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Vetinari
unfortunately the administrators have provided a link to a page which we are not authorized to access. maybe they should fix this so that others can read and comment
jonathan78
All these people can get into MENSA but i doubt the sub-editor of the gallery could. Oscar Wrigley's text states "scoring 160 on his IQ test... is the highest IQ the test can measure" but apparently "(James) Woods boasts an impressive IQ of 180". Fail!
msgotrox
There are a number of IQ tests and each one scores a little differently. That's why Mensa takes "the top 2%" rather than "anyone with an IQ of at least X". I'm sure that Mr. Wrigley and Mr. Woods each took an exam that was appropriate for his age.
Mishkin
Here's a Mensa test for you all. Can you count high enough to total the stunning amount of grammatical mistakes in the slide show about geniuses? Extra credit if you can give the true name of the porn star mistakenly identified as Asia Carrera. Stunning incompetence!
BlueMoose
Surely you mean, "the stunning number of grammatical mistakes." And since you are such an expert at English grammar perhaps you can explain why the third sentence of your post is not a sentence at all but a sentence fragment. None of the many Menans I know would write so poorly.
Gkenyon
Actually, BlueMoose, both sentences are correct. Maybe your Microsoft Word picked them out as errors, but since there ARE many mistakes in the slideshow, it is proper grammar to use the word "amount". Oh, and sentence fragments have been used as stylistic devices for almost a century now. They have gained enough currency through frequent usage that they are not considered incorrect anymore. True!
But if you want to be picky with Mishkin, "None of the many" is an interesting construction. Wouldn't "None" have sufficed? For you, I recommend "Politics and the English Language" by George Orwell and a big glass of back-the-f**k-up.
redfilmstar
i don't know who (forgot to) proof-read the captions for these pictures, but there are a ton of errors.
RomeoHotel
hi redfilmstar,
You will probably wish you could edit this comment before one of our resident pedants flags you for writing "there are a ton" rather than "there is a ton".
For BlueMoose and Gkenyon above: Y'all know there IS a fine line between erudition and pedantry.
estern53
Mensa is such a pile of crap, have any of these people really contributed anything to this planet. I think not. Its always interesting to see how high IQ kids turn out just because you can read at 3 does not mean you can cure cancer. real intelligence can not be measured by tests.
spotted
Exactly! Sharon Stone is supposed to have a 156 IQ, but yet she didn't know they were filming her va-jay-jay.
Veronicaxy
I think there is a good analogy in computing (I really do know people aren't machines, but here you go).
In software there are two basic elements that create useful results: a sound algorithm (intelligence) and accurate data (provided by judgment/filtering).
I think we all know really smart people who can't filter very well. They seem incapable of learning from experience, sure in their logic despite repeated messed up results.
Humility is such a useful thing! Maybe even another kind of intelligence.
Makavelly
Ok Veronicaxy - pretty kick-ass response! Is this an original or are you borrowing? And on your final point - yes humility is a sublime intelligence yet to be studied in detail...imho : )
I think i'm falling in like with Veronicaxy.
Veronicaxy
@maka: Ugh, it's all mine for better and worse. Software is my profession and I've spent a lot of time constructing for solid conclusions and hunting down the origin of errors -- mine and others. I have a highish IQ, my husband's is higher, yet that hasn't saved us from being truly clueless in major ways.
notarzt
Mishkin, that would appear to be Stephanie Swift without her specs. I'll leave the grammar bit to the editors in the crowd.
bmeek7
It's sad irony the poor editing of this story left it with grammatical errors and misspellings.
KinskiGallo
yep that's Miss Swift, Asia is well, Asian!
FawnLiebowitz
But Ms. Stone is apparently smart enough to convince everyone that she's 50, not 52 (at least) years old!
pricklypear
More power to her.
captnshrms
Oh god... I actually created an account on this crappy site to comment.
But you guys have some problems here... Frist, the flagrant false advertisement of seeing a list of actual Mensa members... where to next? Reported IQ's? from who? Sharon Stone's publicist? Are we REALLY going to call someone who lied publically about being in Mensa and not thinking it would catch up to her... one of the brightest people out there? hmm.
Microsoft Office has a grammar check Mensa members use it.
I am the only Mensa member I have ever met that doesn't need their ego constantly soothed by hearing how right I am.
IQ Test is a bigger misnomer than your article here. It means you might be good at re-verse engineering something under time constraints. A valueable skill no doubt, but I'd consider it far less valueable than ACTUALLY engineering something. I still love my mensa meetings tho, like to make grown men cry. Just tell a mensa member they are stupid, but refuse to offer any proof, or allow any refuse any debate on the topic. Stand by it. "I just want you to know that you are stupid, I don't want to argue about it... You're stupid" By the end of the night they'll prove you right.
And yes, IQ tests are horribly variant at higher IQ numbers. I can verify that Mensa has a test used for entry that has a 40 point difference for finishing 3 seconds faster on a 43 min. test. baffling, like this article. Thank god for my obsession with Asia Carrera,(yes I know this is not her real name... she still won't call me back.) only bright point here. You hear that guys? Only thing good here is a fully clothed picture of a porn star... bad! bad! bad! you have done a very bad thing here.
You know what...
You're stupid...
And since you aren't a mensa member I won't make you come up with your own proof. But you know it is true, because it is comming from the guy with a reported IQ of 190 That's 10 RIQP's better than anyone you could find in hollywood... (I do math too on the side)
-captn
p.s. ruined it for me, won't be back to even delete my account. Don't ever try to do news.
pricklypear
Made you look.
PinstripeSniper
Asia Carrera plays the piano too!
DBFan2009
any one recall edith stern? i grew up in miami, and edith was very well-known. started college at age 12. found this quote by doing a google:
"If you ever think that genius can only be born, you can be seriously wrong.
In 1952, an experiment was done by Aaron Stern on his daughter, Edith, which proves the world that given the right environment and strategies, a person's intelligence can be developed and trained. Edith was truly a genius who obtained a PH. D. degree at the age of 18.
In short, Aaron Stern trained Edith from the time she was born. Playing classical music to her, using picture cards and flash cards to teach her everyday even she was only a few weeks old. At the age of 5, she had finished reading the entire encyclopedia Britannica."
sbmedearisesq
I grew up with Edith Stern in North Miami Beach. She was my neighbor and friend. I used to fish on the canel next to her house and she would keep me company from time to time. I knew her family well but as we grew older we grew apart. We were blessed to have grown up in that neighborhood. I hope she's doing well.
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