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- From: skh4161@mvs.draper.com (Kjeld Hvatum)
- Newsgroups: rec.org.mensa
- Subject: Re: _Vidya_
- Message-ID: <01GSLB1KE6VMADCM89@ccfvx3.draper.com>
- Date: 21 Dec 92 16:06:00 GMT
- Sender: mmdf@ns.draper.com (MMDF Master)
- Organization: Draper Laboratory
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- >From: John Cooley <jcooley@miracle.com>
- >Message-ID: <23Nov92152227@miracle.com>
- >
- >... I usually don't put much interest in the High IQ societies
- >that obsess over High IQ. The reason why I'm so involved in Mensa
- >has very little to do with what scores people got on some test they
- >took but more to do with the increadable calibur of people I've
- >met through Mensa.
-
- You assume there is a smaller percentage of people joining the
- other societies for the same reason you do? Does that mean you
- associate your behavior with a lower IQ? (Yes, I realize that's
- a terribly obnoxious retort, and I mean it mostly as a humorous
- tease!)
-
- >Like Ken's post, I prefer the face to face social interaction with
- >other Mensans; the higher IQ societies tend to not have by design
- >enough critical mass to have lots of social gatherings.
-
- Fair enough.
-