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Mensa does not = "smart" or even "intelligent"

Posted By: Jim Kaiser <jimkaiser@cox.net>
Friday, 30 June 2006, at 9:54 a.m.

In Response To: I, too, thought it strange that someone as smart as DotDotDot, aka A Name -- (MaaMaw)

First of all, Mensa is not an accomplishment. It’s not something you can study for or learn.

Mensa does not necessarily equal smart or intelligent. Neither does any IQ test score.

To best explain it, understand that there are Multiple Intelligences. People learn things and see things in different ways. The brain works different in different people.

An IQ test measures only one of these intelligences know as the Logical/Mathematical Intelligence. Anyone here that has ever taken an IQ test knows that they are all about puzzles and patterns and relationships between things.

Mensa membership qualifications are simply scoring in the top 2% on an IQ test.

That means that Mensa members are good at problem solving, It doesn’t mean that they are smarter than anyone else that possesses any other type of intelligence.

It’s more of a trait than anything else. It’s like saying you’ve got long legs, or red hair, or big ears, or whatever. It’s not something you have accomplished, it’s just who you are.

Having said that, I’m a Mensa member myself. This is the first time and very likely the last time that It is mentioned online. For me, it has nothing to do with thinking I’m somehow better than anyone else. It’s just something that allows me to understand myself a little better.

I’ve got a good friend that I’m sure has a very low IQ. He speaks and writes 7 different languages fluently. To me, THAT is genius and it’s something I know I could never do.

I recently had a gal come in and paint a big mural on my wall from a small picture I gave her. Without projecting anything onto the wall, and with just the picture I gave her, she was able to make my wall look exactly like the picture. THAT was amazing. THAT was genius.

I’m really good at figuring out solutions to complex problems by using logic and reason. That’s about my only real skill. Somehow, I don’t see that as genius.

I guess my point here was to say that being a Mensan is not a real credential but if you understand what it’s all about you can understand the way the person thinks and the things they are likely more capable of.

Jim

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When you see MENSA on a sales page.... (views: 789)
Jim Kaiser -- Wednesday, 28 June 2006, at 2:59 p.m.
- I'm better than you are, nyah, nyah, nyah... (views: 823)
  Tonya -- Wednesday, 28 June 2006, at 3:13 p.m.
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  Mr Bluto ^_^ -- Wednesday, 28 June 2006, at 3:49 p.m.
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    Sandi Bowman -- Wednesday, 28 June 2006, at 4:45 p.m.
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      Tonya -- Thursday, 29 June 2006, at 8:09 a.m.
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  Mel. White -- Wednesday, 28 June 2006, at 5:04 p.m.
- Re: When you see MENSA on a sales page.... (views: 854)
  ... -- Wednesday, 28 June 2006, at 7:28 p.m.
  - Dear DotDotDot... (views: 854)
    MaaMaw -- Wednesday, 28 June 2006, at 10:55 p.m.
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    brupol -- Friday, 30 June 2006, at 3:18 p.m.
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  An Old Friend-Turned-Lurker -- Thursday, 29 June 2006, at 10:57 a.m.
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    A Name -- Thursday, 29 June 2006, at 9:02 p.m.
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      Jim Kaiser -- Thursday, 29 June 2006, at 9:08 p.m.
      - I, too, thought it strange that someone as smart as DotDotDot, aka A Name -- (views: 871)
        MaaMaw -- Friday, 30 June 2006, at 7:35 a.m.
        
        Mensa does not = "smart" or even "intelligent" (views: 848)
        Jim Kaiser -- Friday, 30 June 2006, at 9:54 a.m.
        
        It means boring in my book (views: 870)
        Terry Gibbs -- Sunday, 2 July 2006, at 1:40 p.m.
        
        Me, too - and ... (views: 891)
        J.F. (Jim) Straw -- Thursday, 13 July 2006, at 11:19 a.m.
        
        Re: I, too, thought it strange that someone as smart as DotDotDot, aka A Name -- (views: 787)
        A Name -- Friday, 30 June 2006, at 10:19 a.m.

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