05-06-2003, 04:49 PM | #31 | |
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I think you might be being a tad harsh, Cloudy, in saying that MENSA members are most likely social misfits. The woman you mentioned is not normal according to your own standards, but that doesn't mean that she's a life failure, and it doesn't mean that it's because she's super intelligent that her life is like that. There's certainly enough people with lower IQs who'd fit that description perfectly. I do agree though that they type of person who would join MENSA might not be someone that I would get along with too well . It's not like a chess club or something where everyone there happens to have above average intelligence but are not there because of that, but they've actually come together because a very flawed measure of intelligence has scored them highly.
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05-06-2003, 05:04 PM | #32 |
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IQ tests assess your intellectual potential based on how well you answer logic based questions compared to the rest of your peers. From what I've seen, they leave a lot to be desired. I score high on them, but so what? I know plenty of people a lot dumber than I that have done better in their careers. There are too many variables to success. Another thing. If you're well rounded as a person, you probably won't be on the pinnacle of any single aspect of your talents. Yes, Einstein was a genius. One of the most admirable men who ever lived. He was not a good athelete, fashionable, or a great socializer. Just as the great atheletes were not physicists either. As a personality, he was very single faceted. Is that necessarily bad? No. Just a personal choice. Just remember that you can't be the best in everything and that being really good in any one thing isn't everything. When life is over and done with, how much you enjoyed it is the only measure of success.
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