I thought that betrayed a great deal of stupidity on their part so I rapidly lost interest. Eventually they agreed with me and admitted children, but too late.

Some groups have absolutely nothing in common when they get together. Those based on hair color, eye color, and IQ are the greatest examples of that.

Over the years, I've come to believe that a high IQ simply means one is good at taking the tests and doesn't necessarily translate into intelligence in real life.

That bozo would seem to be proof of it.

mensa does indeed test for people who are good at taking tests, but hey, why not form a social group for people who like puzzles and are good at solving them?

as for "intelligence in real life", you mean it doesn't necessarily translate into other forms of intelligence, such as social intelligence. it certainly does translate to "intelligence in real life" if your real life includes problem solving and logic and math and so on.

I agree with you you; they prove nothing other than an ability to take tests. Instead of multiple choice or true-false questions on tests, I think there should be fill in the blanks and essay questions. Those tests would take a lot more time to grade, but would give a much more accurate result of a student's abilities. Of course, if we did that, we wouldn't be able to have all this Common Core bullshit and everything and teachers would strictly have to spend all their time teaching.