[geeks] Mensa

[Sridhar Ayengar]

Lionel Peterson wrote:
>>> As someone with a tested IQ of over 150 (way back in elementary 
>>> school, so I imagine I've lost a bunch of that now), I find the
>>> 130 cutoff for Mensa to be extremely pedestrian.
>> You know what?  I'd probably wager that most people in here have 
>> well-above-average intelligence.  Otherwise the discourse in here
>> would go far less *ahem* smoothly.
> 
> Being confined to on-line exchanges, we don't have a chance to play
> games like "pull my finger" or, say, send "stink" between two houses
> via a conduit... And many on this list (I fear), have had their share
> of "Redneck" moments, when you look at your buddies and say "watch
> this" and come within spitting distance of the after-life. Mine was
> pushing a crimson up a staircase with Caleb a few years ago, or
> sliding an E450 down the basement stairs on it's top (the stairs were
> carpeted and there was no one to help me ;^) - then agin, maybe we
> ARE smart, since we survived... It's a coin toss, really.

But the fact that you can step outside your own actions and generate an 
objective analysis of those actions speaks well for you.  There are 
plenty of people for whom that ability is unattainable.

Peace...  Sridhar