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Mensans v Non-Mensans
Jill, at Feministe, makes a blog post ridiculing a comment that uses Mensa membership to validate a fondness for the Cathy comic strip.

The first comment starts off with a defense of Mensa and an earnest explanation of what it means to be a genius. But soon comments erupt criticizing all standard tests, defending standardized tests and Mensa, along with accusations of ableism, lamenting the loneliness and social ostracization that is the lot of smart people and horror at Jill's very appalling anti-intellectualism.

SweetMachine nicely rounds up the kerfuffle: Way to fight the good fight, Mensa lovers! Put that genius to work!

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	queencallipygos 2010-08-18 03:38 pm UTC (link)
	It actually depends what IQ score you take. Actually, here's a list of all the different scores on different tests they accept. I got in on the basis of my SAT scores (if you got a 1250 combined score on your SATs before 1994, that's good enough). They kind of prefer to administer their own test, though. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

jaythenerdkid
2010-08-18 03:44 pm UTC (link)

Thanks for the list, but none of that is particularly useful to me; I'm Australian, and bizarrely, their Australian site simply refuses to load.

In any case, I'm not interested in joining (though I was when I was a teenager; I thought it'd be the coolest thing ever), even if my IQ is high enough; I just found it interesting that my IQ apparently is high enough. :P

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	queencallipygos 2010-08-18 04:19 pm UTC (link)
	No, I hear ya. I got kind of bored with it after only a couple years anyway. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	mmanurere 2010-08-18 09:54 pm UTC (link)
	Ah, "their own test"...I remember when someone posted a few questions from the Mensa test (pattern-recognition section, maybe?) and had fun coming up with at least one perfectly-valid reason that each possible answer could be described as correct. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	txvoodoo 2010-08-20 04:34 am UTC (link)
	Well, shit. I qualify with at least 3 measurements there. But I'm pretty sure I'm smart enough to be able to figure out which groups are full of asshats, so therefore, I'll abstain ;) (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	snarkhunter 2010-08-23 06:07 pm UTC (link)
	My therapist suggested that I join MENSA to help meet new people and make new friends in town. I believe I made this face: D:< (Other, more recent suggestions from therapist: rent a room in a house as a way to reduce isolation [NO. I LIKE living alone]; change diet to minimize risk of autoimmune diseases. I probably need a new therapist.) (Reply to this)(Parent)

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