2-Year-Old to Become Youngest American Member of MENSA

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06 Jun 2021, 10:10 am

If one is tested as having a very high IQ as a child, it can lead to unforeseen consequences. They are almost always looked at as being “different” then everyone else and can never quite fit in. The child will likely face discrimination from others who are jealous of the IQ score, including adults. It also does not guarantee success in life, but it can help open some future doors. Others will expect more from the child at all times, which can be stressful to maintain over a lifetime. The child may be pressured to learn things that they have zero interest in simply because they are told to do so by well-meaning teachers. This can sometimes lead to self resentment and a wish to be normal at all costs.

She will likely not have an easy life growing up. I hope she has a better time doing so than I did.



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06 Jun 2021, 11:46 am

^ Gosh. First hand experience speaking. :(

Some prodigies burn out, and end up in the dumpster. Like William Sidis (who was a published author of several books by 8, and was admitted to Harvard at 11, but whose greatest achievement as an adult was assembling a killer collection of trolley car tickets from around the world.

Better than ted kozinksi (admitted to college at 16 as a math prodigy) who as an adult was a hermit with the hobby of sending mail bombs.

But some turn out okay, and some actually do stay remarkable into adulthood, and actually do shine as adult movers and shakers. Norbert Wiener, Yehudi Menuhin, Orson Welles, Enrico Fermi.



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06 Jun 2021, 12:27 pm

Double Retired wrote:
P.S. Intelligent people aren't as smart as you might expect.

they're all more intelligent than addled moi :oops:



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07 Jun 2021, 11:08 am

auntblabby wrote:
i wouldn't join any org that wouldn't have me. hmph.

Yeah, you and Groucho Marx.

Or was it Mark Twain who first said that?

Either way, talk about men of greatness!


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07 Jun 2021, 12:18 pm

BeaArthur wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
i wouldn't join any org that wouldn't have me. hmph.

Yeah, you and Groucho Marx.

Or was it Mark Twain who first said that?

Either way, talk about men of greatness!


NIETHER said that!

As I posted above ...Groucho Marx said the exact opposite. "I wouldnt join a club that would have me as a member".

A mind flip thing - he was saying that he wouldnt join a club that would allow riff raff like himself to join.



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07 Jun 2021, 10:39 pm

i would gladly associate with my fellow proud riffraff :nerdy: