23.8.06

dead people Mensa wishes had been members

Mensa must be the dumbest smart people on the face of this earth.

Case in point:

Since 1991, Mensa America has had the arrogance to induct defenceless dead people into its so called “Hall of Fame” (I’m sure these geniuses got this from baseball or something. America must be the only country in the world where artistic and intellectual pursuits imitate sports). According to wikipedia, they have thus far claimed the scalps of 14 famous intellectuals that have crossed over to the dead side:

· Nicolas Copernicus, Inducted 1991
· Marie Sklodowska Curie, Inducted 2005
· Charles Darwin, Inducted 1991
· Leonardo Da Vinci, Inducted 1990
· Thomas Edison, Inducted 2003
· Albert Einstein, Inducted 1990
· Euclid, Inducted 2005
· Benjamin Franklin, Inducted 1990
· Galileo Galilei, Inducted 1991
· Isaac Newton, Inducted 1990
· Louis Pasteur, Inducted 2005
· William Shakespeare, Inducted 2005
· Socrates, Inducted 2004
· Nikola Tesla, Inducted 2004

None of these people were actual members of Mensa, of course.

Notice how Shakespeare only cracked the nod in 2005. He must have been the subject of heated debate (“Yes his little stories are neat, but how did he contribute to the US bottom line and its quest for world dominance people? God Bless America.”)

How funny that the “High IQ Society” makes IQ tests look stupid.

8 comments:

arcadia said...

is that jealousy speaking, b?

do you lie awake at night wishing you could be one of the blessed mensans?

arcadia said...

no trick questions, b.

just wondering why the gentleman doth protest this much.

nico said...

I'm with b on this one.
It's very prententious of Mensa to have a list like that.

arcadia said...

of course it's bloody pretentious.

who said it wasn't?

nico said...

b was just bringing it to our attention using his customary writing style for this blog.

nico said...

BTW, here's an interesting article onthe flynn effect:

http://www.americanscientist.org/template/AssetDetail/assetid/51985

tinus said...

It's good to see that b has moved on from the days when he was obsessed with IQ tests even practising IQ tests prior to doing them online in order to claim he has a 200 IQ.

Anonymous said...

Mensa would never do that to the "defenceless" dead ...