Perfect Poise, Perfect Life
Bring your body into balance and revolutionise your life
By Noel Kingsley
Publisher Hodder Mobius
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So, what's your IQ?
Never having been a fan of tests that measure my brain power, I surprised myself when having stumbled upon a free IQ test, that I actually completed it with a reasonable score and also without it spanning several days and resorting to dictionaries or calculators, which would no doubt invalidate my attempt anyway. I was more than surprised....
The hardest part of this exercise on a rather dubious media and marketing website was not actually completing the test itself which certainly required all my brain-power, but getting past all the special offers and sponsorships that were clearly funding the free test. This indeed tested me to the limit as I almost gave up after several minutes of negotiating around the pages of personal details they asked of me (presumably for email advertising). Every time I clicked to 'Pass' on to the next page I was confronted by more offers and more required details, so I continued going in dizzying circles for quite some time. It is as a consequence of this strenuous and exhausting experience that I do not recommend the site to you, as I'm sure you have plenty to be occupying yourself, despite any possible desire you may have to discover your own IQ if you do not already know it. You just don't need to spend half your day negotiating offers to get the result of your efforts.
However, having discovered that I apparently have an IQ of 145, I Googled for some guidance on what the levels may mean and I discover on an explanatory site about 'What IQ scores mean' that my score is near Genius (e.g., professors). I gulp. This cannot be true. I was a dunce at school, never got many post-school qualifications and only started to make anything of myself till later in life. I have never thought of myself of having much nonce in my brain.
So this train of activity led me to Mensa, a society for bright people, the only qualification for membership of which is a high IQ. It is a society that is non-political and free from all racial or religious distinctions. You've just got to have an IQ that is in the top 2% of the population. No sweat.
I've done the Mensa test with all but two small eansy-weansy questions still eluding my brain and I struggle to finish it within the allotted 30 minutes. But they invite you to take longer if you wish and submit your results when you have completed them. So I took their suggestion to heart, had a break and wrote this blog. Well, why not....... I'll complete the test when I have another break between Alexander Technique clients later in the day.
If you're interested you can read more about Mensa and if you have the time and inclination you can do their Free IQ Test. If you want to join Mensa you have to do a test that cannot be completed on the Internet but which requires you to do it in person, under strict controls and observation. So, maybe on another day.......
The free test is fun... You might like to try it. Mensa Free IQ Test.
