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From: cam@castle.ed.ac.uk (Chris Malcolm)
Subject: Re: RACE and IQ
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In article <jqbCyo59M.85v@netcom.com> jqb@netcom.com (Jim Balter) writes:
>In article <zlsiida.209.2EAE2FAB@fs1.mcc.ac.uk>,
>Dave Budd <zlsiida@fs1.mcc.ac.uk> wrote:

>>Which scale?  On the Cattell scale the minimum for Mensa is, I think, 145, 
>>and that takes the upper 2% of the population.

>The Mensa requirement (98th percentile) is satisfied by a score of 132 on
>CTMM, CTCS, Stanford Binet, or Otis-Lennon; 131 on Otis-Gamma; and 130 on
>Wechsler.  If the Cattell scale equivalent is 145 then it is rather out of sync.
>An IQ of 140 is considered genius, and if you have been to any Mensa functions
>you know that you don't have to be a genius to join.

Intelligence is necessary but not sufficient for genius. "Genius" has
no more business on a scale of intelligence than "obstinate".
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Department of Artificial Intelligence,    Edinburgh University
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