Dear Larry,
CONGRATULATIONS! Your Mensa Admission testing has been scored and, based on the percentile rank, you qualify for admission to Mensa.
I'd be curious to know if we have any members here.
I'd be curious to know if we have any members here.
I took an IQ test when I was around 8 years old
My dad's basically didn't even go to school..
My sister and lots of professors are really helpful when writing dissertations
I know a few people who flash their ID card whenever they get the chance, which seems stupid honestly. Everyone wants to be elitist I guess.. Although apparently for the annual fee you get 10-20% off some weird online bookstores ._.
My advice: If you are smart and know you are, don't need a card to tell everyone else you are. Just do something with it..
The only membership I hold in my wallet is my Starbucks gold card
I'd be curious to know if we have any members here.[WABAM}
I know a few people who are "Mensa's" at my school who try to flash their ID card whenever they get the chance, which seems stupid honestly. Everyone wants to be elitist I guess.. Although apparently for the annual fee you get 10-20% off some weird online bookstores ._.
My advice: If you are smart and know you are, don't need a card to tell everyone else you are. Just do something with it..
The only membership I hold in my wallet is my Starbucks gold card
I looked into this mensa thing..
It's clearly an elaborate ponzi scheme..
They offer you this artificial "status" as an elite member.. where the only benefit seems to be that book discount..
You get into a "group" that produces nothing.. works on nothing.. chat about how great everyone is among themselves..
What is this bs.. how smart is a person, then to fall prey to something like this...
I flipped through their 30question quiz.. yea.. ok.. if that's what they consider the intellectual elite,, amateur monkey math, and pattern recognition..
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Kind of like how Ergodox users are the innovators of this day and age and reaping in the benefits of being smart with Google and Apple
i took mensas test years ago as a goof. either they were jerking me around as a goof, or they just let anyone in. I suspect its the latter.
i took mensas test years ago as a goof. either they were jerking me around as a goof, or they just let anyone in. I suspect its the latter.
well these groups are unsustainable without enough paying members.. so they have to relax entrance to cover operational costs.. and out of greeeeeed.. also feed the top organizers..
It's essentially like organized religion, only it doesn't even have jesus bread and booze.
On a separate note, IQ calculations always seemed odd. for one, apparently your age plays a part in it. It is much easier to obtain a high IQ when you are younger. also most of it seems to be based on how well you complete a certain kind of puzzle, which is much like doing crosswords, there are tricks you learn. The concept of intelligence is tricky anyway, some think it is your processor power, some think its how big your hard disk is. A few think its the software and how complex its programming was. Very few seem to think it is how well your machine functions as a whole.
this covers it pretty well (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPMKqyaXtHI)
also most of it seems to be based on how well you complete a certain kind of puzzle, which is much like doing crosswords, there are tricks you learn.This! An "IQ test" has puzzles of a certain kind, and solving them is an ability that you can learn. Even if you have never solved an IQ test before, some of these kinds of puzzles are prevalent in our modern society, so you could get many chances at exercise anyway.
So it sounds like at first you didn't like mensa because people acted entitled and flashed their membership, right? So now that you can get in, it doesn't feel so entitled anymore? :D Just putting it in perspective. I'm with Meiosis on this. But if you think it might help you on a future job application, then it's something I'd consider adding to my resume (though probably in my field of science, I'd just get a chuckle out of most people seeing it on a resume/CV).I can't imagine Mensa ever helping me, IN ANY WAY, in my career.
Freemasons are the absolute worst.How so? Freemasonry is no different than Lions, Rotary, Odd Fellows, Elks, Knights of Columbus, etc. The are all simply fraternities.
Freemasons are the absolute worst.How so? Freemasonry is no different than Lions, Rotary, Odd Fellows, Elks, Knights of Columbus, etc. The are all simply fraternities.
Freemasons are the absolute worst.
On a separate note, IQ calculations always seemed odd. for one, apparently your age plays a part in it. It is much easier to obtain a high IQ when you are younger. also most of it seems to be based on how well you complete a certain kind of puzzle, which is much like doing crosswords, there are tricks you learn
in russian.Freemasons are the absolute worst.
You should read War and Peace if you haven't.
Not a stud? Then prolly didn't hurt as much, which is good. And yes, damn funny!
There's something to be said about dedicated Advantage users....absolute brilliance could be one of them :)
Maybe it's different in the US, but in Scotland (and with Freemasonry being a fairly WASP-dominated sphere, is probably more relevant here than anywhere else) it's basically social networking club for SME owners, company directors, police officers (the masons are absolutely rife with police here), judges, local politicians etc. to get involved in skulduggery. From trivial things to traffic offences being "lost" in the system, to major things like a particular civil engineering contractor winning the contract for a government infrastructure project.Freemasons are the absolute worst.How so? Freemasonry is no different than Lions, Rotary, Odd Fellows, Elks, Knights of Columbus, etc. The are all simply fraternities.
How so? Freemasonry is no different than Lions, Rotary, Odd Fellows, Elks, Knights of Columbus, etc. The are all simply fraternities.In many lodges the Freemasons do charity work, and they are very smug about it. It is the smugness that ticks people off.
Kinesis made Ergodox :)
Geekhack: Founded by a Mensa member!Kinda makes me feel dirty.
Geekhack: Founded by a Mensa member!Kinda makes me feel dirty.
A month or so ago, my company mandated that all employees take an IQ and personality test online...
A month or so ago, my company mandated that all employees take an IQ and personality test online...
What!? I'm surprised that something like this is even allowed O.o
A month or so ago, my company mandated that all employees take an IQ and personality test online...
What!? I'm surprised that something like this is even allowed O.o
It's a private sector job...
I'd be curious to know if we have any members here.
A month or so ago, my company mandated that all employees take an IQ and personality test online...
What!? I'm surprised that something like this is even allowed O.o
It's a private sector job...
A month or so ago, my company mandated that all employees take an IQ and personality test online...
What!? I'm surprised that something like this is even allowed O.o
It's a private sector job...
As far as I know, around here it's only allowed when you apply for a job, but once you signed it's a "bought as seen" situation,
any further evaluation has to be based on your work, and even this is somewhat restricted because of "equal treatment" laws.
I'd be curious to know if we have any members here.
I was admitted two years ago or so, I believe. I don't think I've renewed because I haven't found any time to go spend at meetings and have heard generally negative things about other members by a psychologist I used to visit.
I'd be curious to know if we have any members here.
I was admitted two years ago or so, I believe. I don't think I've renewed because I haven't found any time to go spend at meetings and have heard generally negative things about other members by a psychologist I used to visit.
but what did the shrink have to say about you! :eek:
also did you get the stuff i sent you?