Harvard Grad To Life In Prison: The Unabomber’s Backstory Will Blow Your Mind

He Had An Einstein-Level IQ

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Kaczynski boasted an impressive IQ at 167. For comparison, Einstein only scored 160. Kaczynski went on to Harvard at age 16 to study mathematics. He received a Masters and Ph.D. in math by age 25 and became the youngest assistant professor of mathematics at the University of California Berkeley.

Those smarts helped him evade capture for years, but it was also his downfall.

Keep reading to see why Kaczynski said his time at Harvard was some of the worst years of his life.