Zenodo and an IQ Preprint Claim
An abuser of preprints lays out all the benefits
Why do we have publicly available preprints?
Seriously, I am sincerely asking someone to convince me these have done any good — and none of these “they sped Covid-19 vaccines” ideas, because the facts absolutely do not bear that out. In fact, preprints are probably responsible for suppressing vaccine uptake, and had nothing to do with the 40+ years of mRNA vaccine research or the sharing of SARS-CoV-2 data used to manufacture vaccines.
Also, why are we talking about IQ, a measure of nothing meaningful associated with eugenicists and racists?
- Genetics is a volatile subject these days — just ask Sydney Sweeney
Another fraudster appears to be using preprints — this time to bolster a flailing attempt to insinuate himself into the ranks of the intelligentsia via outlandish IQ claims. In a recent preprint on Zenodo — a platform brought to you by CERN, which does physics! — YoungHoon Kim of South Korea asserts the:
. . . scientific documentation of a reported IQ score of 276. The paper, authored by Dr. YoungHoon Kim — a figure internationally recognized for holding the world’s highest IQ — offers the first comprehensive validation model for extreme intelligence that lies far beyond the range of standard psychometric instruments.
This wording comes from a press release produced by the United Sigma Intelligence Association (USIA), an organization Kim runs out of a UK PLC with a virtual rental office on Regent Street obtained via a company called Hold Everything. USIA has no revenue or expenses, and was almost struck off the UK register in 2025 after approximately two years, with a strange form from Kim saving it for now: