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# an IQ of 140+ is mensa's definition of a genius
but what do they know? ;)
(I helped save b3ta! Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Sun 6 Oct 2002, 20:22, archived)
# well, c'mon.
hawking radiation is all well and good, but it's nothing radical
(I helped save b3ta! bananaman, Sun 6 Oct 2002, 20:27, archived)
# I bet that definition
was made up by someone with an IQ of 141.
(Indole Ring, Sun 6 Oct 2002, 20:29, archived)
# yep it's all arbitrary nonsense
how good is the world at doing cursor bunny of death electrical thing move the mouse along the line you know..?
Add that to the IQ test and shake things up a bit.
Hawking is good at some stuff, not good at other stuff. Ssame goes for everyone.
There's no real reason why science is as important as hairdressing nowadays. The word genius is applied to both professions by those in the know.
Genius = unlimited = free (in the lack of a clear definition those words have thesedays.)
(I helped save b3ta! Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Sun 6 Oct 2002, 20:34, archived)
# mensa are rubbish
that is what i think
(I helped save b3ta! spacefish bong!, Sun 6 Oct 2002, 20:32, archived)
# this is true
they seem to be nothing but snobs. and people with stupidly high iqs tend to be condescending and not very nice
(I helped save b3ta! bananaman, Sun 6 Oct 2002, 20:41, archived)
# and
a large number of them are fluffy and helpful
(I helped save b3ta! freshlegs, Sun 6 Oct 2002, 20:54, archived)
# i dunno if that's the case
but i do think that worrying about what your iq is (or, more significantly, anyone else's) indicates that there are issues at stake
(I helped save b3ta! spacefish bong!, Sun 6 Oct 2002, 21:15, archived)
# it's the very nature of seperating people
according to intelligence, that's rather unsettling. you might be an absolute genius according to an iq test but the most boring person to walk the earth.

and having mensa where you can only get in if your iq is above a certain level doesn't sit well with me and seems awfully cliquey.

that said, i'm sure there are a great number of thoroughly nice intelligent people out there, as freshlegs pointed out
(I helped save b3ta! bananaman, Sun 6 Oct 2002, 21:32, archived)
# weeeeell it depends dunnit?
i know people who test their iq and treat it as a game or sport. there are people who do it in a superior sort of way, but if you took away iq tests i'm sure they'd just find something else, because they want to feel that way
(I helped save b3ta! spacefish bong!, Sun 6 Oct 2002, 21:43, archived)