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Is she as smart as she thinks she is? Checked the archive and it seems some think her a smug bastard. Also, welcome googlers.

― Leee Marvin (Leee), Sunday, 21 December 2003 00:03 (twenty-two years ago)

her column runs is Parade magazine, so uh, yeah I think that answers the question.

― Viva La Sam (thatgirl), Sunday, 21 December 2003 00:27 (twenty-two years ago)

Be still my beating heart.

― o. nate (onate), Sunday, 21 December 2003 00:48 (twenty-two years ago)

I used to want to be Marilyn Vos Savant when I was little. I thought it was the coolest thing ever that she was confirmed by the Guinness World Records people as having the highest IQ (though one has to ask -- is that the "highest IQ ever" or the "highest IQ of any currently living individual out there"?). At any length, she obv qualifies to be a member of Mensa, which has been a passionate (prob. pipe) dream of mine for years, so, um, that's that.

― Tenacious Dee (Dee the Lurker), Sunday, 21 December 2003 00:48 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh yeah, and Leee, a friendly slap your way.

― Tenacious Dee (Dee the Lurker), Sunday, 21 December 2003 00:49 (twenty-two years ago)

Dee, have you ever tried to get into Mensa? I don't really think it's too hard.

― Viva La Sam (thatgirl), Sunday, 21 December 2003 00:57 (twenty-two years ago)

There was a great Financial Times article about Mensa a week or so ago but it's now archived and now available only to subscribers. Here's the link if you want to do the trial subscription:

http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1069493947304&p=1012571727132

The gist of it is that the FT reporter and three of his colleagues did the Mensa IQ test to see if they were eligible for membership. They all qualified, and mysteriously enough, they all scored 155. Not being dumb, they figured out the odds of that happening were pretty slim and are thus speculating that Mensa has fallen on hard enough times that they're desperate for membership dues. Membership has been declining, there are about twice as many men as women, and people mainly join for the (declining) social cachet and for the DATING OPPORTUNITIES!

― teeny (teeny), Sunday, 21 December 2003 01:03 (twenty-two years ago)

That said, I don't think it's any crime to be proud of being smart, as long as you realize that there are other human qualities which can be just as valuable.

― teeny (teeny), Sunday, 21 December 2003 01:04 (twenty-two years ago)

everyone I know who ever tried to get into mensa did, so it is suspect, because I know some of these people to be dimwits.

― anthony kyle monday (akmonday), Sunday, 21 December 2003 01:30 (twenty-two years ago)

Haha, Mensa's using the same scoring as Emode's IQ test. I scored a 135, and everyone I know who took it was within five points either way. Every blog that I noticed in a Google search was within five points.

It's pretty sad.

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Sunday, 21 December 2003 01:31 (twenty-two years ago)

marilyn is wrong:
http://www.wiskit.com/marilyn.html

(sorry if we're crushing all your dreams, Dee)

― teeny (teeny), Sunday, 21 December 2003 02:09 (twenty-two years ago)

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