Anyone else here in MENSA?

[Miscue]

I agree. IQ is a scale that measures what? I know what it is supposed to measure, but does it? It may measure one aspect of it, one of many. It by far does not do a thorough job of measuring the capabilities of a person. Intelligence is one of those qualities that radiates from a person. You can't assign a number to it.

[Automaggin2]

i took an IQ test twice. I got a 148 and a 152. im not in mensa

[RRfireblade]

I didn't say incompetent, I said experience is superior to intelligence. Take your 160 IQ to the next job opening for a CEO and go up against a guy with an IQ of 80 and 30 years of good experience. You lose.

I still disagree and your point is not valid.

Experience does not prove intelligence or competency or the ability to do the job based on that alone.Nor did I say a high IQ would guarantee you a higher consideration based on that alone.

That 80 IQ applicant is still going to need one heck of a track record over those last 30 years to get any real job as a CEO and beat out any other better educated applicants that may have less experience.

What I did say,even though as a light hearted statement,was that I would choose higher intelligence over longer experience with all other things being equal........and have done so in the past.

[mcveighr]

I wouldn't really say it measures intelligence. It probably measures common sense and your ability to learn better.

[Glickman]

Glickman, how many times have you checked? The test isn't exactly cheap.

only offically once, other than that, i think ive done a middle school and high school thing

[MattPaintballer]

I go to elementary school, and I'm in G.A.T.E. Both my regular teacher and my G.A.T.E. teacher think I am smart enough to be in Mensa... how do I apply/where do I find the test?

[Brak]

i am the president of MENSA

[mcveighr]

It has to be administered to you by a qualified person, look on the site for info.

You have to pay too.

[PyRo]

I got a 90 on some online IQ test

[spantol]

To be fair, the guy with the IQ of 80 isn't going to pick up all that much during those 30 years. Mr. 160 has the potential to run circles around him.

I didn't say incompetent, I said experience is superior to intelligence. Take your 160 IQ to the next job opening for a CEO and go up against a guy with an IQ of 80 and 30 years of good experience. You lose.

[spantol]

I think this is part of the screening process. If you're smart enough to be in Mensa, you ought to be able to figure out how to apply.

I go to elementary school, and I'm in G.A.T.E. Both my regular teacher and my G.A.T.E. teacher think I am smart enough to be in Mensa... how do I apply/where do I find the test?

[SanDiegoMag]

I should be in mensa. I have high IQ (around 155). My aunt was the president of the local chapter at one time. It saddens people when they hear my GPA though... (School is too repetitive for me) If I were in mensa, I would actually learn something. (About the only thing left to learn in school is spelling and higher math)

[JonDaAzn]

I scored 136 on a IQ test for teenagers (I think 13 was the target age) when i was 5, around 15 points higher than my older brother, been planning to retake the test, but don't have the time/money, high IQ, low motivation

[SanDiegoMag]

All the really smart people I know have little motivation. Like myself, they have low GPAs. The thing is that school and the subjects they teach are stupid and irrelivant to me. I am going to be a musician, and yet the school has taught me nothing about that either. The only good things about high school are the social aspects, sports and girls. Otherwise, it is a waste of my time.

[Muzikman]

I still disagree and your point is not valid.

Experience does not prove intelligence or competency or the ability to do the job based on that alone.Nor did I say a high IQ would guarantee you a higher consideration based on that alone.

That 80 IQ applicant is still going to need one heck of a track record over those last 30 years to get any real job as a CEO and beat out any other better educated applicants that may have less experience.

What I did say,even though as a light hearted statement,was that I would choose higher intelligence over longer experience with all other things being equal........and have done so in the past.

Having spent the last 7 years in the computer industry I will tell you, I will take an experianced person over a "Smart" one any day. There are a lot of reason, but the main one being that no matter how smart you are the person who has the experiance has usually seen it before.