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A high IQ society is an organization that limits membership to people who are within a certain high percentile of Intelligence quotient (IQ) test results, theoretically representing the most intelligent people in the world. The oldest, largest, and most well-known such society is Mensa International, which was founded by Roland Berrill and Dr. Lancelot Ware in 1946.^[1] Other early societies were Intertel (founded by Ralph Haines in 1966), the International Society for Philosophical Enquiry (founded by Dr. Christopher Harding in 1974) and Prometheus Society (founded by Dr. Ronald K. Hoeflin in 1982). // A percentile is the value of a variable below which a certain percent of observations fall. ... â€œIQâ€ redirects here. ... IQ redirects here; for other uses of that term, see IQ (disambiguation). ... Mensa is the largest, oldest, and best-known high-IQ society in the world. ... Dr Lancelot Lionel Ware OBE (5 June 1915 â€“ 15 August 2000), British barrister and co-founder of Mensa. ... Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Logo of Intertel Intertel is a high IQ society, specifically for people who test in the top one percent of IQ. Intertel believes that highly-intelligent people have special intellectual, emotional, and social needs which remain with them throughout life. ... Year 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. ... The International Society for Philosophical Enquiry (ISPE) is A global, scientific, and philosophical Society founded in 1974, dedicated to advanced enquiry, original research and original contributions. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... The Prometheus Society is a high IQ society. ... Ronald K. Hoeflin is a philosopher, creator of the Mega[1][2][3] and Titan[4] intelligence tests, and founder of several high-IQ societies; the Top One Percent Society, the One-in-a-Thousand Society, the Prometheus Society, the Epimetheus Society, the Mega Society, and the Omega Society. ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ...

1 Purposes
2 Entry requirements
3 Differences, characteristics
4 See also
5 References
6 External links

Purposes

Most high IQ societies aim to provide a way to facilitate interaction between members, either for research purposes or simply for social reasons. Some (such as Mensa International) encourage analysis on the nature of intelligence itself. Many societies publish a newsletter or journal, although newer societies such as the International High IQ Society and Colloquy are partially or totally Internet-based. Mensa is the largest, oldest, and best-known high-IQ society in the world. ... Intelligence is the mental capacity to reason, plan, solve problems, think abstractly, comprehend ideas and language, and learn. ... International High IQ Society logo International High IQ Society Internet-based high IQ society founded in 2000 by Nathan Haselbauer. ... Colloquy is an internet-based organization of individuals who have qualified for membership by virtue of performance on IQ tests and other accepted standardized tests including the ACT, GRE, PSAT and SAT. In online literature the group claims Colloquy is, to the best of our knowledge, the first high-IQ...

Many people with high IQ wish to share common interests and experiences, including special or abstract discussions, but also problems and difficulties, within discussion groups and meetings.

Entry requirements

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High IQ societies typically accept a variety of standardized intelligence tests such as the Stanford-Binet test, WAIS-III (for adults) or WISC-IV (for children) and Cattell Culture Fair III test. Some conduct proprietary or alternative tests to determine membership eligibility. The modern field of intelligence testing began with the Stanford-Binet IQ test. ... Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale or WAIS is a general test of intelligence (IQ), published in February 1955 as a revision of the Wechsler-Bellevue test (1939), standardised for use with adults over the age of 16. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... In seeking to develop a culture-fair intelligence or IQ test that separated environmental and genetic factors Raymond B. Cattell created the CFIT or Culture Fair Intelligence Test. ...

Top 5% (95th percentile; IQ 125 sd15, IQ 126 sd16): International High IQ Society
Top 2% (98th percentile; IQ 130 sd15, IQ 132 sd16): Mensa International^[2], High Potentials Society, Mysterium Society, Altacapacidadhispana, SocratIQ Society, Encefálica
Top 1% (99th percentile; IQ 135 sd15, IQ 137 sd16): Intertel, Top One Percent Society, Elateneo/s Society, Superdotados-Intelectuales, The Mind Society
Top 0.5% (99.5th percentile; IQ 139 sd15, IQ 141 sd16): Colloquy, Poetic Genius Society
Top 0.37% (99.63rd percentile; IQ 140 sd15, IQ 143 sd16): Infinity International Society
Top 0.3% (99.7th percentile; IQ 141 sd15, IQ 144 sd16): Cerebrals Society
Top 0.2% (99.8th percentile; IQ 143 sd15, IQ 146 sd16): ePiq Society, Neurocubo
Top 0.13% (99.87th percentile; IQ 145 sd15, IQ 148 sd16): CIVIQ Society, Artifex Mens Congregatio (Artistic Minds Society)
Top 0.1% (99.9th percentile; IQ 146 sd15, IQ 149 sd16): International Society for Philosophical Enquiry, Triple Nine Society, IQuadrivium Society
Top 0.09% (99.91th percentile; IQ 147 sd15, IQ 150 sd16): Glia Society, One-in-a-Thousand Society, Milenija
Top 0.07% (99.93th percentile; IQ 148 sd15, IQ 151 sd16): ISI-Society
Top 0.009% (99.991st percentile; IQ 156 sd15, IQ 160 sd16): Vertex
Top 0.003% (99.997th percentile; IQ 160 sd15, IQ 164 sd16): Prometheus Society, Camp Archimedes, HELLIQ Society, Epimetheus Society, Tetra Society
Top 0.001% (99.999th percentile; IQ 164 sd15, IQ 168 sd16): The Ultranet
Top 0.0001% (99.9999th percentile; IQ 172 sd15, IQ 176 sd16): Mega Society, Mega International, Pi Society, Omega Society, StrictIQ Society
Top 0.00003% (99.99997th percentile; IQ 175 sd15, IQ 180 sd16): OLYMPIQ Society, PARS Society
Top 0.0000001% (99.9999999th percentile; IQ 190 sd 15, IQ196 sd16): Giga Society
Variable entry conditions: Sigma Society (Sigma, Sigma III, Sigma IV, Sigma V, Sigma VI)

The ceiling of most standardized (validated and normed) intelligence tests is at around 99.9th percentile. Measurements above this level need — for a credible result — a calculation, extrapolation and interpretation (including observations during the tests and sub-tests) by psychometricians being experienced in high IQ testing, and at least two differently designed standardized tests (among these at least one supervised) should be performed. Measurements above 99.9999th percentile are rather doubtful as no sufficient correlation studies and normings are available. International High IQ Society logo International High IQ Society Internet-based high IQ society founded in 2000 by Nathan Haselbauer. ... Mensa is the largest, oldest, and best-known high-IQ society in the world. ... Logo of Intertel Intertel is a high IQ society, specifically for people who test in the top one percent of IQ. Intertel believes that highly-intelligent people have special intellectual, emotional, and social needs which remain with them throughout life. ... The Top One Percent Society (TOPS) is a high IQ society, at the 99th percentile of intelligence, dedicated to the intellectual stimulation and growth of its members. ... CIVIQ society is an international society for people having achieved a very high IQ (Intelligence Quotient) at or above the third standard deviation above the statistical mean of the general, unselected population, i. ... The International Society for Philosophical Enquiry (ISPE) is A global, scientific, and philosophical Society founded in 1974, dedicated to advanced enquiry, original research and original contributions. ... The Triple Nine Society (TNS) is a voluntary association of individuals who have scored at or above the 99. ... The Prometheus Society is a high IQ society. ...

Differences, characteristics

Many high IQ societies have specific areas of interest, like creativity (ISI-Society and Vinci Society), social activities (International High IQ Society, Mensa International), poetry (Poetic Genius Society), contributions to humanity (International Society for Philosophical Enquiry), broad and frequented discussion-boards (Cerebrals Society, Civiq Society, ePiq Society, Milenija, Prometheus Society, Camp Archimedes (see below), Superdotados Intelectuales, Triple Nine Society, The Ultranet), Mathematics and Physics (Milenija, Pi Society, StrictIQ Society), Spanish-speaking individuals (Altacapacidadhispana, Neurocubo, Elateneo/s).

Some high IQ societies and organisations offer public areas in their boards where also non-members may participate (e.g. Cerebrals Society, Mega Foundation, World Intelligence Network, Milenija).

Two organisations represent a network with several independent high IQ societies:

Mega Foundation: with The Ultranet and Mega International Society
World Intelligence Network (WIN): with Colloquy Society, ePiq Society, Civiq Society, ISI-Society, Helliq Society, Pars Society, Olympiq Society and Giga Society.

References

^ Percival, Matt (2006-09-08). The Quest for Genius. Retrieved on 2006-09-26.
^ http://www.mensa.org/index0.php?page=10

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External links

General:

Active High-IQ Societies and their Membership
Entrance Criteria for High IQ Societies
Famous Geniuses from MENSA's Hall of Fame
IQ comparison chart
IQ conversion
The History of Various High IQ Societies

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