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# I don't get it
*fills in form*
(I helped save b3ta! mediocre ha ha ha, you're reading this, Sun 5 Jun 2005, 13:34, archived)
# *thinks outside the box*
*imagineers*

woo!
(I helped save b3ta! spoodie. - www.5punk.co.uk -, Sun 5 Jun 2005, 13:38, archived)
# Oh dear
*groan*
(Kloopy, Sun 5 Jun 2005, 13:41, archived)
# But Mensa tests mostly measure learnt knowledge, not creativity
So if your intellect lay in being able to 'think outside the box' you're really not likely to pass.

Woo to the pic though, well shopped and great hummus :)

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(I helped save b3ta! Jessie © needs pirate name suggestions, Sun 5 Jun 2005, 13:43, archived)
# actually,
mensa is all about IQ
(I helped save b3ta! frox, Sun 5 Jun 2005, 13:48, archived)
# It's an IQ test that measures learnt knowledge
So actually it's not your IQ but your education that mostly decides it.
(I helped save b3ta! Jessie © needs pirate name suggestions, Sun 5 Jun 2005, 13:49, archived)
#
this is certainly true in part for all tests.

www.mensa.org/index0.php?page=12
(I helped save b3ta! frox, Sun 5 Jun 2005, 13:52, archived)
# Actually, most of an IQ test is about lateral thinking, mental creativity and relationships

rather than actual learnt knowledge.



Obviously, some "learnt knowledge" must have taken place, but they're rarely (if ever) trivia type tests.
(I helped save b3ta! Evil Prof. Pixel Masher I made this!, Sun 5 Jun 2005, 14:20, archived)