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Originally posted by _Q_
I've seen Mensa and other organizations online - here's a list.
http://www.eskimo.com/~miyaguch/history.html
What's the point of joining them, though? If it's just sitting around feeling superior to others, then I really don't want to be a part of it. Intelligence also seems quite complex, and standardized tests would capture a few facets, but not the entire picture. For example, the general GRE went well for me, but there are a number of other areas where I'm quite weak. How do you measure the big picture?
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I could see joining it for the same reasons as joining any other organization. There's networking, the possibility of meeting new people, things like that.
I don't think anyone thinks Mensa is a be all/end all. It's just like anything else, a certain measure of a person's intelligence.