Re: Mensa, was Re: IQ tests

From: Samantha Atkins (samantha@objectent.com)
Date: Thu Aug 09 2001 - 15:34:22 MDT


Adrian Tymes wrote:
>
> "Eliezer S. Yudkowsky" wrote:
> > If you define "high IQ" as one in fifty, then no wonder if you don't
> > notice any correlation between intelligence and wisdom. I think you need
> > to tack another few nines in front of that percentile before anything
> > interesting happens.
>
> <shrugs> But at the same time, you need a certain number of members to
> get much done. I suspect Mensa's the most widely known high IQ group
> because it's the largest...

I've known people with a whole string of nines in their
percentile IQ rating. Some were very effective and involved and
full of vision and some were as ineffectual, confused and lost
as any of those with a less lofty score. IQ simply doesn't
directly correlate with being effective or fully engaged in
life.

Does this have implications for creating a SI?

- samantha



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