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more about #intelligence ♥AntiSocialSocialite♥: Nathaniel Hawthorne had something to say about this sort of thing: "It would seem to be a desirable thing enough that I should have had a sufficient i... more » DoctorJezebel: Anyone else think "menses" when they see/hear the word Mensa? Then again I'm pretty retarded with mixing up words. After I went to medical school, I... more » cirocco: I think the usefulness of a vos Savant is greatly diminished in a post-Google world. Those laurels you're resting on are starting to go bad, Marilyn! more » Wit is periodically disensouled: It makes me squeamish when we try to put a number on an largely undefined and immeasurable quality (i.e. "intelligence") based upon the individual's a... more » Maulleigh: I've been reading a bit about the British culture and the height of "making" it over there for hundreds of years was sitting around doing nothing. If ... more » Mafalda para Presidente: MENSA MENSA MENSA MENSA MENSA! Ah, that organization gives me the giggles every time. more » woobie: I'm a member of Mensa. I only joined for a short period of time so I could put it on my college applications to try and offset my average grades (work... more » Tart of Darkness: I can say that one thing she's accomplished is to make everyone feel defensive about their IQs and/or their social skills. more » elitza owns the last Enzo shirt: I don't know my IQ. I got tested when I moved in second grade, and my mother hasn't ever told me the result. I just got put in the gifted program imme... more » Shamrockette: I have an above average IQ (I don't flaunt it around, though), but I was diagnosed with ADD, I had a speech delay as a kid, had social problems with m... more » resonanteye: I belonged to mensa briefly when I was a bit younger. It was ok I guess. (It was nice to meet more people to play Go with.) I'm brilliant and everyone... more » MerryLilly: Humility makes great men twice honorable ~ Benjamin Franklin more » deuteragonist: There are so many different kinds of intelligence that I think making any kind of vast numerical claim is a mistake. Which is why anyone saying I'm sm... more » clevernamehere: The FT article is surprisingly sweet. Mr. Artificial Heart tracked her down because of her high IQ! And they go ballroom dancing once a month! more » boxspelunker: AGH this is my roommate on some days. He has a near-photographic memory and is quite smart, but goddamn does he know it. It drives me fucking crazy.... more » MeganGlass 就是一个古代的三明治: I got tested and put in all the super brain classes when I was a kid. Those classes consisted of about 80% smug assholes and I deliberately flunked o... more » clevernamehere: IQ tests were invented to point out people with low IQs, not high IQs. They are far more useful for figuring out which students might need extra help ... more » TheFormerJuneBronson: A while ago, I basically adopted the Dilbert standard for highly intelligent people. Scott Adams said in Seven Years of Highly Defective People that h... more » Chuck Basketcase: Her Parade column bugs the crap out of me, because with her tone, I feel like she's both trying to prove how smart she is and how dumb the letter-writ... more » NefariousNewt: 1) She is not the smartest person in the world. I daresay Stephen Hawking probably has her beat by a few billion neurons. 2) The idea that something a... more » -
#pantssmarty
Marilyn Vos Savant Is The Smartest Person In The World
Some are unimpressed by what the IQ queen has done with her life. Shouldn't she be curing cancer? More » -
#kissmyfatass
I Am
Meghan McCain appeared on The View today to talk about her call for a discussion among Republicans about the future of the party, and conservative Laura Ingraham's response that the fat girl should shut up. More »SpartacusMeghan McCain -
#daddyissues
Intelligence Quotient
A new study shows that children born to older fathers score lower on intelligence tests than those born to younger dads. However, the older the mother the smarter the child. [Reuters] -
#idiocracy
Why Don't We Value Intelligence Anymore?
Gail Trimble has recently been called an "annoying bitch" and a "horse-toothed snob." And why is she the target of such vitriol? Because she dared to show off her brilliant mind on national television. More »
