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    Image of Bakkster_Man Bakkster_Man
    02/11/09

    In reply to Empire Teams With Mensa For Real Brain Games
    For how smart the Mensas are, you'd think that they would have figured out just how bogus IQ really is. It really has nothing to do with you "overall" intelligence, just your puzzle-solving abilities and experience. To be fair, that would make them good at helping with a puzzle solving game, but it won't necessarily make you any smarter at anything other than puzzles.


    [en.wikipedia.org]

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    Image of phicaluk phicaluk
    02/11/09

    @Bakkster_Man: Exactly. IQ isn't a good measure of anything except the ability to solve IQ tests, and definitely doesn't equate to "intelligence". I speak as someone who is quite good at IQ tests (I apparently have an IQ of 145), and yet I can be quite frighteningly stupid at times.
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    02/11/09

    In reply to Empire Teams With Mensa For Real Brain Games
    Why is American Mensa's logo a picture of a basketball on a table?
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    Image of DragonYen DragonYen
    02/11/09

    @phicaluk: Smart people were always upset the couldn't play sports?
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    Image of tzaketh tzaketh
    02/11/09

    In reply to Empire Teams With Mensa For Real Brain Games
    When I was seven, I had to take an IQ test to get into a private school. I was in the 99th percentile, with an IQ of roughly 145. This made me eligible to apply to Mensa.


    In the intervening years, I used the internet for the first time, got my first gaming console, and started playing Magic: The Gathering.


    When I took an IQ test as part of a psychological evaluation for a security clearance, I had dropped to 126.


    You be the judge.

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    Image of CherylEpimetheus CherylEpimetheus
    02/11/09

    @tzaketh: I am scared. You are like a future copy of me. When I was 9 I took their test and scored 144, then started playing Magic and computer games.
    So did you end up being a relatively valuable member of the society?
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    Image of geekgrrl geekgrrl
    02/11/09

    @CherylEpimetheus: you don't need to ask.. just check out his comment history. :d
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    02/11/09

    In reply to Empire Teams With Mensa For Real Brain Games
    In Mensa: The Game, you have to take a long written exam at the title screen after you press start, and if you fail you aren't allowed to play the game and are mailed a rejection letter you can shamefully display on your wall for the rest of your adult life.
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