What do you think of mensa members?

[TheHarshTruth]

You know any mensa members? Have you reached any generalizations about them?

 

[TheHarshTruth]

By the way, my copter thread was moved to the basement.

I don't like being censored so I'm going to get delete this account or have them delete it if I can't do it myself.

Good knowing you all. Even the ones who just babble on without doing due dilligence.

 

[Hatuey]

By the way, my copter thread was moved to the basement.

I don't like being censored so I'm going to get delete this account or have them delete it if I can't do it myself.

Good knowing you all. Even the ones who just babble on without doing due dilligence.

The basement is where you're free to say pretty much anything you like. No place to hide there.

 

[The Mark]

You know any mensa members? Have you reached any generalizations about them?

I don't even know what "mensa members" are, let alone what to think of them.

 

[TheHarshTruth]

The basement is where you're free to say pretty much anything you like. No place to hide there.

I'm not sure what you mean by "no place to hide" means.

I went to the "basement" and found the threads there to consist of things that were not serious. A typical thread might be which person would you like to have sex with. It's not a place I would ever expect intelligent conversation. It's more like the gutter that everybody avoids. Just the opposite of your "no place to hide" remark. I shouldn't be surprised if you got it totally backwards again.

I don't care if you don't get my copter thread and want to turn it into me betting on the deaths of soldiers. People turn things ugly to try to win their point. And some people are just too stupid to understand what's really going on and so think the worst about what's just plain politics. Either way it's censorship and I am not putting up with it.

I've looked for a way to delete my account here but haven't found it yet. I also asked the admin that moved my thread how to bozo land how to delete my account. And if I can't then I'll ask them to delete it for me.

 

[Gardener]

. Either way it's censorship and I am not putting up with it.

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You might wish to peruse a dictionary or two, since the removal of restrictions on what people can say is far from censorship.

In fact, I would think most people who understand the meaning of the word would agree it's rather the opposite.

You may not like the fact that it was moved, but censorship it was not.

 

[petey]

By the way, my copter thread was moved to the basement.

I don't like being censored so I'm going to get delete this account or have them delete it if I can't do it myself.

Good knowing you all. Even the ones who just babble on without doing due dilligence.

Check your Private Messages.

 

[cherokee]

You know any mensa members? Have you reached any generalizations about them?

Don’t know any...

By the way, my copter thread was moved to the basement.
I don't like being censored so I'm going to get delete this account or have them delete it if I can't do it myself.

So what it was moved...Big deal..

Good knowing you all. Even the ones who just babble on without doing due dilligence.

Giving up so soon? oh well...bye..:roll:

After all this is a debate site. Did you expect people to just believe everything you posted (without any real sources). Are we to just take your word for what you post?......I dont think so pal...

 

[TheHarshTruth]

Check your Private Messages.

I'll give it a try. The mod wrote back and asked why. I explained why I don't want have serious posts put on a forum serious people avoid just because they want to avoid politically incorrect discussions. If I offend them that much then this is not the right site for me.

 

[TheHarshTruth]

Ok, they can't delete accounts. Only ban them.

So because I have contempt for these administrators, Stace in particular, I'm not going to be back here again. Unless she quits and somebody sends me a message telling me that.

Bye bye.

 

[Hatuey]

Ok, they can't delete accounts. Only ban them.

So because I have contempt for these administrators, Stace in particular, I'm not going to be back here again. Unless she quits and somebody sends me a message telling me that.

Bye bye.

This is your 3rd post telling us you're leaving. We get it. You can't receive criticism or engage in any kind of debate without whining because people don't see things your way. Dont go to debate forums if thats the way you'll act when confronted with people of equal or superior intellect.

Tips when debating :

- Do some research on the issues being debated.

- Provide sources.

- When quoting somebody make sure you can actually back those quotes up with reliable sources

- Use restraint when making accusations such as : "U.S. troops are idiots". You won't get cheers because you've said something "original". All you'll do is make yourself look like a Cindy Sheehan groupie.

- Have fun and dont try to take things too seriously because then you'll end up contradicting yourself and making a mess of things for ya.

Use these tips and you'll have no problem. Was nice meeting ya.

 

[BodiSatva]

Seriously...what a whiner.

Just chill out and engage in some conversations before pulling out the martyr card...but that is the tactic of a martyr. Take the defensive quickly and hope for sympathy.

Bye.

 

[doughgirl]

What is a copter thead?

"You know any mensa members? Have you reached any generalizations about them?"

Yes, I have reached one genralization........they are all smart. :rofl

 

[cherokee]

What is a copter thead?



Yes, I have reached one genralization........they are all smart. :rofl

:lamo :lamo

 

[Gardener]

There is an organization called "master gardeners" of which I have known countless members. If I were to consider the people I have met in my life who I view as displaying horticural mastery, not a single one was a "master gardener". Conversely, the great majority of the "master gardeners" I have met were extrordinarily quick to remind people of their status, but few displayed any actual mastery of the subject matter as they were almost all at that stage just passing from novice to intermediate, and their membership in the group was their badge to validate such.


I do believe there may be a heuristic of some sort in this, but I am just a gardener, so will leave it at that.

 

[Hatuey]

There is an organization called "master gardeners" of which I have known countless members. If I were to consider the people I have met in my life who I view as displaying horticural mastery, not a single one was a "master gardener". Conversely, the great majority of the "master gardeners" I have met were extrordinarily quick to remind people of their status, but few displayed any actual mastery of the subject matter as they were almost all at that stage just passing from novice to intermediate, and their membership in the group was their badge to validate such.


I do believe there may be a heuristic of some sort in this, but I am just a gardener, so will leave it at that.

your post reminds of something my grandmother use to tell me.

You know the difference between a talented man and and a genius? A genius does what he can. A talented man knows what he's doing.

 

[RightinNYC]

as a whole, pretentious and fascinated by their own "thoroughly validated" intelligence.

Gardener is 100% spot on.

 

[1069]

What do you think of mensa members?

I don't know any personally (although I know a number of people with IQs more than high enough to qualify).
I would think- hope- that for the vast majority of them, membership in such an organization is mentioned tongue-in-cheek.
I've seen a lot of movies depicting Mensa members as boastful bores, so I just don't know. That's the popular image of them, I guess. Doesn't necessarily mean it's got anything to do with reality.
The people I know who have astronomically high IQs (including several in my family), you wouldn't necessarily be able to tell. They don't talk differently than anyone else. They don't exhibit notably different levels of common sense than anyone else.

 

[1069]

I'll give it a try. The mod wrote back and asked why. I explained why I don't want have serious posts put on a forum serious people avoid just because they want to avoid politically incorrect discussions. If I offend them that much then this is not the right site for me.

Well, don't fret overmuch about it.
I doubt anyone will actually know it's you.
I mean, your real name isn't "Theharshtruth", is it?
I mean, I doubt you're going to walk into work tomorrow morning and discover that you've become a social pariah; observe your coworkers sniggering behind their hands, refusing to meet your eyes.

"Oh, Theharsh... look, we can't have lunch together any more. Look, it's nothing personal, it's just... they know, okay? Management found out that you were posting on, you know... THAT forum. No offense, but I just can't be seen associating to you anymore. I'm not gonna risk MY chance at promotion."

 

[shuamort]

I was accepted to Mensa after taking the test but didn't join.

Long story: In high school, I had a good friend who I would hang out with at her house and her mom was actually really cool, successful, and intelligent. Unfortunately, she had the worst taste in men. She dated some major losers including one guy who was a Mensa member. He even had a bumper sticker on his car advertising it .:roll: Well, my friend and I didn't get along with him after multiple tries and so her mom suggested we go do something with him that he liked. Again, rolleyes. So, he took us to a testing facility and let us "try it out". He thought we would be embarrassed when we didn't get in and he could hang that over our heads. When it turned out that we both passed, he feigned happiness. It was hilarious. So, he asked us if we wanted to join and we passed as it wasn't "our scene".

 

[1069]

I was accepted to Mensa after taking the test but didn't join.

Long story: In high school, I had a good friend who I would hang out with at her house and her mom was actually really cool, successful, and intelligent. Unfortunately, she had the worst taste in men. She dated some major losers including one guy who was a Mensa member. He even had a bumper sticker on his car advertising it .:roll: Well, my friend and I didn't get along with him after multiple tries and so her mom suggested we go do something with him that he liked. Again, rolleyes. So, he took us to a testing facility and let us "try it out". He thought we would be embarrassed when we didn't get in and he could hang that over our heads. When it turned out that we both passed, he feigned happiness. It was hilarious. So, he asked us if we wanted to join and we passed as it wasn't "our scene".

Huh.
My friend Lane's mom dated Bruce Willis, when he was filming a movie here.
This was a very, very long time ago. Immediately pre-Demi, I guess.
She went out with him twice. Said he was a jerk.

 

[TurtleDude]

By the way, my copter thread was moved to the basement.

I don't like being censored so I'm going to get delete this account or have them delete it if I can't do it myself.

Good knowing you all. Even the ones who just babble on without doing due dilligence.

The first time I met (to the best of my knowledge) a mensa member was my freshman year in college at a parliamentary debate. The topic was "resolved: America's support for Israel is contrary to American interests". I was speaking against the position and some engineering geek who looked like Lurch (a hard core libertarian Isolationist) was in favor. I was pretty much thrashing the fellow and had the audience of a couple hundred on my side (that many in the audience were either supporters of Israel and/or Jewish didn't hurt) when he pointed to some obscure pin and said "I AM A MEMBER OF MENSA". At that point I pulled my belt forward and said "but I have a bigger johnson than you do" leading people to start throwing paper wads and other stuff at my opponent.

The professor judging this team event noted that bragging about a mensa pin at yale was akin to bragging about your high school varsity letter at the olympic games. I actually had received some Mensa invitation based on SAT scores but had thrown it in the trash. Later on, the most arrogant woman in my law school class used to wear her mensa pin along with her phi beta kappa key. I concluded that the society was for people who had fragile egos.

Now 30 years later I know that interesting people can have high IQs middle range IQ's or even slightly below average IQs and some of the brightest people I have met are deathly boring.

 

[Befuddled_Stoner]

Some people proudly proclaim that they can slam down a six pack in under a minute, others that they've slept with a million women, and some that they've gotten into an exclusive high IQ society. People who constantly toot their own horn are annoying, regardless of their accomplishments.

Maybe mensans more annoying because they're implicitly calling you stupid and because they only need to back up their claim once (on a test they probably took years and years ago).

 

[Tucker Case]

Lots of people qualify for Mensa... only a select few pay the fee to join so that they can tell everyone else how smart they are for paying a fee so that they could say they are smart...

 

[TacticalEvilDan]

I did pretty well on a Mensa puzzle book I got as a gift one year. It was fun but I never bothered to persue a membership, mainly because I had enough smart friends that I didn't feel the need to join an organization of smart people.