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TTT - // "All that proves is that he is someone who is good at passing Mensa tests!!! " - Maybe to those that do the same test again and again, that's not most of them. //
That's meaningless - if you take one Mensa test and pass it, that means you are good at doing Mensa tests, it doesn't actually infer any level of intelligence per se.
On the subject of intelligence measured by your perceived indicator - the journalist Gary Bushell is a Mensa member, and I do regard him as being intelligent, although his gift of an eidetic memory probably helps.
But that does not bar him from the boorish and right-wing persona he presents to the world at large, his promotion and support for fascist rock groups, and the fact that he stood and laughed uproariously when one of his right wing fascist group friends poured a pint of beer over a lady journalist friend of mine in a crowded pub.
As I say, Mensa membership means you can pass Mensa tests - it doesn't automatically infer on you the normal standards of behaviour used by intelligent people.
That's meaningless - if you take one Mensa test and pass it, that means you are good at doing Mensa tests, it doesn't actually infer any level of intelligence per se.
On the subject of intelligence measured by your perceived indicator - the journalist Gary Bushell is a Mensa member, and I do regard him as being intelligent, although his gift of an eidetic memory probably helps.
But that does not bar him from the boorish and right-wing persona he presents to the world at large, his promotion and support for fascist rock groups, and the fact that he stood and laughed uproariously when one of his right wing fascist group friends poured a pint of beer over a lady journalist friend of mine in a crowded pub.
As I say, Mensa membership means you can pass Mensa tests - it doesn't automatically infer on you the normal standards of behaviour used by intelligent people.
"That's meaningless - if you take one Mensa test and pass it, that means you are good at doing Mensa tests, it doesn't actually infer any level of intelligence per se. "
So (yep) the whole premise of Mensa is invalid in the world according to AH? - right oh! - You've tried and not got in haven't you!
So (yep) the whole premise of Mensa is invalid in the world according to AH? - right oh! - You've tried and not got in haven't you!
NASA do IQ tests:
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why would they if it there was nothing in it?
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why would they if it there was nothing in it?
Roy - // Meanwhile, BJS gets off virtually scot-free whilst boxing takes a mauling. //
I think I have given them both an equal 'mauling' - with BJS getting the worst of it for obvious reasons -
// By definition, boxers are not the brightest lamps in the street - a 'sport' where the object of the exercise is to physically damage your opponent to a point where he can no longer hit you back, preferably by concussing him to the level of unconsciousness and the danger of irreparable brain damage - is not one undertaken by anyone with any degree of empathy for fellow sportsmen or women.
So it's not really a surprise when a boxer comes forward with 'advice' on how to hit people - the problem is, in this case, it's how to hit a woman.
I am sure that, having been exposed for using his professional expertise in hurting people who undertake to let him, by turning it into amateur advice on how to hit women, the irony of advising that, should he encounter the sort of abuse he is condoning and offering advice about, he would wish to visit revenge in the form of extreme physical violence, is lost on him, along with his ability to conduct himself away from his sport with a modicum of common sense and human decency. //
I think I have given them both an equal 'mauling' - with BJS getting the worst of it for obvious reasons -
// By definition, boxers are not the brightest lamps in the street - a 'sport' where the object of the exercise is to physically damage your opponent to a point where he can no longer hit you back, preferably by concussing him to the level of unconsciousness and the danger of irreparable brain damage - is not one undertaken by anyone with any degree of empathy for fellow sportsmen or women.
So it's not really a surprise when a boxer comes forward with 'advice' on how to hit people - the problem is, in this case, it's how to hit a woman.
I am sure that, having been exposed for using his professional expertise in hurting people who undertake to let him, by turning it into amateur advice on how to hit women, the irony of advising that, should he encounter the sort of abuse he is condoning and offering advice about, he would wish to visit revenge in the form of extreme physical violence, is lost on him, along with his ability to conduct himself away from his sport with a modicum of common sense and human decency. //
gulliver - // Reading the replies of a certain poster on here . I don't think he could pass the Densa test , let alone Mensa test. //
Don't ne shy, we're all grown-ups, if you have something to say about another poster, assuming your opinion is within Site Rules - go right ahead, you'll feel better!
Don't ne shy, we're all grown-ups, if you have something to say about another poster, assuming your opinion is within Site Rules - go right ahead, you'll feel better!
TTT - // NASA do IQ tests:
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why would they if it there was nothing in it? //
I would suggest that the sort of logical and lateral thinking that Mensa tests measure are exactly the sort of skills NASA needs in its astronauts, and that is why they use the tests.
Asking an astronaut to give you five thousand words on the impact of Pink Floyd on popular music from the last fifty years would require intelligence, but not the sort they require.
For the record, I could ace that - but I don't think they'll be signing me up for a space mission any time soon!!
https:/
why would they if it there was nothing in it? //
I would suggest that the sort of logical and lateral thinking that Mensa tests measure are exactly the sort of skills NASA needs in its astronauts, and that is why they use the tests.
Asking an astronaut to give you five thousand words on the impact of Pink Floyd on popular music from the last fifty years would require intelligence, but not the sort they require.
For the record, I could ace that - but I don't think they'll be signing me up for a space mission any time soon!!
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