A scientist recognised as the world's most intelligent person has made a bold declaration: God's existence can be proven through mathematics. YoungHoon Kim, a 36-year-old South Korean AI researcher and entrepreneur, holds a certified IQ of 276, a score far surpassing the 'genius' threshold of 140 and eclipsing the estimated IQs of luminaries like Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking.
The Mathematical Argument for a Divine Creator
Kim, who also holds a theology degree from Seoul's prestigious Yonsei University, regularly uses social media to bridge the gap between science and faith. In a viral YouTube video from September 4, viewed over 218,000 times, he laid out a three-point mathematical case for a creator.
He began with a principle from geometry, stating that a line cannot begin without a first point. Applying this logic to existence, Kim argued that the universe and life must have had a definitive starting point. "If there was never a starting point, then nothing could have ever begun," he contended.
His second point addressed the concept of time. Kim asserted that one cannot cross an infinite past; if time stretched backwards forever, the present moment could never be reached. He likened it to trying to count down to zero from negative infinity.
Finally, he used multiplication to illustrate the need for an external force. Multiplying one by itself indefinitely always yields one, he noted, meaning something new and greater cannot emerge from nothing. Therefore, a powerful, external agent was required to initiate and expand the universe.
"The only explanation that fits all three is a first cause starting point. Necessary, powerful, timeless, and intelligent. And this is exactly what we mean when we say God exists," Kim concluded in the video.
Controversial Claims and the Nature of Jesus
Beyond a generic deity, Kim is specific about his Christian faith. In a recent Instagram post on December 11, he stated unequivocally: "God is real 100 percent and Jesus is God." He has repeatedly posted that Jesus was God transformed into human form and asserts that faith in Jesus directly influences intelligence, creativity, and success.
In November, he posted, "No Einstein. No Newton. Only Jesus is the Smartest Man in the History of the World." However, his pronouncements have stirred controversy. He has claimed that Jesus will return within ten years and has labelled homosexuality a sin, views that have drawn significant criticism alongside the attention to his intellectual arguments.
Echoes from Other High-IQ Thinkers on the Afterlife
Kim is not the only individual with a stratospheric IQ to venture into metaphysical territory. American horse rancher Chris Langan, reputed to have an IQ between 190 and 210, developed his own 'Cognitive-Theoretic Model of the Universe' (CTMU).
The 73-year-old proposes that death is a transition within reality's computational structure, where consciousness, or the 'soul', moves to another dimension inaccessible from our earthly existence. He dismisses simplistic notions of heaven and hell, suggesting the afterlife is a complex new state of being.
Kim has echoed this perspective, suggesting that if reality is part of a grander framework, death is not an end but a transformation. He points to quantum physics, which suggests information never vanishes but changes form, positing that consciousness as quantum information may persist after physical death.
"If our consciousness is quantum information it may continue after the body is gone," Kim stated, blending cutting-edge scientific concepts with age-old spiritual questions.
