We are Ken Jennings and John Roderick. We speak to you from our present, which we can

only assume is your distant past, the turbulent time that was the early 21st century.

Fearing the great cataclysm that will surely befall our civilization, we began this monumental

reference of strange and obscure human knowledge.

These recordings represent our attempt to compile and preserve wonders and esoterica that would otherwise be lost.

So whether you're listening from an advanced civilization or have just reinvented the technology to decrypt our transmissions,

this is our legacy to you.

This is our time capsule.

This is the omnibus. Okay. You have accessed entry 1403 dot PR 141

certificate number 51993.

Marilyn Voss Savant.

But does it have any literal meaning?

It's supposed to mean a wise man or something like that.

Well, that's more, that's a coincidence then, isn't it? Yeah, that's more that's a coincidence than isn't it?

Yeah it's a hell of a coincidence I think. Yeah well I mean the smartest person in the

world actually have that name. Yeah right you know you think I made it up but

I didn't. No no I didn't I didn't think

this no you would think negative of me which is she actually says vos

savant she says vos maryland vos avant she does and she says maryland vosavant or her grandfather said Maryland Vosavant.

She says Maryland Vosavant and it's her name ish.

I've been saying Maryland Vosavant since the 80s. I think I have two. Early 80s. Let me ask you this. Have you ever had your IQ tested? Have we ever talked about this on the show? Answer the second question first.

I think even by the time I had my IQ tested, it came with a bunch of asterisks about how it didn't actually measure anything and was culturally

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