For many people, the topic of high IQ or the
high IQ society is associated with a negative stigma of pretentiousness and
elitism. Questions arise such as "why would highly intelligent people need
to converge other than to boast about their superior intellects or discuss the
inferiority of the masses?" As a veteran of the high IQ community I can
assure you that while there are a few enfants terribles in the crowd who like to
peacock their abilities (just like any other social dynamic), most of us are
just looking for high octane, good quality conversations with those who share
similar interests. It's a known fact that communication begins to breakdown when
the difference of IQ spans greater than 30 points (see Hollingworth) and those
with similar levels of intelligence will be drawn to each other. However, the
brighter the individual the rarer the chance of meeting these people, hence the
need for the high IQ society. Below is a detailed list of several societies
along with the IQ requirements. For more information regarding these high IQ
societies, read Bill Bultas' detailed reviews here.
Another excellent site (highly recommended) is the Uncommonly
Difficult IQ Tests page.
95th
Percentile (1 person in 20):
International High IQ Society
98th
Percentile (1 person in 50):
Mensa
99th
Percentile (1 person in 100):
Intertel
Top One Percent Society
Mind Society
Elateneo/s
Society
99.5th
Percentile (1 person in 200):
Poetic Genius Society
99.9th
Percentile (1 person in 1,000):
ISPE (International
Society for Philosophical Enquiry)
Triple Nine Society
One-in-a-Thousand Society
Glia
Society
Ludomind Society
Milenija
Genius Society
ISI-Society
CIVIQ
99.997th
Percentile (1 person in 30,000):
Prometheus Society
Epimetheus Society
Camp
Archimedes Society
HellIQ
Society
99.9999th
Percentile (1 person in 1,000,000):
Mega Society
Omega Society
OlympIQ
Society
99.9999999th
Percentile (1 person in 1,000,000,000 - controversial):
Giga
Society
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