How does Cambridge view IQ?

You have to pay to be tested

It's a mere £15!

Actually, though, I do agree with you to some extent in that richer people are more likely to have access to better educational resources, and I am of the strong opinion that IQ (and most conceptions of intelligence in general) are made, not innate. (Or, at least, even if intelligence can be innnate, it can also be created.)

I'm not saying it's extortionate (though I don't have £15 lying around, to be honest) but if you're willing to spend anything on what's essentially self-congratulation then you either have too much money or too much pride.

If you get involved with the activities and such, then fair enough, but merely being a member of MENSA is more of a negative than a positive in my eyes.

as long as you give the secret mensa handshake at your interview, you're in.

It always puzzles me the hostility Mensa attracts. Is it the perceived elitism?

What of any of the other high-IQ societies that exist?

It always puzzles me the hostility Mensa attracts. Is it the perceived elitism? What of any of the other high-IQ societies that exist? There are some that are even more selective in their entry requirements - for instance, Intertel is open to the top 1%, the Triple Nine Society is open to the top 0.1%, and the Prometheus society is only open to the top 0.003%. There's even the Mega Society which asks for the top 0.0001%.

Admittedly, yes, it is difficult to believe that intelligence can be measured on tests, but I wouldn't go as far as saying that there's no such thing as general intelligence.

You would have thought people in the top millionth of the population could come up with a more interesting name than mega. Well I guess its descriptive, but couldn't they have used the Sanskrit or something?

You would have thought people in the top millionth of the population could come up with a more interesting name than mega. Well I guess its descriptive, but couldn't they have used the Sanskrit or something?

It's a society for, not by.

I'm not saying it's extortionate (though I don't have £15 lying around, to be honest) but if you're willing to spend anything on what's essentially self-congratulation then you either have too much money or too much pride.

If you get involved with the activities and such, then fair enough, but merely being a member of MENSA is more of a negative than a positive in my eyes.

I guess, but who would set up a club they aren't going to be a member of???

so you could in theory argue that most cambrdige offer holds are good enough for mensa anyway.

Haha, yes, most of them anyways. I would hope that Cambridge don't care about IQ- mine is somewhere between 100 and 137 which is frankly rubbish compared to people in Mensa.