IQ of 152

[angusglover]

Seems like accurate Rec Con job criteria....

[Gonzo]

Please, would someone tell me one good sound commercial reason for becoming a member of mensa.

Someone who puts this on their CV shows:

1. That they have inadequate educational qualifications and have a chip on their shoulder about it.

2. They are a complete Nerd with very poor communication skills (after all why are they not intelligent enough to realise that putting member of mensa on their CV is a complete no no)

3. They somehow think that they have something to show off about.

There's no commercial aspect to it, it is social more than anything else.

I wouldn't mention it on my CV any more than I would put posting on here on it.

Plus, I might get asked why if I am so clever, are my school and university grades not better than they are. Then I would be forced to admit that I am a lazy sod who worked out quite early on that he could get OK marks without putting in any effort whatsoever, and spent his entire time at university in the student union bar.

(They were different times then - the amount that you have to shell out to go to university these days makes squandering the time like that a complete no no).

[rootsnall]

Plus, I might get asked why if I am so clever, are my school and university grades not better than they are. Then I would be forced to admit that I am a lazy sod who worked out quite early on that he could get OK marks without putting in any effort whatsoever, and spent his entire time at university in the student union bar.

(They were different times then - the amount that you have to shell out to go to university these days makes squandering the time like that a complete no no).

Ahhhh ! The good old days ! It wasn't squandering, you were picking up vital life skills. The best and most prolific squanderers I knew at Uni seem to have done the best in the real world.

[sasguru]

IQ tests have been discredited for many years by psychologists. The reason is that modern research has suggested they are too narrow and measure only one type of intelligence (ironically, usually the type that computer programmers and other nerds possess). To succeed in life requires many other skills that IQ tests do not measure: resilience, sociability, tenacity.
In fact recent research shows that people who measure highly on IQ tests are no more likely to be wealthier than average, although they earn more.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0424204519.htm

[DodgyAgent]

There's no commercial aspect to it, it is social more than anything else.

I wouldn't mention it on my CV any more than I would put posting on here on it.

Plus, I might get asked why if I am so clever, are my school and university grades not better than they are. Then I would be forced to admit that I am a lazy sod who worked out quite early on that he could get OK marks without putting in any effort whatsoever, and spent his entire time at university in the student union bar.

(They were different times then - the amount that you have to shell out to go to university these days makes squandering the time like that a complete no no).

An honest answer from a confident individual

[sasguru]

... and spent his entire time at university in the student union bar.

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Ah I wondered who that guy was I was always seeing double of at 10 in the morning

[shaunbhoy]

IQ tests have been discredited for many years by psychologists. The reason is that modern research has suggested they are too narrow and measure only one type of intelligence (ironically, usually the type that computer programmers and other nerds possess). To succeed in life requires many other skills that IQ tests do not measure: resilience, sociability, tenacity.
In fact recent research shows that people who measure highly on IQ tests are no more likely to be wealthier than average, although they earn more.

Nevertheless, there is no getting away from the tenet that if you have the IQ of a curly wurly (e.g. sadguru) then your endless postings on here will be no more enlightening than the combined output of a chorus of flatulent cows practising "Flight of the Bumble Bee" for the "Britain's Cows have got talent" auditions!

[sasguru]

Nevertheless, there is no getting away from the tenet that if you have the IQ of a curly wurly (e.g. sadguru) then your endless postings on here will be no more enlightening than the combined output of a chorus of flatulent cows practising "Flight of the Bumble Bee" for the "Britain's Cows have got talent" auditions!

There's always an exception to the rule - and not only am I more intelligent than you, SB, I am considerably wealthier.

HTH :

[shaunbhoy]

There's always an exception to the rule

Good to see you are not denying it then sg. Mind you with the welter of evidence on here it would be virtually impossible despite your propensity for self-delusion.
Just to burst another of your little bubbles, I have items in my sock drawer that are brighter than you.

[sasguru]

I have items in my sock drawer that are brighter than you.

Is that where you keep your Alzheimer's tablets?