Mensa is super-famous around the world, and we've all heard the little anecdotes about which celebrities belong to it, and what the meetings consist of. Nearly everyone seems to know the name 'Mensa', but do we really know how it works?
We've brought together 5 crucial facts you might not have known about Mensa.
#5: There is No Real 'Mensa Test', Per Se.
While it's more exciting to think that Mensa operates a secret network of test-adminstrators who travel the globe, holding secret entrance sessions with highly proprietary tests that exactly measure the given genius of any potential member, the reality is far more mundane and quotidian -- just a standard, plain-jane IQ test.
#4: Not all IQ Tests are Measured the Same.
Thanks to the fact that there are multiple 'standardized' IQ tests out there, Mensa has come up with a magical little scale to judge them by, and it varies for each test. So hey, quit sweating there, bud -- just 'cause you did awfully on that one IQ test the mean old man gave you, doesn't mean you're out of Mensa, like, forever.
#3: You Can Leave Your Stinkin' Politics at the Door.
What's a society of super-geniuses if they can't debate politics? Well, it's Mensa, for one. Because the founder decided he didn't want Mensa to turn into another typical political group that just happened to be made up of insane geniuses (lord knows how many of those are out there), he specifically asked for no politics. Thank God!
#2: Yeah, About that Saving the World Thing...
The depressing comment that most Mensa folk just meet up to "do some little puzzles" is actually attributed to its founder, who had really soaring, vaulting hopes for his organization of like-minded geniuses. What did he think they were going to do, meet for tea and just spontanaeously solve world hunger through the power of an IQ test? Well, maybe he wasn't so nave, but still, is anyone really surprised?
#1: There are Little Babies Smarter than You.
While Mensa came up with a set of different admissions requirements for very small children, they still manage to count a couple of two year olds among their 'regular' ranks. I don't know how this is possible, exactly, except to say that the idea of little children who are so obviously smarter than I will ever be is only mildly depressing.
We've brought together 5 crucial facts you might not have known about Mensa.
#5: There is No Real 'Mensa Test', Per Se.
While it's more exciting to think that Mensa operates a secret network of test-adminstrators who travel the globe, holding secret entrance sessions with highly proprietary tests that exactly measure the given genius of any potential member, the reality is far more mundane and quotidian -- just a standard, plain-jane IQ test.
#4: Not all IQ Tests are Measured the Same.
Thanks to the fact that there are multiple 'standardized' IQ tests out there, Mensa has come up with a magical little scale to judge them by, and it varies for each test. So hey, quit sweating there, bud -- just 'cause you did awfully on that one IQ test the mean old man gave you, doesn't mean you're out of Mensa, like, forever.
#3: You Can Leave Your Stinkin' Politics at the Door.
What's a society of super-geniuses if they can't debate politics? Well, it's Mensa, for one. Because the founder decided he didn't want Mensa to turn into another typical political group that just happened to be made up of insane geniuses (lord knows how many of those are out there), he specifically asked for no politics. Thank God!
#2: Yeah, About that Saving the World Thing...
The depressing comment that most Mensa folk just meet up to "do some little puzzles" is actually attributed to its founder, who had really soaring, vaulting hopes for his organization of like-minded geniuses. What did he think they were going to do, meet for tea and just spontanaeously solve world hunger through the power of an IQ test? Well, maybe he wasn't so nave, but still, is anyone really surprised?
#1: There are Little Babies Smarter than You.
While Mensa came up with a set of different admissions requirements for very small children, they still manage to count a couple of two year olds among their 'regular' ranks. I don't know how this is possible, exactly, except to say that the idea of little children who are so obviously smarter than I will ever be is only mildly depressing.
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