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[Bahamoth]

IQ tests have a tendency to be misleading. One's score will improve upon being subjuected to more and more tests, regardless to whethere they are the same questions or not.

The more practice you have with IQ tests, the higher score you are going to get.

I've tested myself on a small number of online ones, some were far more easier than others. On one I got 168, on others it was only 134. I've never done an official - go to a small, well-lit room and get tested by a man in white coat - kinda test, I doubt I'd get anything like my internet scores.

I think it should be done on a far smaller scale. 1 = stupid, 2 = average, 3 = clever, 4 = genius. Why be more specific? Who's keeping score?

I had a girlfriend who claimed she was too clever to be happy. She said I was just clever enough to be happy. I was insulted by this, she had no evidence except that she'd attempted suicide and so she must be sad cos she was too clever.

I dislike it when people boast about their IQ, especially since the scores aren't perhaps as representative of the truth as people like to believe.

But hey, I'm sure most people on here could get in to Mensa, judging by some of the solves (of which I am way off).

[Zeina]

Is OMGWTFBBQ supposed to be some kind of internet jargon, is it meant as a code to be decyphered or is Jeremy R. too disoriented?

[Krillgat]

A couple of o/t points:

1) Regarding MENSA and the various maximum scores on I.Q. tests, there is no set score. Because there are so many different tests out there that measure using different scales, Mensa requires a score in the 98th percentile. 154/156 = 98.717948r%, so JebJoya would certainly be a candidate.

2) Not so, however, the 600 times more exclusive Prometheus Society which requires "a score on an accepted IQ test that is equal to or greater than that received by the highest one thirty-thousandth of the general population". Fewer than 100 members exist (out of a statistically possible 150,000). So there are at least that many who would likely take umbrage with Bahamoth's proposed scale

3) Those on an intellectual budget can try the High Five's who only require 95%...

end o/t

[gamegirl]

I think there's something here

[schmy]

The irony of MENSA is that if you're smart enough to join, you should also be smart enough to realise that separating yourself from the masses by joining an "intellectual elite" is as bad as, if not worse than, separating yourself based on skin colour, religion, sexual preferences, etc.
I.e., you've just discovered fascism in a new guise.

Besides, IQ tests don't measure IQ; they measure your ability to solve simple, impractical puzzles. Genius, like talent, is subjective.

In other news, this is my first post on unfiction and I am loving Perplex City! If only there were more hours in the day for me to catch up.

And regarding the hidden code idea in the grammatical errors of the email (for the Sharp Red card, that is); I like the idea but the changes look too similar to the changes you would expect in regular spam. I could be wrong though. Happy to stand corrected on that one.

[aliendial]

Welcome, schmy! Keep 'em coming!

[Cabbage]