Of the team, Watson and Crick, who discovered the DNA molecule structure, 
one of them, and I can't remember which, had an IQ in the 90's.  I think IQ 
may be very misleading, just as education.  When I was a young engineer, I 
worked for a senior engineer who everybody said was a genius.  With only an 
undergraduate at the time I was awed.  But later I found out the guy had 
only graduated from High School; but he had a wall full of patents and lots 
of awards.  I think the argument that these are exception needs to explain 
exception to what rule.
Just my 2 cents.  BTW, I did perceive the story as humor.  The bit about 
Bush was a dead give away.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Russell McMahon" <apptech@paradise.net.nz>
To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." <piclist@mit.edu>
Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 8:50 AM
Subject: Re: [OT] IQ test wanted.. .


>>> FWIW - I believe my IQ is about the same as the much maligned US
>>> President
>>
>> http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/presiq.htm
>
> Indeed.
>
> Read some more and you may find his probable IQ :-)
>
> FWIW - I just did the Mensa workout.
> They say I got 25/30. On looking I find only 4 I know I got 'wrong'.
> Shows a lack of IQ not being able to remember what the 5th was :-)
>
> I missed #1 "Sally likes"
> Annoyingly obvious in retrospect.
>
> I got not the scrambled word
>    HCPRAATEU
>
> Nor the other arrangement of
>    INSATIABLE
>
> I got #30 wrong - I find such arguments about patterns questionable.
> Some other questions also had doubtful ambiguous answers (even though
> I got them right).
> I dislike ambiguous questions where you are at the whim of the asker.
>
> I got 7 right for the wrong reason - my rule was sound and worked but
> wasn't their rule. They related but were not identical and just
> happened to coincide.
>
> Similar with 21. Too much ambiguity.
>
> I got 25 correct and my rule was correct but more complex than their
> rule - mine was a superset of theirs.
>
> As I said - I don't like this sort of test.
>
> I'd guess from their comment "very strong chance of passing the Mensa
> test" that they rate that 120+ but I really wanted a numeric estimate
> (be it ever so meaningless ;-) ).
>
>
>        RM
>
>
>
>
>
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