ok, a bit of
inside information about
Mensa, I'm a member. I passed
one of the requirements by accident, and am by no means a
genius. All
human beings are total
morons because we are not able to answer the more important questions in life, and look at the mess we have created, and still create, in the
world; maybe the score makes me less of a moron, but still a moron.
To "pass" for
Mensa, you have to have a score within the 2% range of at least one of the three tested areas: general
analytical skills (the pictures test),
verbal skills and/or
numerical. So it is possible to score
excellent on say the numerical skills passing the requirement, but have an
average score on e.g. verbal skills and still becom a Mensa member.
Yes, a group of members are those typical
moaning people who "want to have a
deep conversation on their own level" and blame every problem in life on their
HIQ. As if the organization is one of those
self-help groups. But not all of them are like that, and I've to say that sometimes it's nice to talk to people who don't get
jealous and
angry with me when I've done several things in a shorter timespan than "the average person" would do and of which I was sort of
proud of because I had put a lot of effort in it; that I want to share that experience with at least one person. But for this, you certainly don't need to be a member, a good
friend may even understand you better:
intelligence is not neccesarily about that "magic 2% mark", but about
how you use your
brains.
Think for yourself.
BTW: I became a member with the idea to give them the benefit of the doubt. IMHO it is like any other group you share a common interest with, like when going to the rugby club on sundays.