The video doesn’t show a genius. It shows a moderatly bright 4 year old.
Anyone who states they can administer an IQ test on a 4yo capable of measuring 145 is fooling themselves (and others apparently).
She knew her numbers in Spanish by the age of 18 mo? So? My daughter was talking at 10 months and was counting at a similar age (the language is a pointless distinction).
I’m also not too impressed with her verbal skills. They aren’t bad for a 4yo, but neither are they remarkable. The ability to communicate clearly in well constructed sentences is a clear example of high intelligence in 3-5 year olds. I find the lack of it counter to the assertion of an IQ of 145.
What if she created the IQ test herself?
I agree. I’m sure she’s bright, but for a four-year-old who has obviously been drilled on so much rote stuff, testing in 1% isn’t especially impressive. And IQ tests at that early age are notorious unreliable on the high side.
A really smart kid into dinosaurs at that age would be bubbling over with an impressive depth of information out of shear excitement at the deeper concepts and understanding she’d got from following her pursuit. Proudly able to count in single digits in Spanish, not so much.
I taught my 2 1/2 YO granddaughter her ABC’s, colors, numbers and she could recite the Pledge of Allegiance and the first lines of the Gettysburg Address. It’s on video somewhere. She’s not a genius but very intelligent.
Another of my blessed grandkids hardly spoke and I thought he might be a little behind the curve but tested for “gifted” classes in 3rd grade. He’s now 14 and a computer geek.
There’s an old joke about a kid who didn’t talk until one day at age six he asked someone to pass the salt. His amazed family asked why he had waited until now to speak. He said because “until now...everything’s been alright”.