IQ is no substitute for Wisdom...so I keep telling myself
I don't have a good opinion of these kinds of tests. I've known people that "CLAIMED" they had near genius I Q's but they didn't have an once of common sense. Book learning will take you only so far in this world, but you have to have an equal amount of "common" sense to balance out your intelligence. It doesn't matter if you're a mechanical engineer, if you don't know how to change a flat tire, you're on foot pal. rob
Yes, and many other good points above. "Book learning" has nothing to do with IQ. Idiot savants have a high measurable IQ, but have trouble communicating or interacting in society. Holders of degrees often have proved only that they paid an institution to teach them what the institution decided they should know, and have a piece of paper to prove it. I've known many with no common sense and obviously low to average IQ.I don't have a good opinion of these kinds of tests. I've known people that "CLAIMED" they had near genius I Q's but they didn't have an once of common sense. Book learning will take you only so far in this world, but you have to have an equal amount of "common" sense to balance out your intelligence. It doesn't matter if you're a mechanical engineer, if you don't know how to change a flat tire, you're on foot pal. rob
Way to go Albert. My Dad was the founder of Memphis Mensa. Those meetings were sometimes fun, but also attended by some very drab arrogant guys. I remember one guy stood up to speak, and said, "Joe Smith, 143" (or whatever it was). My Dad laughed and said, "Funny, you don't look a day over 35."I'm however member of Mensa Spain..