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   CrudeSausage to chrisv   
   Re: My Mensa test results   
   17 Jan 26 00:36:45   
   
   XPost: alt.computer.workshop   
   From: crude@sausa.ge   
      
   On Fri, 16 Jan 2026 17:46:15 -0600, chrisv wrote:   
      
   > I was going through some old stuff that I've saved, and I came across my   
   > results from taking the Mensa qualification test, back in 1990.   
   >   
   > 99th percentile, baby!   
   >   
   > https://imgur.com/YFiRO2D   
   >   
   > I looked at the Mensa website and saw that the Cattell test gives higher   
   > scores than most, so I think the CTMM I.Q. of 144 is the more realistic   
   > number.  If accurate, this would put me at 99.83 percentile!   
   >   
   > I never did join Mensa...   
   >   
   > (All filters down, for this thread only.)   
      
   That's absolutely awesome! I have to wonder whether programmers are by   
   default high IQ people or whether an interest in programming leads them to   
   have a high IQ. Chicken or egg, I suppose.   
      
      
      
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