… is 60 today. She’s the Parade magazine columnist and one-time holder of the title of world’s highest IQ. Her IQ was once measured at 228, but more modern tests now reveal it to be simply a lofty 180. She is married to Robert Jarvik, inventor of the Jarvik artificial heart.
The Wikipedia article on vos Savant is interesting and discusses two well-known instances of vos Savant’s answers being controversial — the Monty Hall problem and Fermat’s last theorem.
Vos Savant took her mother’s surname.
I’ve always thought she was a waste, and have emailed her telling her so. With the low level of general knowledge in America, she plays parlour games. With the lack of ability to think critically, she plays games. Sort the letters.
I wish she would show people opposing “facts”, and tell how to process. Or how to make simle arithmatic less daunting. Things like that.