Isla McNabb’s ability to read back words written on an erasable tablet led her parents to contact Guinness World Records
Reading words aloud that adults scribble on an erasable tablet may not be the way many children spend their second birthdays. But it’s how Isla McNabb celebrated turning two, and it put the native of Crestwood, Kentucky, on the path to become the youngest ever female member of Mensa, the world’s oldest high IQ society, her parents said in a recent interview.
In a conversation published on Monday, Isla’s parents, Jason and Amanda McNabb, told the Guinness World Records website that they realized their daughter’s intelligence should be assessed after an aunt gave her an erasable writing tablet as a second birthday present.
IQ is relative to age, a 100 is standard for your age. The minimum to join mensa is 132… but that would mean she has the standard intelligence of a ~3-year-old. That’s good for a 2 year old but not exactly what you’d think of when you think about how smart Mensa members are.
She can spell at 2 and a half and do math. That’s a bit better than most 3 and 4 year olds.
Meaning she’s likely well beyond the Mensa minimum
But has she developed the prerequisite overinflated ego?