Originally Posted by
redietz
I'm not in Mensa, but I have some friends who are in. Forget about strange. Mensa has hot babes -- that's what counts!
Anyway, some advice. I took a boatload of IQ tests when I was a kid (not my choice). One was out there or, as I always say, I may be misremembering and conflating it with my best bowling average year. The others had a wide variance. Now I never practiced or took practice tests, so these were all proctored IQ tests. Literally, I had almost a 30-point variance, and that's not counting the bowling average test. My point is -- one test does not mean much, especially if you have a range of motivation and stress associated with taking the tests at different times.
So even if you sucked previously, I think pure variance will give you a shot.
The thing about being older -- I am not gonna retake an IQ test, or at least not without a lot of practice. I am terrified to find out how much my IQ has dropped over 40 years. Also, motivation is part of it. When you are young, you can muster up the laser concentration needed to care about and focus for the length of the test and pretend it means something. As you get older, amping yourself up and focusing gets tougher to pull off. I liken it to Ender's Game stuff.
Anyway, good luck, and don't fret if you fail. You can always retake and variance may get you home. The folks I hang with -- I'm low man on the IQ totem poll. I prefer it that way. If you're the smartest person in the room, you're in the wrong room.
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Originally Posted by
redietz
Yeah, I think the first one I took to get into the "gifted" program, I got a 142 or a 145. I think I was highest in my (little) class, so I wound up taking quite a few more over the years. Scores ranged from low 130's to low 160's except for the one outlier. The first test wound up being right in the middle of the range, but it was a bit of a range. My girlfriend and her brother are both 160+. The dude scored perfect on the math SAT. Those people are freaky.
I'm not sure I'd qualify for Mensa right now. I'm 62 and my memory ain't what it used to be. The idea that I was "smarter" when I was 12 kind of irks me, so I'm not looking to take any more IQ tests in my life. I hate the whole IQ test stuff and the trivia exams. Something like the spelling bees drive me up a tree. Kids should be taught how to think critically, how to reason. Not how to do well in trivia contests.
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When Singer and others used to bash redietz I dismissed it and thought they were completely wrong.
It seemed redietz was more of a street wise guy, conservative, driving around in 250k vehicles and crushing the book.
Come to find out that he is perhaps the opposite of my first impression.
His wife passes away which could make me or anyone else want to commit suicide.
I know if mine goes before me I figure its pretty much over.
I'm in my mid 40s and realize if she goes, life is basically over.
I'm not the type looking to mingle for Hot Babes at Mensa or start over in the dating scene at this stage of life.
I'm surprised that redietz is all about the Hot Babes.
Redietz is in his 60s!!
I'm surprised that he has a slant eyed girlfriend after losing the love of his love.
I'm surprised he would even post about Hot Babes after losing his wife.
Whatever, it was just surprising to me that he would post such long responses on WoV about Mensa and Hot Babes.
After learning how redietz is a Gay Rights and BLM Sympathizer I guess nothing should surprise me from his posts in the future.
Funny thing is that I thought Singer was the bad guy and after a few years of posting I realize I agree with Singer on many topics.
Not sure about the whole RV thing but that really doesn't matter to me.
I realize now, that I hardly agree with anything redietz posts about and now he is talking about Hot Babes at 62 after a tragic loss of his wife??
I guess Liberal thinking is different than Conservative.