Just above the post about Chu was a post referencing Gladwell’s explanation that superior intelligence is not a good indicator for success. I’ve known this for years. MENSA membership is obtained with an IQ of 140 or so, but a actual MENSA meeting is a robust gathering of underachievers. Chu can’t be described as an underachiever, but it’s easy to imagine that a gathering of highly intelligent progressives would resemble a MENSA meeting, i.e., too deep in thought trying to save the world to notice that someone pulled the fire alarm.
“I’ve known this for years. MENSA membership is obtained with an IQ of 140 or so, but a actual MENSA meeting is a robust gathering of underachievers. “
Gosh do I ever agree.
I dated a very nice lady in SE Kansas. She was a member of MENSA. She was an editor of a tiny paper in Pittsburg Kansas and happy with her position. She convinced me to go to a meeting at Pizza Hut with her peers. They were just run of the mill folks but were very impressed with their MENSA status. They weren’t impressed with the fact that I had two masters degrees in the hard sciences, several patents and well published. I wasn’t MENSA, I somehow had cheated. Their entry pamphlet was silly ass puzzles. I referred them to “Fermats Enigma” and how it got solved by Simon Singh. They looked at me like I was speaking left handed Swahilli. I am just a pretty average guy for an engineer but I could follow Singhs’ proof. In fairness it is easy when you have the answer. What worked for me was a good engineering base and lots of practice and ambition.
Just my thoughts
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