Author(s): Scott Douglas Jacobsen

Publication (Outlet/Website): Medium (Personal)

Publication Date (yyyy/mm/dd): 2025/05/17

Acknowledgements

For Some Smart People: Views and Lives 1: Manahel Thabet for being the first in this series and giving a gauge on the feasibility of this project, and to Evangelos Katsioulis, Jason Betts, Marco Ripà, Paul Cooijmans, Rick Rosner; in spite of far more men in these communities, it, interview wise, started with a woman, even the Leo Jung Mensa article arose from the generosity of a woman friend, Jade.

For Some Smart People: Views and Lives 2: Claus Volko, Deb Stone, Erik Haereid, Hasan Zuberi, Ivan Ivec, Kirk Kirkpatrick, Monika Orski, and Rick Rosner.

For Some Smart People: Views and Lives 3: Andreas Gunnarsson, Anja Jaenicke, Christian Sorensen, Claus Volko, Dionysios Maroudas, Florian Schröder, Ronald K. Hoeflin, Erik Hae reid, Giuseppe Corrente, Graham Powell, Guillermo Alejandro Escárcega Pliego, HanKyung Lee, James Gordon, Kirk Kirkpatrick, Krystal Volney, Laurent Dubois, Marco Ripà, Matthew Scillitani, Mislav Predavec, Owen Cosby, Richard Sheen, Rick Farrar, Rick Rosner, Sandra Schlick, Tiberiu Sammak, Tim Roberts, Thomas Wolf, Tom Chittenden, Tonny Sellén, Tor Jørgensen.

For Some Smart People: Views and Lives 4: Björn Liljeqvist, Christian Sorenson, Claus Volko, Dionysios Maroudas, Sandra Schlick, Erik Haereid, Giuseppe Corrente, Guillermo Alejandro Escárcega Pliego, HanKyung Lee, James Gordon, Justin Duplantis, Kirk Kirkpatrick, Laurent Dubois, Marco Ripà, Matthew Scillitani, Mislav Predavec, Richard Sheen, Rick Farrar, Rick G. Rosner, Thomas Wolf, Tiberiu Sammak, Tim Roberts, Tom Chittenden, Tonny Sellén, and Tor Arne Jørgensen.

For Some Smart People: Views and Lives 5: Anthony Sepulveda, Christian Sorenson, Claus Volko, Dionysios Maroudas, Erik Haereid, Giuseppe Corrente, Guillermo Alejandro Escárcega Pliego, Heinrich Siemens, Hindemburg Melão Jr., Jason Robert, Julien Garrett Arpin, Justin Du plantis, Marios Sophia Prodromou, Matthew Scillitani, Mhedi Banafshei, Rick Rosner, Tiberiu Sammak, Tor Arne Jørgensen, and Veronica Palladino.

For Some Smart People: Views and Lives 6: Anas El-Husseini, Andrew Watters, Anthony Sepul veda, Arturo Escorza Pedraza, Beatrice Rescazzi, Bob Williams, Byunghyun Ban (반병현), Cas per Tvede Busk, Charles Peden, Craig Shelton, Christian Sorensen, Claus Volko, Erik Haereid, Giuseppe Corrente, Justin Duplantis, Krystal Volney, Mhedi Banafshei, Paul Cooijmans, Rich ard May (“May-Tzu”/”MayTzu”/”Mayzi”), Richard Sheen, Shalom Dickson, Thor Fabian Petter sen, Tiberiu Sammak, Tim Roberts, Tor Arne Jørgensen, and Anonymous Canadian High-IQ Community Member.

For Some Smart People: Views and Lives 7: Anas El Husseini, Aníbal Sánchez Numa, Anthony Sepulveda (Brown), Anja Jaenicke, Beatrice Rescazzi, Bîrlea Cristian, Bob Williams, Christian Sorensen, Clelia Albano, Eivind Olsen, Erik Haereid, Gernot Feichter, Giuseppe Corrente, Glia Society Member #479, Graham Powell, Hakan E. Kayioglu, Heinrich Siemens, Justin Duplantis, Kishan Harrysingh, Kirk Kirkpatrick, Marios Prodromou, Mhedi Banafshei, Mohammed Karim Benazzi Jabri, Monika Orski, Richard May (“May-Tzu”/”MayTzu”/”Mayzi”), Sandra Schlick, Tiberiu Nicolas Sammak, and Tor Arne Jørgensen.

For Some Smart People: Views and Lives 8: Anthony Sepulveda, Anja Jaenicke, Antjuan Finch, Benoit Desjardins, Bishoy Goubran, Bob Williams, Charles Peden, Chris Cole, Christopher Har ding, Christian Sorensen, Daniel Shea, Dong Geon Lee, Eivind Olsen, Entemake Aman (阿曼), Erik Haereid, Gareth Rees, Gary Whitehall, Glenn Alden, Jiwhan (Jason) Park, Luca Fiorani, Masaaki Yamauchi, Masaaki Yamauchi, Matthew Scillitani, Michael Isom, Olav Hoel Dørum, Paul Cooijmans, Richard May, Rick Rosner, Rickard Sagirbay, Shalom Dickson, Sudarshan Murthy, Svein Olav Glesaaen Nyberg, Tim Roberts, and Tor Arne Jørgensen.

For Some Smart People: Views and Lives 9: Anthony Sepulveda (Brown), Antjuan Finch, Benoit Desjardins, Bob Williams, Christopher Angus, Clelia Albano, Craig Shelton, Daniel Hilton, Donald Wayne Stoner, Dong Geon Lee, Dr. Benoit Desjardins, Eivind Olsen, Erik Haereid, Gareth Rees, Hiroshi Murasaki, LaRae Bakerink, Luca Fiorani, Michael Baker, Paul Cooijmans, Ricardo Rosselló Nevares, Richard May (“May-Tzu”/”MayTzu”/”Mayzi”), Rick Rosner, Simon Olling Rebsdorf, Sudarshan Murthy, Tor Arne Jørgensen, and Uwe Michael Neumann.

For Some Smart People: Views and Lives 10: Anthony Sepulveda (Brown), Bob Williams, Chris Cole, Entemake Aman (阿曼), Erik Haereid, Eivind Olsen, Gernot Feichter, Graham Powell, Harry Royalster, Iakovos Koukas, Larae Bakerink, Paul Cooijmans, Richard May (“May Tzu”/”MayTzu”/”Mayzi”), Rick Rosner, Scott Durgin, Tor Arne Jørgensen, and Uwe Michael Neumann.

For Some Smart People: Views and Lives 11: Brandon Feick, Chris Cole, David Miller, Dr. Be noit Desjardins, M.D., Ph.D., Dr. Ricardo Rosselló Nevares, Entemake Aman (阿曼), Hindem burg Melão Jr., Justin Duplantis, Kate Jones, Masaaki Yamauchi, Matthew Scillitani, Michael Isom, Richard May (“May-Tzu”/”MayTzu”/”Mayzi”), Rick Rosner, Tianxi Yu (余天曦), Tomáš Perna, Tor Arne Jørgensen, Uwe Michael Neumann, and Veronica Palladino. For Some Smart People: Views and Lives 12: AntJuan Finch, Beatrice Rscazzi, Bob Williams, Claus Volko, M.D., Clelia Albano, Craft Xia, David Udbjørg, Entemake Aman (阿曼), Erik Haereid, M.Sc., Fengzhi Wu (邬冯值), Garth Zietsman, Hindemburg Melão Jr., Justin Duplantis, LaRae Bakerink, Luis Ortiz, Matthew Scillitani, Nozomu Wakai, Olav Hoel Dørum, Rick Ros ner, Scott Durgin, Simon Olling Rebsdorf, Tianxi Yu (余天曦), Tim Roberts, Tor Arne Jørgen sen, Veronica Palladino, M.D., Victor Hingsberg.

For Some Smart People: Views and Lives 13: Jaime Alfonso Flores Navas, Krzysztof Zawisza, Luca Fiorani, Mattanaw, Mizuki Tomaiwa, Nikolaos U. Soulios, Petros Gkionis, Rick Rosner, Tianxi Yu (余天曦), Tomáš Perna, and Tor Arne Jørgensen.

For Some Smart People: Views and Lives 14: Andrei-Emanuel Udriște, Antjuan Finch, Benoit Desjardins, Bob Williams, Claus Volko, Daniel Hilton, Daniel Shea, Erik Haereid, Entemake Aman, Filipe Palma, Kirk Kirkpatrick, Mateo Muça, Masaaki Yamauchi, Matthew Scillitani, Paul Cooijmans, Richard May, Rickard Sagirbay, Sandra Schlick, Steven Stutts, Tor Arne Jørgensen.

For Some Smart People: Views and Lives 15: ‘Fatty White’, ‘JayStar’, ‘Seneka’, Claus Volko, David Quinn, Donald Wayne Stoner, Dr. Kristóf Kovács, Entemake Aman, Harry Royalster, Honghao Zhao, Mahir Wu, Marc Roberge, Marco Ripà, Matthew Scillitani, Reuven Kotleras, Rick Rosner, Scott Durgin, Tianxiang Shao, Tianxi Yu, Tomáš Perna, Tor Arne Jørgensen, and Yaniv Hozez.

Scott Douglas Jacobsen

Foreword by Honghao Zhao (赵宏昊)

I am very pleased to be invited by Scott Jacobsen to write this foreword. This is also the first time I have learned that a journalist has been interviewing members of high IQ societies from various countries and regions. Based on my previous understanding of international high IQ society members and Chinese high IQ society members, I found that among international high IQ society members, especially those with high scores, scholars, professors, or individuals with higher education such as master’s and doctoral degrees occupy a considerable proportion. In contrast, although there are also some highly educated individuals among Chinese high IQ society members, their proportion is not high relative to the large base number of Chinese high IQ society members. Professors and successful individuals such as corporate executives are even rarer.

According to my guess, it may be because the Chinese high IQ society started relatively late, and the main group is still minors and full-time students. Moreover, the concept of IQ, which is innate and unchangeable, does not align with the values generally advocated by Chinese society. Therefore, high IQ societies have always been a niche group. However, the potential of Chinese high IQ society members is still very high. There are many talented young people, some of whom have received good education and already have high academic qualifications, while others lack educational resources and have not yet stood out.

On Zhihu (the Chinese equivalent of Quora), a user once collected some cases of high scores in high-range IQ tests. According to these cases, teenagers who have won Olympic competition awards usually perform well in high-range IQ tests, achieving IQ scores of 160 or even 170 (SD15). Some students who have been admitted to Tsinghua University and Peking University (the top two universities in China) generally have IQs ranging from 130 to 150 (SD15). This may indicate that in China, higher IQs have a positive correlation with academic qualifications, but extremely high IQs may not necessarily do so. Additionally, some high IQ individuals are easily ostracized from a young age due to being different from ordinary people, leading to mental health issues such as depression. If there is any way to help these potential individuals, I think it would be a wonderful thing.

Foreword by Entemake Aman

First of all, I am very glad to give the foreword to this book. This book is one of the rare interviews of geniuses in the world. Scott Douglas Jacobsen put a lot of effort into this book, and every question Scott asks is interesting and creative. I’m grateful to Scott for giving us so much to think about. If you are interested in genius, or in thinking, then every question in this book you will enjoy. Not every genius is successful, but they all deserve a platform to show their brilliant ideas, and thank Scott for providing such a platform. This book shows how geniuses think and how they live. You can learn a lot about high intelligence from this book. I also hope that society will pay more attention to this book, to find those geniuses who have not shown their wisdom in academia, and to provide them with opportunities. You can find a lot of interesting geniuses in this book, and you can get mental pleasure from their interviews. Geniuses often have different but interesting and accurate ideas, as you can see from this book. I also sincerely wish Scott more and more success. I think each of Scott’s interviews is classic and worthy of our consideration and attention. Finally, I wish every reader happiness in reading this book.

Foreword by Mahir Wu

First of all, I would like to thank Scott Jacobsen from the bottom of my heart for inviting me to write the foreword to this book.

A century has passed since the term “IQ” was coined. In that time, IQ testing methods have evolved. In particular, the last few decades have seen the rise of the high-range IQ test, which, because of its mind-game-like nature, has managed to attract a large number of puzzle-solving enthusiasts. As a result, more and more test authors have emerged, and a variety of diverse IQ test formats have emerged.

Compared with traditional mainstream tests, these new tests examine in greater depth people’s ability to recognize patterns and explore the nature of patterns. However, despite their remarkable breakthroughs in some areas, it is still difficult to comprehensively measure all of a person’s intellectual abilities. This makes me realize that human beings still have a long way to go in the field of intelligence measurement and must continue to explore and innovate.

I don’t have a definitive answer as to when the perfect IQ test will be constructed, and while it may still be some way off, we should be grateful to those who have contributed to the process. I believe that perseverance is an extremely valuable quality. To be able to continue designing tests and updating the data over many years, as Paul Cooijmans do, requires not only perseverance, but also deep expertise and passion. At the same time, interviewing, editing, and organizing large amounts of content from people who have excelled intellectually can be a daunting task. Fortunately, Scott Jacobsen has reinvigorated the field through this persistence and hard work. Thanks to his contributions, we’ve been able to get the real-world perspectives of the best and brightest from different countries, cultures, and professions, insights that often go beyond our own perspectives and open us up to a wider range of perceptions. And that’s exactly what “Some Smart People: Views and Lives 15” shows. I have great respect for Scott Jacobsen’s work, and I am delighted to see this book come together.

In “Some Smart People: Views and Lives 15”, readers will find not only the diverse perspectives of people who have excelled on IQ tests, but also insights into their thoughts on macro topics such as humanity, history, God, and politics. These will surely provide readers with a wealth of takeaways and insights that will help them better understand the multidimensional character of intelligence.

Finally, I would like to thank Scott Jacobsen again for his careful organization and editing of this book. His efforts and dedication have made this book one of the major works in the field of intelligence that deserves to be carefully savored and reflected upon by every reader.

Foreword by Tianxi Yu

I am deeply honored that Mr. Scott invited me to write the foreword for this book, and I’m equally grateful for his ongoing dedication to collecting insights from highly intelligent individuals, which perfectly fills a significant gap in our understanding.

Our knowledge of high-IQ individuals and geniuses remains limited, as they haven’t truly entered the public consciousness yet. Most people lack a clear understanding of the concept of ‘IQ’ itself, and their awareness of high-IQ societies rarely extends beyond Mensa. This makes the publication and promotion of this book particularly meaningful.

I love engaging in conversations, especially with fascinating people. While everyone has their own inherent perspectives, dialogue can break through the boundaries of thought — and what could be more enlightening than accessing the thoughts of some of the most brilliant minds on Earth? Despite the existence of platforms like Facebook and Twitter, and various communities with international membership, deep communication between members has been rare. Scott’s work has broken through these barriers, allowing us to understand how the world’s most intelligent people think.

In my view, thinking knows no boundaries, as definitions themselves are boundless. Good and evil, right and wrong, only exist within specific contexts. The more we can free ourselves from predetermined identities, the greater intellectual freedom we can achieve. However, life’s daily complexities and the intersection of time and space often prevent us from attaining true freedom.

Helping people break free from mental constraints and achieve intellectual liberation is the shared goal of both myself and this book, “Some Smart People: Views and Lives 15.”

Finally, I would like to express my gratitude once again to Mr. Scott for his long-term commitment to interviewing and documenting information about high-IQ individuals. His efforts have made this book an invaluable reference for both the high-IQ community and the field of intelligence studies.

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