Human progress relies on brilliant minds. In order to understand the world around us, we depend on geniuses to crack the mysteries behind gravity, physics, and medicine. While the likes of Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking aren’t with us anymore, new generations of brilliant-minded people are proving there are no limits to what we can achieve. They might drink Starbucks and binge on Netflix like the rest of us, but they’re brains are built differently. Who are some of the most intelligent people alive today? Take a look at this list.
1. A Baby Who Taught Babies
While for most of us, turning 2 is when we master the art of potty training, the Australian-born Terence Tao was giving math and spelling lessons to five-year-olds. How was he able to do this when the average 2 year old can barely form a coherent sentence? You can thank Big Bird and Cookie Monster, of course! Sesame Street’s number one fan would spend hours upon hours reading calculus books not because he had a tiger mom, but because he was legitimately into that sort of thing. At the age of 10 he became the youngest ever International Mathematical Olympiads gold medalist. He started college at 14, and at 24 became UCLA’s youngest full-time professor. A man with an IQ of 225, he is also the recipient of the Fields Medal, which is the dream of every researcher.
