Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!amdahl!pyramid!prls!philabs!ttidca!hollombe From: hollombe@ttidca.TTI.COM (The Polymath) Newsgroups: sci.psychology Subject: Re: High I.Q., etc. Message-ID: <2264@ttidca.TTI.COM> Date: 8 Apr 88 18:58:04 GMT References: <7599@ihlpa.ATT.COM> Reply-To: hollombe@ttidcb.tti.com (The Polymath) Organization: The Cat Factory Lines: 39 In article <7599@ihlpa.ATT.COM> humbert@ihlpa.ATT.COM (Schachter) writes: >... So when sci.psychology was recently formed, I expected to find a newsgroup >controlled largely by professors and graduate students in psychology. Because >of the 'sci' qualifier, I expected something like what the Monitor or the >American Psychologist would be if we could eliminate the two-thirds of the >APA membership who are clinicians, not scientists. ... ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume your are merely ignorant or misinformed. I have a master's degree in clinical psychology. To earn it I had to pass graduate level courses in, among other things, statistical analysis and experimental design. I had to write bachelor's and master's theses that were refereed by experts in those subjects. I consider myself every bit as much a scientist as someone with an equivalent degree in physics or mathematics. >This I.Q. discussion has unburied an old memory about a society called DENSA. >DENSA is a society for dense people, and I would very much like to join this >society. ... It's a pleasure to meet someone who knows their limitations. (-:{ >... My question, then, is: Where is DENSA? ... I don't think you intended this seriously, but I'll answer it anyway. Densa is a joke. It was originally invented by Mensans as a fictional society admitting only those whose IQs fall at or below the 2nd percentile. A few years ago someone gained some brief publicity by actually founding such an organization, though they loosened the requirements to include anyone who didn't qualify for Mensa. I don't know where you can find them, or if they still exist. It's amusing to note that they can only exist as a reflection of Mensa, thus providing an extra source of publicity for the high-IQ organizations. -- The Polymath (aka: Jerry Hollombe, hollombe@TTI.COM) Illegitimati Nil Citicorp(+)TTI Carborundum 3100 Ocean Park Blvd. (213) 452-9191, x2483 Santa Monica, CA 90405 {csun|philabs|psivax|trwrb}!ttidca!hollombe