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Mensa: Is it a waste of human intellect?

Riddle101

I'm sure most of you know what Mensa is. Those who don't, Mensa is an organisation made up of extremely intellegent people with a high IQ. The the organisation is said to be the largest, oldest and well known organisation and it goals are
(1)To identify and foster human intelligence for the benefit of humanity
(2)To encourage research into the nature, characteristics and uses of intelligence
(3)To provide a stimulating enviornment for it's members

Here's my problem. We have an organisation mad eof of some of the smartest minds in the world and yet what exactly do they do. You would think that an organisation like Mensa would put their brainpower to good uses like researching a Cure for Cancer, Aids or developing othe types of cures. They discover new scientific wonders, or they could very much help mankind any different ways. But instead they rarely do anything. I mean it just seems like a waste of intelliegence and to be honest it's quite disappointing to see the lack of interest they have in other things other then themselves

Then again i may be wrong, if i'm wrong then please let me know where i went wrong. But my point is, Mensa for all it's smarts dosen't have the intelligence to put their minds together

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PurpleBerry

Yeah, all they do is send me word puzzles.

Aren't we supposed to be curing cancer??!

axer

Maybe they know something we don't.

Kinetic^

Neesa wrote: »

Yeah, all they do is send me word puzzles.

Aren't we supposed to be curing cancer??!

Not so smart handing over a yearly subscription for word puzzles, are we?

Riddle101

Bet you anything someone's gonna come on here saying that Mensa are actually an evil organisation who are trying to take over the world:D

PurpleBerry

I don't pay. I did their silly tests and they send me puzzles...

What can us intelligent Minds of Mensa do when some "members" still claim Pi to be equal only to 3.1415926535897932846?

tony1kenobi

Riddle101 wrote: »

(3)To provide a stimulating enviornment for it's members

If they highlighted this facility more people would join. Is it just hand jobs?

CreepingDeath

Riddle101 wrote: »

You would think that an organisation like Mensa would put their brainpower to good uses like researching a Cure for Cancer, Aids or developing othe types of cures.

Maybe they decided that the world is over populated and let natural selection run its course. That would be best for humanity... a few savage population cuts.
Or maybe they're building giant flying saucers to start afresh on some other planet.

Ruu_Old

C:/DOS, C:/DOS/RUN, RUN/DOS/RUN!

camel toe

mate of mine forced 1 of tese mensa members to give him hed yrs ago.

[Deleted User]

it's just a recognition as far as i can tell.. was gonna go for it's test but realised that it would look so stupid on a cv. i think? maybe certain employers would like it....

tedstriker

You don't need to be part of an organisation to achieve anything. Perhaps all these mensa people are working on cancer cures in their garden sheds, alone.

PurpleBerry

Deleted User wrote: »

it's just a recognition as far as i can tell.. was gonna go for it's test but realised that it would look so stupid on a cv. i think? maybe certain employers would like it....

You have to do a few tests. They calculate your average...

[Deleted User]

Neesa wrote: »

You have to ddo a few tests. They calculate your average...

just effort to be honest.. don't need someone to tell me how smart i am :cool:

PurpleBerry

Good, that's great. that's really self-confident of you. That's wonderful. Fantastic. I'm sure a smart individual like yourself wouldn't want me to patronise you, 'cause you're a smart little wonder, you are. Well done.

Ryaller

camel toe wrote: »

mate of mine forced 1 of tese mensa members to give him hed yrs ago.

I'm guessing you're not a member?..

tony1kenobi

camel toe wrote: »

mate of mine forced 1 of tese mensa members to give him hed yrs ago.

Could you force your mate to teach you how to spell?

[Deleted User]

Neesa wrote: »

Good, that's great. that's really self-confident of you. That's wonderful. Fantastic. I'm sure a smart individual like yourself wouldn't want me to patronise you, 'cause you're a smart little wonder, you are. Well done.

lol you made a funny

PurpleBerry

Deleted User wrote: »

lol you made a funny

Yes, and you understood that "funny." Well done. That's really good of you. We're all so proud.

[Deleted User]

Neesa wrote: »

Yes, and you understood that "funny." Well done. That's really good of you. We're all so proud.

what the fuck's up your gee that's makin you so pissed off?

PurpleBerry

Deleted User wrote: »

what the fuck's up your gee that's makin you so pissed off?

I'm not pissed off. And I don't need anyone who's not pissed off telling me that I'm pissed off...

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[Deleted User]

way to ruin a thread.

Wagon

Deleted User wrote: »

way to ruin a thread.

Dont mind the vagina. I'll try and bring it back to life...
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...I wonder how Stephen Hawking has sex?

4zn76tysfajdxp

Deleted User wrote: »

just effort to be honest.. don't need someone to tell me how smart i am :cool:

Neesa wrote: »

Good, that's great. that's really self-confident of you. That's wonderful. Fantastic. I'm sure a smart individual like yourself wouldn't want me to patronise you, 'cause you're a smart little wonder, you are. Well done.

Deleted User wrote: »

lol you made a funny

Neesa wrote: »

Yes, and you understood that "funny." Well done. That's really good of you. We're all so proud.

Deleted User wrote: »

what the fuck's up your gee that's makin you so pissed off?

Neesa wrote: »

I'm not pissed off. And I don't need anyone who's not pissed off telling me that I'm pissed off...

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Deleted User wrote: »

way to ruin a thread.

Arguing on the internet isn't very smart...

kasm

Wagon wrote: »

Dont mind the vagina. I'll try and bring it back to life...
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...I wonder how Stephen Hawking has sex?

Carefully?

Rob_l

Mensa is pointless, its a social club with silly restrictions nothing more.

Tawny

Wasn't there an episode of the Simpsons where Mensa take over the council or whatever and are rubbish at it?

Really intelligent people are best left to their own devices. Fine line between genius and insanity and all that.

biko

Riddle101 wrote: »

Here's my problem. We have an organisation mad eof of some of the smartest minds in the world and yet what exactly do they do.

I think you're getting it backwards. Mensa as an organisation does not work like that (I'm not a member so can't vouch for that). However the members are employed elsewhere curing diseases etcetera.
Mensa is like a social club for people that want to network and enjoy intelligent conversation. It's a sharing of ideas rather than a workplace if I understand it correctly.

Marcus.Aurelius

Neesa wrote: »

I'm not pissed off. And I don't need anyone who's not pissed off telling me that I'm pissed off...

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Your vast and superior intellect is hardly making an appearance on thread yet. :pac:

Incidentally, how is mensa supported anyway? I used to get them crappy puzzles all the time after about 50 IQ tests.

I do a PhD part-time, a lot of us are in mensa, but realistically, we're all off our rockers. Most scientists are nutjobs anyway. :pac:

javaboy

Riddle101 wrote: »

Bet you anything someone's gonna come on here saying that Mensa are actually an evil organisation who are trying to take over the world:D

Maybe it's RTDH's day off?

chin_grin

"PI IS EXACTLY 3"