I'm almost certainly smarter than you and my SAT was higher than Lief's.
I frankly don't think IQ test are particularly meaningful. I'm in Mensa, but 6,258,000 other Americans qualify. It is slightly rarer to be from Missouri.
Exactly, Mensa is overrated - I could have joined it, but didn't see the point
Several reasons to join:
- It looks good on a resume, if handled properly. It is known well enough (as opposed to Intertel and Triple-Nine Society) that it stands out. It is not on my consulting resume, but it is on my on-line bios and Who's Who entry.
- A lot of people are impressed with it (and I can say the same thing about my Who's Who entry). I'm not sure what great accomplishment there is in my taking a standardized test when I was nine and doing reasonably well on it.
- Good for networking, especially on the Internet.
- Their magazine is usually interesting and it's a potpourri of things.
- You get a lot of diversity in the members.
- I like their strongly held, **We'll take anyone who qualifies** policy. We have a member on death row in Florida. I think that speaks very strongly of their principles.
That really doesn't appeal - plus, in Australia people would just laugh at you if you tried to bring that up... even in a job application.
Having an IQ over 140? Who cares? There are so many other kinds of intelligence that are far more valuable. Now, when I say that to someone and they know I have over 140 they look at me like there's something wrong with me... so perhaps mixed signals...
ps - I would NEVER put that in a resume... ever.
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BA (Hons) in political science and history
Master of Public Policy, International
doing PhD in 'Historical US Electoral Demography' - ie realignment elections
Campaign adviser in the US for IL15...
Completely disengaged from the Australian political scene... they all piss me off.
