Mensa Starts Dating Site

[Liep]

I wish there were some legit IQ tests online, I've always wondered what mine was. 

I took one once and it said my IQ was over 130, and then promptly offered me membership of something called High IQ Society or some such for only $50. Not sure if it was part of the test or not.

[merithyn]

I'm still waiting for a dating site which categorizes me based on my LSAT score. 

Is your wife aware of this?

[DGuller]

I don't get the hate for Mensa.  There is nothing snobby about it, it's just a club where you can discuss things with other intelligent people, and take a break from Languish.

[Malthus]

I'm still waiting for a dating site which categorizes me based on my LSAT score. 

Is your wife aware of this?

I don't think she ever knew my LSAT score. 

[Malthus]

I don't get the hate for Mensa.  There is nothing snobby about it, it's just a club where you can discuss things with other intelligent people, and take a break from Languish.

It's the notion of having a certificate stating that you are, indeed, part of an elite based on a test. It strikes many that trying out for such an "honour" is a sign of insecurity.

[alfred russel]

Never took a legit IQ test, but you can estimate your IQ based on your SAT or GRE scores at this website.

http://www.braingle.com/mind/iq/convert.php?year=3&satm=800&satv=740&grev=&greq=&calculate=Calculate+IQ

If you take my best score from each section, I come up with 161; if you take the lowest I get 147. (I took the test twice)

I've may have killed some brain cells since then though.   

[Caliga]

It's the notion of having a certificate stating that you are, indeed, part of an elite based on a test. It strikes many that trying out for such an "honour" is a sign of insecurity.

I agree.

[alfred russel]

I sort of want to join the group. I wonder if they take old SAT scores (or if I can find my old SAT scores). 

[Caliga]

I just don't see the point.  It's one thing to join say an ethnic heritage club, since you may want to learn more about your heritage from others who share it and may have anecdotes that you find useful in understanding your upbringing, etc.  But really what MENSA boils down to is: you took a test and got a high score.  It may well be a fluke that you even achieved said score.  I don't see what 'smart' people really have in common just by virtue of being smart.  I don't think there's even a consensus on what being intelligent really means or how it can be realistically measured.  In fact, because there's no consensus, I think everyone likes to imagine that they're 'smart' because it's not something that can be easily disproven, like athletic prowess for example.

[DGuller]

I don't get the hate for Mensa.  There is nothing snobby about it, it's just a club where you can discuss things with other intelligent people, and take a break from Languish.

It's the notion of having a certificate stating that you are, indeed, part of an elite based on a test. It strikes many that trying out for such an "honour" is a sign of insecurity.

How will anyone know that you're smart without such a certificate?

[The Minsky Moment]

How will anyone know that you're smart a dork without such a certificate?

Fixed.
See guys Mensa does serve a useful purpose, just perhaps not the one intended.

[alfred russel]

I just don't see the point.  It's one thing to join say an ethnic heritage club, since you may want to learn more about your heritage from others who share it and may have anecdotes that you find useful in understanding your upbringing, etc.  But really what MENSA boils down to is: you took a test and got a high score.  It may well be a fluke that you even achieved said score.  I don't see what 'smart' people really have in common just by virtue of being smart.  I don't think there's even a consensus on what being intelligent really means or how it can be realistically measured.  In fact, because there's no consensus, I think everyone likes to imagine that they're 'smart' because it's not something that can be easily disproven, like athletic prowess for example.

I think it could be fun to see who is in the club, and what they are like. Also, and I realize this would have to be very selective, it is an opportunity to humble brag (maybe have some old mensa crap in a nook at your house, some guest is like, what's this? and you are like, yeah, i joined for a meeting or two, but they are a bunch of elitist assholes that aren't even elite, those iq tests are bullshit anyway.)

[jimmy olsen]

Never took a legit IQ test, but you can estimate your IQ based on your SAT or GRE scores at this website.

http://www.braingle.com/mind/iq/convert.php?year=3&satm=800&satv=740&grev=&greq=&calculate=Calculate+IQ

If you take my best score from each section, I come up with 161; if you take the lowest I get 147. (I took the test twice)

I've may have killed some brain cells since then though.   

According to the SAT calc my IQ is 133

[alfred russel]

Well fuck. It seems Mensa stopped taking SAT scores in 1994. You have to pass a proctored test that costs $50. My dream of joining Mensa has been crushed after just 30 minutes. 

[Caliga]

I think it could be fun to see who is in the club, and what they are like.

I wonder if you can go to MENSA meetings without actually joining?