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Chapter 808 Mensa

After Asimov read the book twice, he did not immediately write the preface. Instead, he wrote a letter to Catherine about his thoughts and some doubts about the book.

Although we already have things like mobile phones and emails, these things are still a bit early compared to this era. Many people are not able to accept such technology quickly at this time - especially the older generation.

The new generation's ability to accept technology far exceeds that of the older generation. This is true no matter what era.

Even such a master of science fiction may not necessarily be better than others in his application in the new generation of technology.

What's more, at this time, it is obviously more solemn to use a letter.

Within a few days, the letter arrived in Catherine's hands.

It lists some questions that Asimov had about the setting, but these are nothing and can be explained clearly in two sentences.

What surprised and concerned Catherine was what Asimov said later. These contents were what surprised Catherine the most.

"Miss Edson, I believe that with your intelligence you will be able to enter Mensa. I hope you can become one of them like us..."

Catherine murmured the contents of the letter.

"Mensa...? Is it the Mensa association?" Elsa seemed to know very well.

"You knew?" Catherine asked.

"Someone seemed to have told me about this before... Well, it should have been not long before you came to England, Kate..."

What the hell……

Catherine was a little embarrassed. Why did she feel... like she had lost?

"real?"

"I don't really remember," Elsa shook her head: "But it's true."

Although she said this, Elsa did not join the other party, and she did not even do the test.

"……never mind."

Catherine shook her head.

Catherine really didn't expect that the other party would want her to join Mensa.

Mensa is the name of the world's top IQ club. It was founded in Oxford, England in 1946. The founders were lawyer Roland Beryl and scientist and lawyer Lance Waring.

At that time, these two people who thought they were extremely smart suddenly came up with some difficult questions to test their IQ, which became widely popular. In their excitement, Beryl and Waring simply set up a club and called on people with high IQs to join.

They intend to establish a community for smart people, and through challenging community activities, the participants' high IQs can be recognized, affirmed and constantly improved, and they can share each other's successes.

The English name of Mensa is "mensa", which means round table in Latin. Mensa is taken from the round table, which means that people are expected to sit together as equals, provided of course that they have similar IQs.

Only the top 2 people in the world in terms of IQ are eligible to enter Mensa.

Inexplicably, a strange feeling appeared in Catherine's mind.

"Pretending to be 13 gods"...

(Damn, why do I always think of these useless things...)

Catherine patted her head.

But having said that, this is indeed an instant kill for those two types of protagonists who say, "I'm going to be so arrogant!" and "Don't bully young people into poverty!"

The inexplicable sense of superiority that emerged in her heart made Catherine sweat.

This...can be considered yy...

But in fact Mensa is not that mysterious.

The main theme of Mensa is to enjoy intellectual "surfing". Perhaps these people are not surprising in appearance. Among them are businessmen and scholars, as well as housewives and blue-collar workers. Because of a simple test, they gathered together to drink tea, go on trips, and have parties. These

People have different interests and temperaments, but one thing is that these people generally have extraordinary IQs. They come together just because they are smart. The circle that brings them together is called "Mensa".

Of course, the "simple" nature of this test is relative.

If your IQ exceeds 148, then of course it is simple, but for ordinary people, this is definitely not easy.

Mensa, Mensa Society or Mensa Club, although in many cases its positioning is not very clear to people, there is no doubt that it is a place of high IQ.

Of course, there will be various "Mensa tests" later, but in fact the Mensa test questions and the so-called "Mensa tests" on the Internet are basically two different things.

The Mensa test paper generally has 30 questions, with 23 correct answers, which translates into an IQ of 148, which is the standard for joining the Mensa club. Mensa tests generally focus on attention, observation, logical thinking, imagination and memory.

In terms of questions, the distribution ratio among these thirty questions is roughly the same.

To say that the most famous person among Mensa is probably Oscar Wrigley.

Oscar picked out his own clothes when he was four months old, started talking at nine months old, and could recite the alphabet at one and a half years old. By the age of two, he had already mastered thousands of words.

His IQ exceeded 160, comparable to Einstein, so he was accepted as a member of Mensa when he was 2 years, 5 months and 11 days old.

But that was in the 21st century. Although Mensa is famous now, it is not as popular as it was in the 21st century.

Speaking of which, the other person is much better than Catherine, who can only be considered proficient in communication when she is five years old.

There is no way, language is a flaw...

Well, Catherine seriously doubts whether this should be some kind of psychological problem. In her previous life, Catherine University failed all eight Level 4 tests. Fortunately, the school finally reformed and did not require Level 4 certificates. Otherwise, Catherine said in her previous life

Maybe she won't be able to graduate. And every English course in her university is a test-make-up test-retake-a make-up test, and then she waits for the final exam in her final year...

All in all, it was an unbearable past...

"Would you like to join?"

Catherine thought for a moment.

Judging from my own experience, it seems that it should be easy to do such a test.

But only Catherine herself knew that she had achieved such an achievement because of her foresight.

But when it comes to joining Mensa...

Not to mention Catherine, even if we take the protagonists of those rebirth novels, they will probably be wiped out.

But on the other hand, Catherine felt that there shouldn't be any problem, because Catherine's thinking speed was very fast, and Catherine already had a clear concept of this. She thought that this should be almost the same.

Although at a glance, Mensa seems to have no use other than a high IQ.

But from another perspective, this organization also has many functions.

The simplest point: connections.

Mensa also has various activities to connect people emotionally.

As a criminal group with high IQ... no, it is a high-IQ organization. There must be many high-IQ groups among them, including novelists like Asimov and various people.

Quasi-psychologists, professors, scientists, etc.

As people with high IQs, their achievements are definitely not low... Of course, if the emotional intelligence is not good, then I am afraid that in the end... But after excluding these accidents, these people are indeed worthy of Catherine's association.

object.

If you can build a good relationship with these people, it will be very good for you in all aspects...

But Catherine thought about it, and it seemed that Elsa was already rejecting a lot of invitations for her every day...

"But if you do a little test, it shouldn't matter..."

Catherine thinks so.

Catherine also has a better sense of Mensa’s stance.

Mensa does not involve any political, religious or social affairs but only focuses on purely IQ issues. The community includes people with different opinions from various countries and cultural backgrounds. Anyone can support a certain point of view but it must not affect the community.

Basic Creed—Maintain an inclusive forum for pure intellectual exchange.

When he was in China, Mensa did not allow those who had committed political crimes in China to participate, such as the snow-capped mountains of Beijing and the like...

Experts hired by Mensa will regularly sort out and screen the intellectual problems contributed by its members, or summarize their representative test questions, or authorize IQ research scholars who are familiar with the essence of Mensa to write them, thus regularly launching books with the Mensa brand as their calling.

and related products. With Mensa’s authoritative position in the field of IQ testing, this

These books are not only popular in Europe and the United States, but are also used as the reference standard for IQ measurement in Western countries, and have been adopted and promoted by governments of many countries. The United States Central Intelligence Agency, Silicon Valley Talent Pool, Royal Academy of Sciences, Harvard Business School and other Western countries

Top organizations must ask questions when recruiting talent, including the Mensa series.

Of course, these questions are "outdated" because the questions used by Mensa are the latest ones that have been edited. To join Mensa, you must have a lawyer or other person licensed by Mensa.

Those test questions can only be done under human supervision, and there is basically no possibility of cheating, so the degree of authenticity is very high.

Thinking of these things about Mensa, Catherine decided to reply to the other party.

Anyway, even if you join Mensa, isn’t it just a matter of ten dollars?

The membership fee is not that much, and if you have this title in the future, it will be more impressive, right?

In addition to the small probability event that she has not passed the test, Catherine feels that it should not be very difficult for her to join such an organization...

"Um……"

Thinking of this, Catherine wrote back to the other party. Catherine first answered some questions that Asimov had about his "Mass Effect", and then at the end, Catherine said that as long as she has time, she will definitely think about it.

Find a way to carve out a little bit and put yourself to the test of Mensa.

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Sorry, I actually fell asleep yesterday.

Then the system crashes frequently, which is so embarrassing.

By the way, I would like to remind classmate Chenisi not to disclose your personal information casually. Everyone else is on the Jiutian Literature Network...

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