Anyone else here in MENSA?

[Pyrate Jim]

I was in mensa for years.
Then I grew up, and realised just what mensa was truly about.

Little more than a self aggrandizing, holier-than-thou, mutual admiration society.
Try reading C.M.Cornbluths' short story "The Marching Morons", it's rather prophetic about the future of intellectuals.

[JonDaAzn]

The only good things about high school are the social aspects, sports, girls, girls, girls, girls, girls, girls, girls, girls, and girls.

exactly! you said it!

[ocelot213]

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 beg to differ....there is a no way a legally certifid 'tard would ever become ceo of a corp. because he'd never get those 30 years of exp. 85=legally retarded.

[Albinonewt]

My wife is in Mensa.

I forgot to fill out all the stuff for it.

[Brophog]

First off, some of you know this and maybe some of you forgot it. IQ is a quotient, with the denominator being your age. Therefore, for some of you arguing intelligence vs experience, it can be very hard to relate those two without the two subjects being very close in age, and thereby more likely to be close in experience.

Secondly, like all standardized tests, it is possible to "learn" how to succeed at an IQ test. The tests are nothing more than comparisons and patterns coupled with some math skills. It is possible to learn common sequences and patterns, particularly the myriad of questions involving shape and/or color.

Thirdly, IQ is a deviation based on the perceived average intelligence. For this reason, it is no accurate to say that you have a 140 IQ without knowing which test you took, at which time, as the number is based partly on the deviation from average for that specific test. It would be like saying you can run -1.2 seconds in the 100 meter dash. For us to approximate how fast that is, we obviously need to know things like average speed of the participants, track conditions, weather, etc.

I must agree with Shartley that base intelligence quotient is really just a number. While there are offensive lineman who deadlift 500 pounds who get pushed around by smaller defensive lineman, there are intellects with high IQ's that lack the ability to properly utilize their base intelligence.

It is my opinion that man still does not know enough about the human brain to adequately account for intelligence and therefore sufficiently record intelligence into a calculable proximity.

[Glickman]

if u think about it 80 is kinda on the, um, insensate side. but just because u got a 135 when ur in 5th grade, dont forget, thats comparing to other 5th graders, while as u get older, ur iq may not get higher, as ur just comparing urself to the same age group you are.

mine has gone from 135 to 158 tho... yet im like barely honor roll. OO theres a SQURREL!!!

heh, but anyway i think that alot of the times, "smart" people do bad because they get bored and arent challenged.

[lord1234]

mmmm
i am a member of Omega....but pirate jim is right...self aggrandizing...sell patting bs.