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Having been married to one, and in a long term relationship with another "super IQ" person, I would avoid a website like that. My experience was that both men were simply critical, too demanding, too nutty. NO THANKS
My job puts me in the company of some pretty smart people, those within my organization and other engineer/technical people from outside the company.
IDK.... I don't want to be one of these non-genius types that talk crap about others as if I'm somehow jealous.
Most of the super smart people I've encountered in my life, not all of course and this is just my experience, they just don't seem to be well rounded, whether it is social skills, awkwardness, another is being just way way too literal... I can't believe how literal some super smart people are...... they can completely miss the nuances of a joke because they are so far into their own heads.... sad really, cause I don't want to miss out on good comedy.
If I'm not a genius and I'm probably not....I am certainly not the dumbest guy in the room... put it this way... I'm smart enough to know how smart I am, my sphere of knowledge.. as it were........ I said that one time and someone responded... "That's actually pretty smart."
Long story short....... let the Mensa types have their dating site and leave the regular people to fend for themselves....
I wouldn't limit myself to that dating pool for the same reason I won't join MENSA (even though I have at least one standardized test result that qualifies me): Way too many socially awkward people in that category. If there was a site that limited members to, say, 70th or 80th percentile and above, rather than 98th, I'd strongly consider it, but I think I do a pretty good job of weeding out unintelligent people as it is. It really only takes a conversation or two.
I've always wondered what it would be like to qualify for MENSA. Not I'm not all that thrilled about applying myself to take the test and become a member.
So, just for grins. What did y'all score on your SAT?
Also, I would say it takes much more than Mensa-eligibility (98th %ile) to be a "genius." There's no way one out of every 50 people on Earth deserves that title.
Last edited by nearnorth; 06-24-2014 at 10:14 PM..
I actually know a guy who always qualifies for mensa. When you have a conversation with him its almost like the opposite of talking to a genius. While he has a high IQ his conversation skills aren't too flash. He is wealthy though, so guess his IQ has helped him in that respect.
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