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To: Sun Tzu who wrote (171892)	10/4/2005 5:00:38 PM
From: cnyndwllr	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Sun, re: "I'd rather be in a company of decent loving people than a group of arrogant self indulging mensa members." Don't you think that belonging to a mensa group indicates a smidgeon of insecurity? g. Ed

To: Sun Tzu who wrote (171892)	10/4/2005 5:20:17 PM
From: cnyndwllr	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

I once took a battery of tests, including the Wais IQ test, in order to prepare for a trial on behalf of some clients who had suffered brain injuries from chemical exposures. The neoro expert was explaining the tests to me and I took a few of them so I could prepare for direct and cross exam. After administering the IQ test he took a long look at me and asked if I'D ever had a head injury. g. It wasn't like I hadn't scored high. He told me I was extremely high on the tests and gave me the numbers. It turns out that I should have been a math guy but he was concerned with a couple of the sections that dealt with memory. I'd suffered a severe concussion as an 11 year old and he said it showed on testing. The processing capacity is fine but the storage is limited. Given enough time I can forget anything and maybe that's not so bad. Ed PS, sorry about the lowest score but don't let that hold you back. g.

To: Sun Tzu who wrote (171892)	10/4/2005 5:36:30 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

<We live in a world where the biggest problems facing us are not solved by high IQ but rather by empathy and good ethics.> So you can measure "biggest problems" and how to solve them and who can best do it. But you can't measure intelligence. Yeah right. Which problem is bigger? Discovering and documenting relativity theory, or winning the war in Iraq? Name the 10 best people to solve them [using empathy and good ethics, none of that intelligence stuff]. That is an intelligence test. I'll tell you the right answer after you have replied. No cheating and asking your children or Google. Mqurice

To: Sun Tzu who wrote (171892)	10/5/2005 9:01:31 AM
From: Mary Cluney	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

I'd rather be in a company of decent loving people than a group of arrogant self indulging mensa members. Is there anything mutually exclusive about those characteristics. How about decent loving mensa types, or arrogant self indulgent dummies? The same goes whenever there is a discussion about picking leaders (or Presidents). You would always get the "I would rather have a caring President rather than a nasty intelligent President". Hey, how about a caring and intelligent President? Is that suppose to be mutually exclusive. My guess is that intelligent people are more likely to be able to figure out that you are much better off being decent and loving rather than arrogant and self indulgent. You get one room full of intelligent people and another room full of dummies - guess which room most of decent and loving people will be in?