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Originally posted by Cynthetiq
enough to be a MENSA member... but alas, I didn't want to pay for a membership.
then again.. Asia Carrera is a member....
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I got into Mensa based on my GRE scores, and it was boooo-ring. The people in the chapter may have been smart, but they were no more interesting than my regular group of friends, who are all pretty damn smart anyhow.
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Originally posted by StrangeFamousYou see, nearly everyone who replied says how smart they are... I know Im NOT smart at all... I have hardly any original idea's... I have only one real talent, which is understanding things and I have a good memory - it meant I did well in school, and university, but in the real world I'm just a junior accounts guy... I used to think I was undersold, but as I get older, I am more and more accepted I'm just not that bright a person, Im not saying I'm an idiot, Im just a person with pretty average intellect and skills.
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You should check out a book called "multiple intelligences." I can't remember who wrote it, but it debunks classical intelligence theory. The gist is "what is 'smart'"? I'm a fair musician, but I can balance a $4.6 billion budget to within a couple hundred dollars. I'm pretty good at strategy, but not very good at directing an organization. I'm very creative with three-dimensional media, but I can't draw to save my life. I kick ass at Trivial Pursuit but I still have to carry the digits to do subtraction on paper, and forget about doing math in my head! There's more to being intelligent that test scores and knowing facts.