I think we need an independent confirmation. MENSA would love to add a magic negro even if the test was fudged. All to prove they're not racists.
I'm a former member of Mensa. Former because I was underwhelmed by the experience...They're just as Zog'd as any other organization.
She didn't pass the same test as an adult would take. They have age specific tests. So it's not like a 2 year old passed the same "OMG it's the Mensa test!!" as an adult. I don't know what test she passed because I never took that test, but I'd imagine she is in fact in the top 2% of 2 year olds, but...this is just a clickbate article to make you think a top 2% 2 year old is somehow higher IQ than a 30 year old who took the normal IQ test.
Thank you for the clarification.
For even more clarification, IQ isn't something you can "work on", it's just an objective measurement no different than someone's height. Just like I wouldn't applaud someone for being really tall, I wouldn't do the same for someone (myself included) for being really high IQ. That said, it's always nice to be around people generally like yourself. Just like someone with cancer joins a cancer support group with other people with cancer. People to relate to.
Really high IQ is more of a condition than an achievement. Actually we wish more people would see it that way. It's like a weird burden that no one see that way, and, even resent you for...that you never asked for.
Yep, after I took some tests in grade school because I was goofing off in class yet reading ahead and passing tests without doing homework they introduced me to Mensa, and even in 4th grade I found them to be unbearable.
I was a member for a year. Never reupped my dues. There might be some awesome people, but it wasn't the panacea of "fitting in" I thought it would be. Not worth the money for me. Now I'm a ham radio license owner and a member of my local ham radio club. Those guys might give Elmer Fudd a run for his money, but they're so much more interesting than what I experienced with Mensa. Intelligent, but in a nuts and bolts practical way, if that makes sense.
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