIQ Society (5)’, In-Sight: Independent Interview-Based Journal, 13(1). <http://www.in-sightpublishing.com/aman-5>.

Harvard (Australian): Jacobsen, S 2024, ‘Conversation with Entemake Aman (阿曼) on American High-I.Q. Societies and Tests: Member, OlympIQ Society (5)’, In-Sight: Independent Interview-Based Journal, vol. 13, no. 1, <http://www.in-sightpublishing.com/aman-5>.

Modern Language Association (MLA, 9th Edition): Jacobsen, Scott. “Conversation with Entemake Aman (阿曼) on American High-I.Q. Societies and Tests: Member, OlympIQ Society (5).” In-Sight: Independent Interview-Based Journal, vo.13, no. 1, 2024, http://www.in-sightpublishing.com/aman-5.

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