In Mensa!

cymatty said:
Only if they shout about it from the roof tops, if they keep it to themselves then there is no showing off (obviously the op fails at this point).
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I mean the whole joining up to it, as by the very nature of that, you're not keeping it to yourself. :p
 
Tefal said:
Judging by the sort of person who takes internet iq tests and brags about them i wouldn't put it past em :p






or 2 points below requirement on a cattell. :p
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Cattell B only though. You would really need to do a combined A&B at cattell 3 & culture Fair 3 to get a valid score.

The Mensa test is only based on both tests so it is not easily compared, for example Sophisticates score was 146, as I sat an actual Cattell A & B combined exam and not the Mensa one is is difficult to compare directly by that score.

Basically he got within the 98th percentile by that score which by the old Wechsler (the normal IQ reference in the UK) his IQ is somewhere above 132 but below 146, (149 on the Mensa test gets you into the 99th percentile) so I think he only scraped in, but I may be wrong in my calculations.

non-timed and invigilated examination room are normally based on the Titan Test or the Mega Test or some form of non standardised combination and such do not give a true 'IQ score'
 
kylew said:
But that's what I'm saying, I don't believe that to be the case, it just means you're good at IQ tests.
"Raw intelligence" I see as being quite a vague statement.



A high IQ can sometimes indicate a high level of intelligence, but the presence of a high IQ isn't required to have a high level of intelligence. The way I see it, IQ tests are more of "what you are not" rather than what you are.

Like a "not short" test, just because you don't get labeled as short, doesn't mean you are tall, you're just verifiably not short. A high IQ may mean you're intelligent, but it doesn't mean you are.
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A high score will always indicate a high level of intellect, you do not need to take a test to be intelligent I agree, and you do not need a high IQ to be knowledgeable either.

What is important is where you place in the percentile bracket, the raw scores are pretty meaningless without that. Why do you think that children take CAT tests at 11 years old for, it is to measure their cognitive ability, that is what an IQ is, not knowledge or acumen, simply ability. Whether you apply that latent ability or not is another thing entirely.

Don't confuse the IQ test's you have taken on-line or anywhere but in a proper exam environment. The average IQ test administered under examination conditions is 2-3 hours long and includes verbal and written sections. They really are not comparable.
 
kylew said:
Assuming of course that he's telling the truth, and not pretending to look "sophisticated". :p :o
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Indeed. He seems to have vacated the thread however.

My only real suspicion is that given his alleged Mensa acceptance why does his debating and arguing skill seem so limited.

Everyone I know with an above average IQ would be able to argue blue is black given the latitude here, yet any attempt to engage him and he fails to retort, and if his does it is mediocre at best.
 
Tefal said:
They're not black, if you look closely, you'll see that they're very, very, very, very, very, very, very dark blue.
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That would depend entirely on the ability of the human eye to register contrast at sufficient levels to differentiate between the two. Your retinal pathways may need gamma correction. :p
 
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