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Journal by melyan

I passed the test. I am in the top 2% of IQ.

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  • (Score: 1) by melyan on Monday April 12 2021, @09:36PM (21 children)

    by melyan (14385) on Monday April 12 2021, @09:36PM (#1136690) Journal

    That's a lot of words to say your ego was too afraid to take the Mensa test.

  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Mojibake Tengu on Monday April 12 2021, @10:00PM (14 children)

    by Mojibake Tengu (8598) on Monday April 12 2021, @10:00PM (#1136704) Journal

    I feel just fine at my absolute IQ >160. No offence.

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    The edge of 太玄 cannot be defined, for it is beyond every aspect of design
    • (Score: 1) by melyan on Monday April 12 2021, @10:08PM (13 children)

      by melyan (14385) on Monday April 12 2021, @10:08PM (#1136707) Journal

      My IQ is > 132--mensa didn't give a value, just a pass. Your IQ is unknown until you take a test. No offense.

      • (Score: 2) by Mojibake Tengu on Monday April 12 2021, @10:19PM (12 children)

        by Mojibake Tengu (8598) on Monday April 12 2021, @10:19PM (#1136711) Journal

        Your current tests are much weaker than those in 1988 then.
        160 was a valuation for a complete admission test, in this country, in 80's.

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        The edge of 太玄 cannot be defined, for it is beyond every aspect of design
        • (Score: 1) by melyan on Monday April 12 2021, @10:30PM (8 children)

          by melyan (14385) on Monday April 12 2021, @10:30PM (#1136714) Journal

          Mensa is top 2%. Did you take an official, timed exam that said you are in the top 2%? I did. It was fairly easy, and I'm probably in the top 1024 on the planet in IQ.

          • (Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 12 2021, @11:44PM (1 child)

            by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 12 2021, @11:44PM (#1136751)

            Come on. We all know you joined "meesa" - the Jar Jar Binks fanclub.

          • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 13 2021, @12:19AM (4 children)

            by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 13 2021, @12:19AM (#1136766)

            It was fairly easy, and I'm probably in the top 1024 on the planet in IQ.

            I think you suffer from delusions of adequacy.

            • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 13 2021, @01:52AM (3 children)

              by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 13 2021, @01:52AM (#1136803)
              He has yet to demonstrate it. Then again, people in Mensa test out in the top 25% on real tests, not the top 2%. Too funny.
              • (Score: 1) by melyan on Tuesday April 13 2021, @03:20AM (2 children)

                by melyan (14385) on Tuesday April 13 2021, @03:20AM (#1136825) Journal

                Pregnancy tests?

                • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 13 2021, @01:23PM (1 child)

                  by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 13 2021, @01:23PM (#1136984)
                  Don’t have to worry about that - most of them are incels.
          • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 13 2021, @12:54AM

            by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 13 2021, @12:54AM (#1136783)

            I'm probably in the top 1024 on the planet in IQ.

            Yet you hang around here and expect people to clap for you.

        • (Score: 1) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday April 13 2021, @12:40PM (2 children)

          Different approved tests give reliably different scores. The two major ones used by head shrinkers give results over ten points different for the same individual.

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          • (Score: 2) by martyb on Tuesday April 13 2021, @01:18PM (1 child)

            by martyb (76) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday April 13 2021, @01:18PM (#1136975) Journal

            Different approved tests give reliably different scores. The two major ones used by head shrinkers give results over ten points different for the same individual.

            Have no reason to doubt it, but would love to see attribution.

            Relatedly (and only from memory -- sorry no links), I recall reading that the same person taking the same test but on different days (unsure of time separation) can also vary just as much.

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            Wit is intellect, dancing.
  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 12 2021, @11:43PM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 12 2021, @11:43PM (#1136748)

    Why would someone who claims to have no ego take the Mensa test and announce the results?

    • (Score: 1) by melyan on Monday April 12 2021, @11:48PM (4 children)

      by melyan (14385) on Monday April 12 2021, @11:48PM (#1136754) Journal

      I took the mensa test to see if I'm in the top 2%. I announced it to inform people.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 13 2021, @12:21AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 13 2021, @12:21AM (#1136767)

        And what are we supposed to do with that information? Bow down to your <sarcasm>rarified intellect</sarcasm>?

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 13 2021, @01:56AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 13 2021, @01:56AM (#1136804)
        You’ve been scammed. Mensa tests are not nearly as rigorous as a real iq test. They want to get as many suckers as possible. Hello, sucker. Why weren’t you smart enough to do some research?
      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 13 2021, @01:30PM (1 child)

        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 13 2021, @01:30PM (#1136991)

        In other words, you were demonstrably wrong both on your claim to have no ego and to be a genius. Way to go, “genius”.

        Anyone of evern average intellect could have predicted that you would be called to account for this bs. You’ve just marked yourself as an internet moron.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 13 2021, @07:20PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 13 2021, @07:20PM (#1137099)

          You’ve just marked yourself as an internet moron.

          And, genius that I am, I'm going to predict that no one was surprised. So, what's my prize? What did I win?