TOP 2 IQ Percentile Re: [extropy-chat] Seven cents an hour?

[Dirk Bruere]

On 11/21/05, Adrian Tymes <wingcat at pacbell.net> wrote:
>
> --- Dirk Bruere <dirk.bruere at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Just did a quick check - 133
> > Seems I should be drummed out of Mensa...
> > What's the scale?
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IQ gives a good overview. According to
> it, 1 in 50 - 2% - are above 132. So 133 would let you squeak in.
>
> That said, Mensa only requires that you prove your IQ when you enter.
> Age-related degradation of IQ after entry, by itself, does not remove
> one from Mensa at this time (although certain ill-advised actions that
> some might take as a result, might cause removal).
>

Interesting.
Seems my IQ hasn't dropped at all. I scored 149 when I did the test 28yrs
ago, which was a scrapein.
With some test practice I usually scraped into the upper 1% on subsequent IQ
tests.

Dirk
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