| Title | How is a Genius Different from a Really Smart Person? | |
| Date | Tuesday October 21 2014, @03:42PM | |
| Author | azrael | |
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| from the which-is-most-likely-to-do-dumb-things dept. | ||
How is a genius different from a really smart person - an interesting perspective from present and past members of Mensa.
The most intelligent two percent of people in the world qualify for membership in Mensa, an exclusive international society open only to people who score at or above the 98th percentile on an IQ or other standardized intelligence test. Mensa’s mission remains the same as when it was founded in Oxford, England, in 1946: To identify and nurture human intelligence for humanity’s benefit, to foster research in the nature of intelligence, and to provide social and other opportunities for its members.
Nautilus spoke with five present and former members of the society: Richard Hunter, a retired finance director at a drinks distributor; journalist Jack Williams; Bikram Rana, a director at a business consulting firm; LaRae Bakerink, a business consultant; and clinical hypnotist John Sheehan.
Together, they reflect on the meaning of genius, whether it can be measured, and what IQ has to do with it.
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