Forum » Topic: Mensa to drop ‘smug and self-satisfied’ as membership qualification... http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=52114 The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Sat, 25 May 2013 02:05:28 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 <![CDATA[Search]]> q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php AReader on "Mensa to drop ‘smug and self-satisfied’ as membership qualification..." http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=52114#post-150022 Thu, 22 Nov 2012 10:52:02 +0000 AReader 150022@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Densa" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Densa</a> </p> Tripod on "Mensa to drop ‘smug and self-satisfied’ as membership qualification..." http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=52114#post-150018 Thu, 22 Nov 2012 10:40:14 +0000 Tripod 150018@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Mensa, the organisation for clever people, with IQs in the top 2%, have decided to drop the ‘smug and self-satisfied’ qualification for aspiring members. “We’re trying to distance ourself from the elitist notion that Mensa members are inherently superior just because they are hyper-intelligent”, said membership secretary, Bryony Edwards. “Anyway, ‘smug’ and ‘self-satisfied’ are tautologous. Me, patronising? How clever of you to notice”... </p>