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Title: 4-year-old with IQ of 145 becomes Mensa's newest member
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Published: Jul 30, 2013
Author: Dylan Stableford, Yahoo! News
Post Date: 2013-07-30 20:41:58 by Tatarewicz
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Anala Beevers is 4 and smarter than you. Anala — who learned the alphabet when she was only 4 months old, her parents say — has an IQ over 145. The New Orleans toddler recently was invited to join Mensa, the high-IQ society for people who score at the 98th percentile or higher on the standardized intelligence test. Anala is in the 99th percentile. Anala loves geography, knows the location of every U.S. state and the names of their capitals. She even carries a map of America everywhere she goes. "She needs a reality show," her father, Landon Beevers, told People magazine. "She keeps us on our toes." She also knows she's smart. "Really smart," Anala says. Her mother, Sabrina Beevers, says Anala is constantly correcting the family's grammar. "She's a handful," Landon Beevers said. "I'll tell you, she's a handful." Anala is not the youngest Mensa member. In June, Adam Kirby, a 2-year-old from London, became the youngest boy ever to join Mensa, according to the Digital Journal. Emmelyn Roettger, a 2-year-old from Washington, D.C., joined last year, becoming the youngest U.S. member.
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#1. To: Tatarewicz (#0)
That's crazy!
Same IQ as Goldi-lox, but Goldi doesn't go to Mensa meetings. Apparently, the guys at Mensa didn't appreciate her brains as much as her body: Goldi-Lox posted on 2009-09-29 11:07:08 ET Reply Trace
One of my buddies was a member of Mensa and I still call him Mensa Boy on occasion. I really don't know any other friends who might be members. I know a bunch of geniuses and accomplished folks who I consider friends.
Probably because her idiot parents kept telling her she was. Sure 145 is a high IQ, but it isn't that rare, mine is also about 145 and you couldn't pay me to join the snooty group known as Mensa. Also I don't consider myself that smart either. There is a lot more to intelligence in life than doing well on a test. God is always good!
One of the chief characteristics of Mensa members is that most of them don't stay members very long. Getting in is proof of high IQ .... and IQ stays high even if you don't keep paying the annual dues. Most members realize that they remain intelligent even after they decide that it's stupid to keep paying $70 a year for an organization that mostly schedules cocktail parties on a weekly basis. Average duration of membership is slightly more than two years. As for child members, unless a parent is also a member and enjoys Mensa activities, the parents often make a firm decision to pull the kid out, sometimes even before the end of the first year. Having a high IQ is not a guarantee that an adult is a fit companion for a child. Having a high IQ is also not a guarantee that one is honest, reliable, or even well-balanced; Mensa has plenty of examples to prove that.
If they can't realize that before they join, then they obviously aren't that smart. God is always good!
Mensa membership still won't get you into the Roxbury. The doorman only allows beautiful, wealthy, hip guys with gorgeous babes on each arm and grams of face freezing powder to tip with to break in ahead of the ordinary folks standing in long lines, waiting to be kicked in their self esteem when passed over yet again.... But on the other hand, many people will reflexively concede an argument to an identified MENSA brain. One way or another it's very American to feel superior to others, right? If my brain won't do it then check out my gold-dipped Bentley and my unique, numbered one of one hundred James Bond Omega wristwatch. When I see crushed people slinking away I just feel so good, knowing that IT SUX TO BE ANYONE BUT ME!
Cough it up, Shoon. You and I both know IQ tests are not a reliable gauge of genius unless administered to a child who can read very well - ie minimum grade 3. Anyone unable (due to age) to take an IQ test, but can memorize some things, is given a guesstimate label of "genius". Her being invited to join Mensa - seriously? - well no surprise there considering Obamanation. No doubt this little girl seems quite bright but at this age to call her a genius is a stretch. Give her a proper IQ test at age 8 or 9 and then we'll talk labels.
:-) "If we don’t adhere to the Constitution on matters as significant as presidential eligibility, then the Constitution ceases to be a meaningful document for guiding our nation."
I was given an IQ test when I was 7 because the teacher thought I was "too slow" for her class. According to teacher, I couldn't read worth a damn in the classroom but at home I read my mom's medical books on the weekends and could even pronounce the words and spell. The results from that supposedly "IQ" test revealed it to be 120. I wound up changing schools because the teacher not only abused me physically but also tried to send me to some school for slow children. It is very difficult when teachers put labels on your kids because your kids have to live with that for the rest of their lives. And some of those kids are indeed geniuses. It is why I hated school. I loved to read though. But I really hated school the atmosphere and the teachers!
I've spoken of this before myself. What you say is true. The Publik Skools, with exceptions, do not like exceptionally bright students - they make for more work, and teachers (some, not all) do not like having to deal with students brighter than they are. I was lucky with my teachers. My sister was not. For some reason the schools seemed more willing to accept boys with a high I.Q. but not girls - at least at the Grade School level. Nowadays boys who are precocious are drugged with Ritalin and Adderol so that they vill be kompliant und set in there seats und not bothher der teacher or der State. Einstein had a few choice comments on the subject. He was, early on, treated as though he was feeble minded because he didn't fit and, in terms of I.Q., his teachers misread his exceptional intelligence as exceptional stupidity. "“Believe nothing merely because you have been told it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings - that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide.” ~ Gautama Siddhartha — The Buddha I've never wanted anything to do with Mensa because from what I have learned they are heavily monitored and manipulated by goobermunt psychs.
"“Believe nothing merely because you have been told it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings - that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide.” ~ Gautama Siddhartha — The Buddha We are experiencing one of those rare moments of total accord. Henry Kissinger is, by all acounts, a brilliant man - on the order of Hannibal Lectre. "“Believe nothing merely because you have been told it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings - that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide.” ~ Gautama Siddhartha — The Buddha That's exactly what my problem was! You nailed it. And most of the teachers I dealt with were women and they were really nasty. I never had those problems with men teachers at all.
Except for the coaches, most male teachers I had were fruitcakes.
“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.” ~ H. L. Mencken
I never excelled in sports. As a matter of fact, I dreaded going to P.E. class. But I loved to read but I liked reading what adults were reading. And although I did poorly in mathematics, somehow I craved the challenge of it (especially calculus).
Reading with comprehension is really the key to everything; after taking a gentleman's C in solid, I bailed on math. Entering the 9th grade, I somehow was placed in a typing class instead of athletics (with said fruitcake teacher); in hindsight, it was the best thing that could have happened, after discovering the joys of the internet. “The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.” ~ H. L. Mencken
Robert Heinlein, whose undergraduate degree was in Astronomy, was a math bug. He commented that you cannot really consider yourself educated unless you have had math at least through elemenatary calculus. That is why I persevered on into higher math. It just bugged me. Since I was not cut out for the academic life, but loved learning, I taught myself. (Although, I did take College Calculus.) Just as a side note - the other reason I did not care for Mensa is that I try not to be a snob even though I love conversing with intelligent people, and I am not into the mental masturbation of "puzzles" and "brain teasers". I like solving problems, but in the real world. I loved Symbolic Logic though, but that is puzzle solving with practical applications - like beating up on low level shills. :-) "“Believe nothing merely because you have been told it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings - that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide.” ~ Gautama Siddhartha — The Buddha She might be smarter than me but if the day comes I cannot beat up a four-year-old girl I'll resign from the human race. The Mensa people I've met of both sexes and in-between were nuts. "Have Brain, Will Travel
Funny - I flunked typing in H.S. but now type 60-80 wpm. I had to learn when I was doing data entry in the service. :-)
"“Believe nothing merely because you have been told it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings - that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide.” ~ Gautama Siddhartha — The Buddha Fooled me. I thought you already had. "“Believe nothing merely because you have been told it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings - that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide.” ~ Gautama Siddhartha — The Buddha I peaked at 32wpm on the olde Selectric in HS, and sometimes can mortally fly these days with MS Natural Elite swoopy keyboard. They are hard-wired and so fine that I have two more in reserve should this one ever go tits-up. “The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.” ~ H. L. Mencken
I probably type 8-10 wpm. Imagine what I could do with the other nine fingers. Godfrey Smith: Mike, I wouldn't worry. Prosperity is just around the corner. Prolly another Chopin. “The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.” ~ H. L. Mencken
A well-heeled man wears a good watch and carries a good pistol of some variety or other, it doesn't take an I.Q. of 145 to have quality wardrobe accoutrements. In June, Adam Kirby, a 2-year-old from London, became the youngest boy ever to join Mensa, according to the Digital Journal. Emmelyn Roettger, a 2-year-old from Washington, D.C., joined last year, becoming the youngest U.S. member.
#2. To: Tatarewicz (#0)
"Anala — has an IQ over 145."
"Just for fun, I applied to Mensa - and got in without any problem. My IQ is well over 140. (140 being the threshhold for the label 'genius'. BTW: I'm no longer a member. I went to a meeting ONE time, and left early. It was just a bunch of pencil necks looking for women."
#3. To: Big Meanie (#2)
#4. To: Tatarewicz (#0)
She also knows she's smart.
#5. To: Tatarewicz (#0)
#6. To: Shoonra (#5)
Most members realize that they remain intelligent even after they decide that it's stupid to keep paying $70 a year for an organization that mostly schedules cocktail parties on a weekly basis.
#7. To: Tatarewicz (#0)
#8. To: Shoonra (#5)
#9. To: Big Meanie (#2)
" I went to a meeting ONE time, and left early. It was just a bunch of pencil necks looking for women."
#10. To: scrapper2 (#8)
Give her a proper IQ test at age 8 or 9 and then we'll talk labels.
#11. To: purplerose, scrapper2, abraxas (#10)
It is very difficult when teachers put labels on your kids because your kids have to live with that for the rest of their lives. And some of those kids are indeed geniuses. It is why I hated school. I loved to read though. But I really hated school the atmosphere and the teachers!
Any sufficiently advanced stupidity is indistinguishable from evil. ~ Unk (Paraphrase of Clarke's 3rd Law: "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.")
#12. To: Big Meanie, Tatarewicz (#2)
Any sufficiently advanced stupidity is indistinguishable from evil. ~ Unk (Paraphrase of Clarke's 3rd Law: "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.")
#13. To: Shoonra (#5)
Having a high IQ is also not a guarantee that one is honest, reliable, or even well-balanced; Mensa has plenty of examples to prove that.
Any sufficiently advanced stupidity is indistinguishable from evil. ~ Unk (Paraphrase of Clarke's 3rd Law: "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.")
#14. To: Original_Intent (#11)
The Publik Skools, with exceptions, do not like exceptionally bright students - they make for more work, and teachers (some, not all) do not like having to deal with students brighter than they are.
#15. To: purplerose (#14)
#16. To: Lod (#15)
#17. To: purplerose (#16)
#18. To: purplerose, Lod (#16)
Any sufficiently advanced stupidity is indistinguishable from evil. ~ Unk (Paraphrase of Clarke's 3rd Law: "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.")
#19. To: Lod (#15)
#20. To: Lod, purplerose (#17)
Any sufficiently advanced stupidity is indistinguishable from evil. ~ Unk (Paraphrase of Clarke's 3rd Law: "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.")
#21. To: Turtle, Lod, abraxas, farmfriend (#19)
She might be smarter than me but if the day comes I cannot beat up a four-year-old girl I'll resign from the human race.
Any sufficiently advanced stupidity is indistinguishable from evil. ~ Unk (Paraphrase of Clarke's 3rd Law: "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.")
#22. To: Original_Intent, purplerose, 4 (#20)
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#23. To: Original_Intent (#20)
...but now type 60-80 wpm.
Mike Flaherty: Yeah, it's been there a long time. I wish I knew which corner.
My Man Godfrey (1936)
#24. To: Esso (#23)
Imagine what I could do with the other nine fingers.
#25. To: HOUNDDAWG (#7)
numbered one of one hundred James Bond Omega wristwatch.
-Alex Kurtagic
#26. To: Lod (#17)
Yes. Typing was the most useful course I took in high school, too. The rest have been forgettable. Entering the 9th grade, I somehow was placed in a typing class instead of athletics (with said fruitcake teacher); in hindsight, it was the best thing that could have happened, after discovering the joys of the internet.
-Alex Kurtagic
#27. To: X-15 (#26)
Except for all the class hotties there... The rest have been forgettable.
“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.” ~ H. L. Mencken
#28. To: Big Meanie (#2)
Goldi-Lox posted on 2009-09-29 11:07:08 ET Reply Trace I agree with bagels and lox. It's best she keeps her 'intellect' on LP and her sexual needs to herself. "Just for fun, I applied to Mensa - and got in without any problem. My IQ is well over 140. (140 being the threshhold for the label 'genius'. BTW: I'm no longer a member. I went to a meeting ONE time, and left early. It was just a bunch of pencil necks looking for women."
#29. To: Fred Mertz (#1)
He's not crazy - his mother had him tested. That's crazy!
During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.
#30. To: Lod (#17)
I took typing in HS too. Brother Gonzalez taught us well. I scored in the high 90s on the final state exam. I was looking for my transcript but it wasn't where I thought it was. Entering the 9th grade, I somehow was placed in a typing class instead of athletics...
#31. To: Original_Intent (#20)
I type 55 w.p.m. Also background in shorthand. Too bad high school doesn't teach typing anymore. About as close to 'typing' today's youth will grasp is texting. Most have never learned how to use a typewriter. When those computers crash you need backup. I still have my Smith Corona typewriter handy.
#32. To: purplerose (#31)
Good for you. I gave mine up in the late 90's - a Smith Corona Electric portable. Worked fine for typing papers for me. :-) I still have my Smith Corona typewriter handy.
"“Believe nothing merely because you have been told it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings - that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide.” ~ Gautama Siddhartha — The Buddha
Any sufficiently advanced stupidity is indistinguishable from evil. ~ Unk (Paraphrase of Clarke's 3rd Law: "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.")
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