With an IQ of more than 130, Helmut Preisinger has above-average intelligence. What this means for him and his life, why he thinks our counting method is wrong and how you can recognize giftedness in your child.
“We are counting incorrectly,” says Helmut Preisinger of Gols. He had already explained this to his teacher in the second year of primary school. “Of course that only caused laughter at the time. Since then I have been thinking correctly, but counting incorrectly,” he says. It doesn’t have to be eleven, twelve, 13, etc., but rather 10-1, 10-2, 10-3. Just making this small change can improve mental arithmetic performance many times over, he says. Hungarian is the only language in which counting is correct.
The discovery of the talent was not without consequences
Preisinger is commonly described as gifted. The winemaker has an intelligence quotient of over 130. In high school he took an intelligence test and stood out. At that time, the Mensa association, an Austrian network for gifted people, also became aware of him. He first attended a meeting when he was 14 years old. In his private life, however, his excellent skills proved to be a disadvantage.
Source: Krone
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