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Mensa International is the largest and oldest high-IQ society in the world. [3] [4] [5] It is a non-profit organisation open to people who score at the 98th percentile or higher on a standardised, supervised IQ or other approved intelligence test. [6]
Scott Adams – cartoonist, creator of Dilbert, former member [1] Simon Ambrose – winner of Britain's Apprentice television show [2] Arlan Andrews – American engineer, writer of science fiction and non-fiction [3] Isaac Asimov – prolific author, former vice-president of Mensa International [4] Jean Auel – author of The Clan of the Cave ...
A high-IQ society is an organization that limits its membership to people who have attained a specified score on an IQ test, usually in the top two percent of the population (98th percentile) or above. [1] [2] These may also be referred to as genius societies.
Mensa International has more than 140,000 members (aka Mensans) in more than 100 countries around the world. What it really comes down to is doing well (like, really, really well) on an approved ...
A society is legally registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860. The Indian Societies Registration Act of 1860 was enacted under the British Raj in India, but is largely still in force in India today. It provides for the registration of literary, scientific and charitable societies.
Intertel was founded in 1966 by Ralph Haines, following the example of Mensa founders Roland Berrill and Lancelot Ware, who wanted to create an association adapted to the gifted needs without any specific restriction of admission (with the exception of a minimum IQ). Intertel thus became the second oldest organization of this kind, Mensa being ...
Kashe Quest (born in June 22, 2018) is an American child genius who is the youngest member of American Mensa, having joined at 2 years old. [1]Quest was born in Los Angeles County, California, to an Indian American mother, Sukhjit Athwal, who is a child development expert from Northern California, [2] [3] and an African American father, Devon, a law clerk.
Mensa itself is an international organization whose qualifications consist solely of intelligence (well, of doing well on intelligence tests, at any rate.) I would imagine that many Mensa members would object to being classified by ethnicity, and I don't see how the resulting list would be meaningful or useful.