Mensa, B!tch!

[Araznal]

Mensa members aren't allowed to fence? Everyone here so far who claims to have a high IQ actually has a low IQ.

Yeah, that was poorly worded. I meant I wouldn't want to deal with Mensa crap as opposed to having a good time fencing. Also, oiuyt has a good point there.

Last time I took a test, which was a few years ago, my IQ was 148.

[Zilverzmurfen]

Hey, I'm the first sucker to actually admit it.

Well allow me to be the first one to admit I doubt I would qualify.

(Hey, it doesn't bother me and I most likely wouldn't join Mensa even if I did qualify... .)

I've had a look at the test on the swedish Mensa website and I probably didn't get more than 85-ish percent on the one I tried. Math has never been a strong subject for me and most of those tests are in some way math related. So who decided that math should be the denominator of high IQ?

...and let me just point out that being 'smart' and 'intelligent' is not necessarily the same thing. Intelligence is about being able to solve logical problems of some sort, whilst being 'smart' is refraining from smoking, not fall in love with the wrong type of person etc etc etc.

Just my tuppence...

[Mihail]

...and let me just point out that being 'smart' and 'intelligent' is not necessarily the same thing. Intelligence is about being able to solve logical problems of some sort, whilst being 'smart' is refraining from smoking, not fall in love with the wrong type of person etc etc etc.

Just my tuppence...

Everyone has his/her own definition of "smart." What you described is basically knowing how to take care of yourself (in the real world?). Others would say it's the possession of common sense. Others: critical thinking. Many think being smart is the same as being knowledgeable. Even more think it's having a large vocabulary. Some believe it's having a job related to math or science. "Smart" is a very arbitrary word; there's no universal, absolute meaning of it.

[latenight]

Everyone has his/her own definition of "smart." What you described is basically knowing how to take care of yourself (in the real world?). Others would say it's the possession of common sense. Others: critical thinking. Many think being smart is the same as being knowledgeable. Even more think it's having a large vocabulary. Some believe it's having a job related to math or science. "Smart" is a very arbitrary word; there's no universal, absolute meaning of it.

I think there is intelligence, and then there is wisdom....having one doesn't necessarily mean one will posess the other.

[noodle]

i considered joining it.
but then i noticed my IQ test's format isn't one of their accepted formats. i take enough tests, i don't want to have to pay to take another.

mensa would look good on a resume though.

also note that mensa is something that is based on critical thinking, problem solving, and the like. it does not measure book smarts.

[Zilverzmurfen]

Everyone has his/her own definition of "smart."

Yes. What I wrote could be one definition.

[Sciurus-Rex]

i considered joining it.
but then i noticed my IQ test's format isn't one of their accepted formats. i take enough tests, i don't want to have to pay to take another.

mensa would look good on a resume though.

also note that mensa is something that is based on critical thinking, problem solving, and the like. it does not measure book smarts.

You're funny.

[needle]

Then I thought, I'm paying $50 or so a year for a magazine that's kinda half ways interesting once every blue moon, plus a roneo'ed (I don't think they'd mastered the photocopier) local broadsheet, plus the right to hang out with a set of mildly unusual people, typically retired, hence with little in common with myself, and had to concede that, if I continued paying, I'd only prove that I wasn't smart enough to be a member.

Precisely. Congratulations on passing the final part of Mensa test