The smarter you are, the harder this is - Page 7

wolf · 06-08-2004, 12:49 AM

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Originally posted by lumberjim

well, glat, i didnt think it was something your boss would pick up at a glance. plus, since i shrunk it to fit under the filesize cap, i cant even see it anymore...and i know what it is.

It worked. That's hilarious.

When the craze was big I bought several of the magic eye books. They never had anything that quite popped out like that, though. I remember seeing an "x-rated" magic eye book for sale through Quality Paperback Book Club a couple years ago, but I never bothered buying it.

Catwoman · 06-08-2004, 04:34 AM

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Originally posted by SteveDallas
So are any of you Mensa "qualifiers" actually members of Mensa? (I ask because I went to a meeting with a friend once & I could imagine any less interesting way to pass my time, and I was just wondering if maybe it was that one chapter.)

No. I got the leaflet through after I qualified and it looked like a 1970's mental institution; a largely older clientele assembled in manicured gardens with implausible dress sense and no facial expressions. Ill-informed judgements aside, though, I never really felt the urge to participate in an IQ swap-shop, and as radar says, waste time attempting to communicate with people who have limited social skills.

Now if they replaced intelligence tests with drinking games I would be much more inclined to show up (who needs brain cells anyway).

Crimson Ghost · 06-08-2004, 07:34 AM

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Originally posted by Catwoman

No. I got the leaflet through after I qualified and it looked like a 1970's mental institution; a largely older clientele assembled in manicured gardens with implausible dress sense and no facial expressions. Ill-informed judgements aside, though, I never really felt the urge to participate in an IQ swap-shop, and as radar says, waste time attempting to communicate with people who have limited social skills.

Sounds like you could have been joining Congress, too.
You know intelligence has no place in government.

glatt · 06-08-2004, 07:37 AM

I took Mensa's online test that tells you if you have a shot of getting in. I passed it. I think I would have needed to take an "official" test before being accepted. It's been a while, but I believe that they take the top 2% in intelligence. Out of a world of 6 Billion people, that means that 120,000,000 people meet the requirements for Mensa membership. It is NOT an exclusive club.

120 million people... That's like the population of Canada, right?

Beestie · 06-08-2004, 08:22 AM

Finally.

Beestie · 06-08-2004, 08:24 AM

Originally posted by glatt

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120 million people... That's like the population of Canada, right?

No Mensa for you.[/soup nazi]

HungLikeJesus · 06-28-2007, 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

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Anyone who hasn't gotten the puzzle yet, it doesn't really speak to your intelligence. Go back to it, I swear this is useful. Imagine that the question in the puzzle is being asked of you by a four-year-old child. If you still don't get it, LOOK AWAY from the puzzle. Stop, and imagine a four-year-old looking at the puzzle and asking you the question. Why would a four-year-old ask that question? Picture the kid asking you the question. Is it a boy or a girl? Why would they ask that question? Imagine what the question would mean if you were four and didn't know that the dots represented numbers.

The people who got it right away are missing out because they don't get the free lesson.

/end professor mode

When I was four I thought...

What did I think?

I could say I thought the world was flat, or I could fly, but what I now think I then thought could never be expressed in the language of that age and limited experience.

Shawnee123 · 06-28-2007, 11:18 AM

What was the puzzle? Link gone.

HungLikeJesus · 06-28-2007, 11:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123

What was the puzzle? Link gone.

Yeah, I noticed that too. But I read the whole thread, so I thought someone else should also.

It was interesting to speculate on what the puzzle was, with such limited clues.

Happy Monkey · 06-28-2007, 11:27 AM

Here's the puzzle.

Shawnee123 · 06-28-2007, 12:05 PM

I'm dumb, I can't get the rose puzzle. I'm blind, I can't see the magic image. If I were deaf I could play a mean pinball.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-28-2007, 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

I took Mensa's online test that tells you if you have a shot of getting in. I passed it. I think I would have needed to take an "official" test before being accepted. It's been a while, but I believe that they take the top 2% in intelligence. Out of a world of 6 Billion people, that means that 120,000,000 people meet the requirements for Mensa membership. It is NOT an exclusive club.

120 million people... That's like the population of Canada, right?

That's 0.2%... even a 2 year old can get in.

Undertoad · 06-28-2007, 12:31 PM

https://crux.baker.edu/~cdavis09/roses.html

The dude forgot the tilde.

HungLikeJesus · 06-28-2007, 12:55 PM

UT - thanks. That second site made everything clear.

BigV · 06-28-2007, 02:00 PM

9 mins, including finding it on my own from the clue in post #1.

There is no spoon.

06-08-2004, 08:22 AM	#95
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06-28-2007, 11:18 AM	#98
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	What was the puzzle? Link gone. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

06-28-2007, 11:27 AM	#100
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Here's the puzzle. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

06-28-2007, 12:05 PM	#101
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	I'm dumb, I can't get the rose puzzle. I'm blind, I can't see the magic image. If I were deaf I could play a mean pinball. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

06-28-2007, 12:55 PM	#104
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	UT - thanks. That second site made everything clear. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

06-08-2004, 07:37 AM	#94
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I took Mensa's online test that tells you if you have a shot of getting in. I passed it. I think I would have needed to take an "official" test before being accepted. It's been a while, but I believe that they take the top 2% in intelligence. Out of a world of 6 Billion people, that means that 120,000,000 people meet the requirements for Mensa membership. It is NOT an exclusive club. 120 million people... That's like the population of Canada, right?

06-28-2007, 12:31 PM	#103
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	https://crux.baker.edu/~cdavis09/roses.html The dude forgot the tilde.

06-28-2007, 02:00 PM	#105
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	9 mins, including finding it on my own from the clue in post #1. There is no spoon. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

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