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YoungHoon Kim’s token launch: MASTR’s warning

The self proclaimed smartest man on earth @yhbryankimiq Kim, is launching a token right now amd there is big hype around it.

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The self proclaimed smartest man on earth @yhbryankimiq Kim, is launching a token right now amd there is big hype around it.

You should be careful.

Not only because he is a pathological fraud, but because every part of his public image is built on lies. 👇

Younghoon Kim calls himself the man with the highest IQ in the world and claims to have an IQ of 276.

That number would beat Einstein and Hawking by a massive margin.

The problem: it is completely fabricated.
There is no serious test confirming it.
There are no credible sources.
There is no valid data.
There is only Kim himself building his own myth.

He created a network of fake organisations that handed out awards to each other.

The organisation that supposedly gave him the title “the person with the highest IQ in the world” was founded by Kim himself.

Pure self promotion.

Another example: the “Giga Society”.

The real Giga Society does exist, but Kim copied their website, used their name without permission and even listed real members on his fake page without telling them.

The founder of the real Giga Society publicly called Kim a megalomaniac and a pathological liar.

Kim also tried to get himself listed on Wikipedia.

Several draft pages submitted under his account were rejected.

Reason: no significant coverage in reliable secondary sources. In other words: he is not notable.
His IQ claim is not proven. He is not a genius. He is a pretender.

Thomas Wolf, considered the most intelligent German with an IQ of 196, said it clearly: an IQ of 276 is impossible. The highest realistic values are between 180 and 200. Kim’s number is not only improbable, it is unattainable.

It gets even more embarrassing. Politicians from the (far) right winged German AfD fell for him, publicly celebrating his supposed support.

They called him “the officially smartest man alive”.
After the truth came out, all posts were deleted.

They promoted a man whose entire identity is built on fraud.

And now this man is launching a token.

If you buy a token from someone whose entire reputation is based on fake intelligence, copied websites and self made awards, then you know exactly what you are stepping into.

He is a proven fraud trying to turn his fake fame into money.

Be careful.

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