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| 8 Dec 09, 6:07 PM SheilaBlyge UK(S), 4 yrs   |
*drops glass*... | ||||
| 8 Dec 09, 6:11 PM Susan_Williams UK(CH), 3 yrs |
It is but not exclusively. Susan Williams | ||||
| 8 Dec 09, 6:12 PM mroberts UK(EH), 6 yrs |
But we all want to be special right?
We can't be special if we're actually just distinctly average | ||||
| 8 Dec 09, 6:12 PM SeaofDreams UK(G), 6 yrs |
cool  "No, I'm not going to climb that . All of these ropes and gear are to tie up your wife and daughter." — Jeff Batten. | ||||
| 8 Dec 09, 6:16 PM kweilo UK(SS), 6 yrs |
Intelligence!=IQ And IQ is routinely reset based on a naturally observed shift towards higher IQ results through the ages. (Some argue that these has ceased in the UK, Denmark and others... that is a different debate entirely!) Using IQ as a measuring post for someone's intelligence is flawed. Measuring someone's intelligence... is probably a slightly pointless idea, if you ask me. I'll be the first to analyse and enquire about ideas and thoughts, but beyond that, it is the thoughts themselves that are interesting, less so the intelligence of the person that spawned them. | ||||
| 8 Dec 09, 6:21 PM Uther0774 UK(M), 5 yrs  |
Well my mum sez qI dont matta az mine iz ov the skail at less than 0.100 Yes I am that easy ! | ||||
| 8 Dec 09, 6:21 PM bohnanza UK(FK), 12 yrs |
I never said individual people on here were average, I said overall they were average. There are people on here in the top 1% of intelligence and the bottom 1%, the top 1% of height and the bottom 1%. There will be as many people of above the median height for their gender as below it. Science, the only religion that works even if you don't believe in it. | ||||
| 8 Dec 09, 6:25 PM Jahc99 UK, 5 yrs |
Pfnapf! | ||||
| 8 Dec 09, 6:35 PM Velvet_Panther UK(AB), 3 yrs |
Ooh - that sounds familiar - I was tested at the age of about 11 and it was sky high (in the range of it's probably best for her not to tell the media!) but they are age adjusted for children so if you are a few years ahead of your peers they are pretty dubious. I had a miserable time at school but don't knock Mensa totally, I went an a trip to the US with 'junior Mensa' when I was about 15 and got to do loads of awesome stuff like watch open heart surgery with people who didn't bully me for being 'clever'. These days my IQ is at something vaguely sensible (in the 130-140ish bracket on informal tests and probably dropping daily) and I can't see much reason to join Mensa as an adult. Oh and yes, yes I do know that intelligence tests don't really measure anything sensible and it's all an artificial construct! Edited 8 Dec 09, 6:38 PM by Velvet_Panther | ||||
| 8 Dec 09, 6:39 PM little_belle UK(E), 4 yrs  |
I was 156 on the Mensa test a few years ago. (I think that was one point away from the 99th percentile) Doesn't mean a blinking thing in my opinion. I am far far away from being in the clever section at Uni, in fact I am distinctly medicore when it comes to academic ability. I get 2:1's in work with reasonable effort. I am disorganised and lazy. I don't have a good memory, I have terrible general knowledge, I can't drive as I can't do that many manual things at once, etc. etc. So, although they accepted me into Mensa I'd rather be good at something that actually helped in life! People always tell me I am bright however, I have a reasonable vocabulary, a decent grasp of the English language and my grammar is not bad. I'm definitely a big thinker, and that only makes me depressed. I'd much rather be stupid and happy, and that's for sure. Hewwo! I make nylon whips. Take a peek at my profile if you'd like to buy one. |
