NY Times: "The Science of Second-Guessing"

Interview by DEBORAH SOLOMON

Published: December 12, 2004

URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/12/magazine/12QUESTIONS.html?ex=1182657600&en=aa8654d5ceb6bc1f&ei=5070

Deborah Solomon (Q): What is your I.Q.?

Stephen Hawking (A): I have no idea. People who boast about their I.Q. are losers.

Mensa. Mensa is a scam, I hope you all know. While this girl might be bright, if she is really smart when she comes of age she'll quit Mensa.

How many folks who are like Gates, Ellison, Nobel winners talk about Mensa: none.

The only thing Mensa has ever done that is smart is somehow get themselves to be seen as credible.

Also high IQ doesn't mean go...

NY Times: "The Science of Second-Guessing"

Interview by DEBORAH SOLOMON

Published: December 12, 2004

URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/12/magazine/12QUESTIONS.html?ex=1182657600&en=aa8654d5ceb6bc1f&ei=5070

Deborah Solomon (Q): What is your I.Q.?

Stephen Hawking (A): I have no idea. People who boast about their I.Q. are losers.

Mensa. Mensa is a scam, I hope you all know. While this girl might be bright, if she is really smart when she comes of age she'll quit Mensa.

How many folks who are like Gates, Ellison, Nobel winners talk about Mensa: none.

The only thing Mensa has ever done that is smart is somehow get themselves to be seen as credible.

Also high IQ doesn't mean good judgment. It takes perseverance, aptitude and good judgment to be extraordinary, IQ isn't enough.

If these parents were as smart as the kid, they would hide the intelligence and try to nurture it and complete it, not sit around and brag to others how smart she is, that is plain stupid.

In case you are wondering, I could join if I wanted - but I wouldn't be seen with people who celebrate aptitude without an accomplishment.

Poor girl. She won't get to change the world unless she is properly trained tempered and sheltered from a ridiculous society in search of heroes.

For those in Mensa - you are dumb enough to pay to be smart!