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- macfan93, on 05/12/2009, -5/+495http://www.4chan.org
- leif777, on 05/12/2009, -2/+277I wanna see the club with the bottom 2%.
- notyourbroom, on 05/12/2009, -13/+233When I was IQ-tested as a little kid, I fell one point short of their cutoff, so my parents weren't able to label me a "Mensa kid." In retrospect, I'm glad. Outside of its own narrow and artificial context, IQ is a meaningless measure. The elite and privileged of society have found it a convenient vehicle by which to bolster their claim of superior talent and ability, though, since it tests the sorts of skills such individuals would be most likely to acquire. Testing any different set of skills would yield drastically different results. That's a trivial statement in a certain sense, but it's an important point to make.
As Asimov put it, "Suppose my auto-repair man devised questions for an intelligence test. Or suppose a carpenter did, or a farmer, or, indeed, almost anyone but an academician. By every one of those tests, I'd prove myself a moron, and I'd be a moron, too. In a world where I could not use my academic training and my verbal talents but had to do something intricate or hard, working with my hands, I would do poorly. My intelligence, then, is not absolute but is a function of the society I live in and of the fact that a small subsection of that society has managed to foist itself on the rest as an arbiter of such matters."
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I'm not saying this to be reactionary or anti-establishment or anything like that; this is just what I believe to be the truth. I welcome any discussion or debate, so if you feel inclined, please click on "Reply" before you click on "Bury." - cogitocogito, on 05/12/2009, -7/+227In all my years in university research, teaching, and conference travel, I never met a tenure-stream faculty member I knew to be a member of Mensa. A few disgruntled mediocre chess club members - yes, but successful, brilliant individuals - no.
- shadowspawn, on 05/12/2009, -8/+190My ex is a member. She was nuts with jigsaw puzzles, soduku, and crossword puzzles. She could figure out anything.
Except how to give decent head. I thought she was different. Stay away from them. They don't take direction well at all; they think they know it all and sadly they miss the point. - ZeeZee2k, on 05/12/2009, -10/+183IQ tests are overrated
- shoyurx, on 05/12/2009, -0/+167Well played sir.
- nojoegohome, on 05/12/2009, -16/+146Google > IQ
- inactive, on 05/12/2009, -16/+142High IQ can be a curse, in my experience too much smartness just makes people retreat into themselves, dissatisfied with other people and reality. Pragmatically I'd rather be ambitious and charismatic than overly smart.
- TTTrouble, on 05/12/2009, -2/+121mirror?
..oh wait, got it:
http://rorr.im/digg.com/comics_animation/truth_abo ... - Laminarcissus, on 05/12/2009, -1/+119Nerds of Arrogant Mind But Lackluster Achievement
- HeWhoRoams, on 05/12/2009, -2/+116try the DMV
- somedudemanguy, on 05/12/2009, -3/+111this site must be run off of a netbook
- whiledo, on 05/12/2009, -1/+104Densa
- Snoogs, on 05/12/2009, -9/+110Effort>IQ
Interpersonal Skills>IQ - Glopostopalous, on 05/12/2009, -4/+97the National Association for Marlon Brando Look Alikes?
- RTourn, on 05/12/2009, -4/+89Structured sentence > symbols
:P - PseudoThink, on 05/12/2009, -3/+87Members also pay dues. I figured that scam out pretty quick.
- pinetree, on 05/12/2009, -1/+83Congress?
- ileftfark, on 05/12/2009, -5/+87FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
- EclipseGSX, on 05/12/2009, -0/+80I wouldn't normally ever bring it up (especially on Digg), but I'm a Mensa member. As has been stated, it's more of a social group than anything else. The dues are less per year than a magazine subscription, and with that you gain access to an entire network of interesting people (and, incidentally, a monthly magazine and regional newsletter).
If you feel like participating, there are always functions going on with other Mensa members. In my chapter, there's a bi-weekly dinner where experts are invited to share their ideas and encourage community participation. There are also groups that dedicate themselves to tutoring in neighborhood schools, working with local governments to create learning programs and volunteering their expertise in more specialized areas.
Granted, in any group there are bad apples. Plus, I agree... having a high IQ does not necessarily translate into wisdom. That said -- there's no reason to bash the organization or a majority of its members. For the most part, we're just geeks in search of other, like-minded geeks... - JackSchittt, on 05/12/2009, -0/+77/thread.
- SpoonBender13, on 05/12/2009, -0/+74As someone who scored one above that cutoff, clearly I am better than you, and my opinion is infinitely more valid. Having said that, I have nothing else to contribute.
- bratterscain, on 05/12/2009, -5/+73It's not about what Mensa gives us, it's about what Mensa gives its members, an over-exaggerated ego.
- Ibox, on 05/12/2009, -0/+66someone already said 4chan...
- CoD4, on 05/12/2009, -4/+68You're at their site
- MFoody, on 05/12/2009, -0/+61What riddles of the street have you unlocked Einstein?
- doubleoh7, on 05/12/2009, -0/+58It probably is, they're just busy doing word and math puzzles.
- joedawson, on 05/12/2009, -0/+56She is having an intellectual conversation with a talking dog?! Mensa sounds like a place for the crazy...
- heynoop, on 05/12/2009, -11/+65oh god. give me a break and calm your ego down. IQ has absolutely -nothing- to do with your utterly depressing view of society and people.
"how pointless the world is"? what are you, 14? grow up. the world is beautiful.
you just as conditioned as the 'sheeple' you claim to be better than. everyone is. - aegis17, on 05/12/2009, -1/+53Nope. He clearly said, they miss the point. She obviously had terrible mouth-eye coordination.
- inactive, on 05/12/2009, -2/+49IQ is logic based, so IQ trumps Google (for now) - but Google would win in a trivia contest.
- ileftfark, on 05/12/2009, -3/+48I dugg you, cause my penis is in that top 1%, but it doesn't help me much in everyday, non-masturbatory situations.
- inactive, on 05/12/2009, -2/+46Truth about 5$ webhosting: it blows.
- Meursault, on 05/12/2009, -1/+45Make sure you get your IQ scores out there while discussing how meaningless IQ is.
- Bloodwine, on 05/12/2009, -1/+43Top 2% sounds nice until you realize that 1 in every 50 people qualifies. It doesn't seem so elite then.
I was a member for about a year, but the meetings seemed to be the intellectual equivalent of guys whipping out their dicks for measurement. - maxvette, on 05/12/2009, -2/+43I did pretty well, IQ tests are overrated
- drmangrum, on 05/12/2009, -0/+40I did very well, and IQ tests are severely overrated.
The problem with IQ tests is they give a false sense of superiority. There are so many people that learn they have a high IQ and then stop trying. They succumb to laziness. Having intelligence is meaningless if you don't use it. - mcgannon2007, on 05/12/2009, -5/+44douche
- Tenareth, on 05/12/2009, -0/+39And the public school system is reinforcing this, making sure intelligence is punished. I don't have a problem with rewarding hard work, I have a big problem with punishing those that do not need to work hard to learn the lessons, which is what currently happens.
Public schools have started having homework count for 40% of the grade, which means if you are anything like I was as a kid (or a couple of my kids are), you could get a 100% on every test and FAIL a class. Or, you can fail every test and do all your homework and pass, even though you didn't learn the material. It's a nice trick to allow teachers to pass kids that don't learn and to punish those that don't need to do the homework. - anexanhume, on 05/12/2009, -3/+42Too true, there's no bloody point. Besides, you can practice the tests. It's supposed to be a measure of natural ability, yet you can train yourself to do well on the tests. There are much more rewarding academic pursuits and memberships out there.
- Peko, on 05/13/2009, -2/+39@BishBashRoss
I disagree. Cancer aside, 4chan is one of the most interesting places on the internet in the last little while. Despite of - or perhaps because of - it's depravity, randomness, offensiveness and immaturity it's consistently ahead of the ahead of the curve. It's a meta lab experiment gone amuck, continually stirred and proliferatingly generating new and occasionally deeply profound and forward thinking perspectives on DISREGARD THAT I SUCK ***** - junyamint, on 05/12/2009, -1/+31I joined mensa only to put it on my resume. I went to one meeting and it was the most boring thing ever. The people were all middle aged and playing board games. Man did they love some Blockus. After I got into grad school I no longer kept renewing my membership, it was worthless.
- Rain12913, on 05/12/2009, -10/+40The bottom 2% are severely mentally retarded.
- AndrewRidgely, on 05/12/2009, -0/+29A neuroscience professor of mine that I did a research rotation for had MENSA material in her office, including some sort of newsletter. She's fairly well known in her field.
The only thing I could figure was that since she was from Europe, she didn't realize that it was a club for the Ignatius J. Reillys of the world. Though she was into Star Trek... - eigenweasel, on 05/12/2009, -1/+30Oh... infinity. I see.
I thought his IQ was eight, but he was so dumb he couldn't write eight properly. - inactive, on 05/12/2009, -1/+27What exactly are 'street' smarts?
- inactive, on 05/12/2009, -16/+42Join the GOP!
- ColonelJessup, on 05/12/2009, -18/+44LMFAO at all the diggers with all the elite level IQs.......
I can do it too, check it out:
Yeah, well.... I have a 350 IQ. ***** superior, but I find it a curse to be so smart. People think I talk "faggy" and I can't hold a conversation with a person of average intelligence because they become extremely irritating with their lack of my superior vocabulary, and wide knowledge of everything.
I'm so incredibly smart that it is scary and everyone else is so incredibly stupid that it is both satisfying, yet unnerving. It is like I am a stranger in a strange land. People are just so stupid, everywhere...... yet I am so alone with my superior intelligence. It's hard, but I manage somehow.....
If only there was a country, nay, world with people just like me. All with superior intellects and problem sovling skills - like mine. Unfortunately, I live here..... where everyone else is so incredibly stupid and dense and I am seemingly the smartest person alive. Oh well, I guess I'll go log onto digg.com and lie....errrr....... gloat about my elite IQ.
Go ahead and be jealous, you cant help it... you are, of course, stupid. -
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