My friend, CM, told me that there were a number of intelligence societies besides Mensa and that they had more stringent membership requirements and therefore were more prestigious.   I had no idea!  The only society that receives publicity is Mensa so that is the only one I knew.  Well, there are more... and here are some of them.

http://www.iqsociety.org/intro.htm

A new millennium, new ideas facing the world. Being aware of the importance of intelligence matters, Dr. Evangelos G. Katsioulis founded The World Intelligence Network (WIN) on January 1st, 2001. This date signals a departure from the structures and functions traditionally associated with high IQ societies. WIN facilitates the participation of its member societies and their respective members by providing an alternative environment in which their original ideas may be freely proposed, constructively critiqued, and widely disseminated.

                                                       

                                                                          

                                           The following 8 High-IQ-Societies are affiliated with WIN:
                                                                    CIVIQ (joined 01/2001) 
                                                                  HELLIQ (joined 01/2001)
                                                               OLYMPIQ (joined 01/2001)
                                                                     PARS (joined 03/2004)
                                                                     GIGA (joined 05/2004)
                                                                     EPIQ (joined 07/2005)
                                                                     ISI-S (joined 06/2006)
                                                            COLLOQUY (joined 03/2007) 

http://www.colloquysociety.org/

In the Spirit of Collegial Inquiry...

What is Colloquy?

Colloquy is, to the best of our knowledge, the first high-IQ society based entirely on the Internet. It is created as a forum for the collegial sharing of thoughts, experiences, and creative expression among people of superior intelligence. Defining our terms, what could be considered as superior intelligence? Statistically, perhaps arbitrarily, the highest half-percent of the general populace are placed into this category, at 2.58 standard deviations above the mean. Assuming a 15.5 s.d., this level is 140 IQ... not that undue emphasis should be placed upon such tests. Intelligence is a curious quality, easily recognized while somewhat elusive when precise definitions are sought. Consider the contemporary theories of Gardner and Sternberg, which recognize multiple aspects of intelligence.

Unfortunately, proliferating high-IQ groups have all too often failed to satisfy criteria for true intellectual society, where thoughtful consideration of ideas would banish ad hominem rantings of bigots while nurturing free and civil discussion. In widespread correspondence, we voiced the idea that a worthy intellectual society might thrive on the Internet. Respecting the maturity of potential members, why not dispense with both dues and paper trail, leaving newsletters as an option for enterprising members? Though beginning with the e-list group as a seedbed of discussion, the central concept is the nurturance of a permanent, living "journal" linking member pages in an unfolding treasury of mind. This creative effort is not only for the members of Colloquy but as well for Friends, co-adventurers, scholars, and dilettantes... in particular for talented folk who visualize the potential offered by the Internet for the building of delightful bridges of mind and heart.

                                              How do I become a Member?
                              hich test scores qualify for admisson to Colloquy?

In the last twenty-five years, more than a dozen high-level intelligence tests have been assembled by persons of varying credentials in the field of psychological measurements. Many of these represent serious effort, with some attention by the designers given to documentation of the normative statistics. Unfortunately, development constraints have left these intriguing high-level tests basically unsupervised, self-administered under non-standard conditions, and relying upon the "honor system" without any effective controls on test materials. As with tests available directly on the Internet, some are better than others, but even the best in design have scant recognition among psychologists and academicians accredited in the field. Caveat emptor! Those matters aside, if you have achieved test scores indicative of very superior intelligence and are committed to the principle of congenial discussion, you may find Colloquy a worthwhile experience.

Should you not have at hand any acceptable score documentation, you may take the Miller Analogies Test at any of six hundred locations worldwide. Present fee is about US$55 (as of April, 2000), so this is one of the most affordable of the group tests. Raven Advanced Progressive Matrices provides a contrasting measure, focused more on non-verbal items than the Miller. Please refer to our link page on educational testing for additional information. Many universities also offer the Graduate Record Exam on a regular basis and counseling centers may be able to offer some IQ tests on an individual basis. The Cattell Culture-Fair tests are available to qualified psychologists from the Institute for Personality and Ability Testing. Many psychologists also admister the new Wechsler Advanced Intelligence Scale (WAIS III) or Raven Advanced Progressive Matrices, though obviously the fees will be much higher than those for the proctored group tests sponsored by Mensa or educational centers.

In the Spirit of Collegial Inquiry...

Links to Sister Societies

Prometheus Society
Excellent articles in online past issues of Gift of Fire

Mega Society: Steve Schuessler
Seeking members above the 99.9999 %ile on these unsupervised tests: LAIT, Mega, or Titan.

Mega Foundation
A relatively new organization ... quite impressive in vision and scope.

Giga Society
Sounds interesting! Website under construction as of June, 2000.

Pi Society: Nik Lygeros
Seeking members above the 99.9999 %ile on various untimed, unsupervised tests.

Sigma Society: Hindemburg Melão Jr
The finest IQ resource in the Portuguese language.

ISPE: Patrick M O'Shea
International Society for Philosophical Enquiry, visualized as a Platonic school, founded 1974

Triple Nine Society
The second 99.9 %ile group, of highly democratic vision, founded 1979

IQuadrivium: Karyn S. Huntting
A third 99.9 %ile group, centered in the Pacific Northwest, founded 1994

Intertel
Second largest IQ society, at 99%ile on supervised tests ... founded 1966

British Mensa
The 98%ile group, Mother of all IQ groups *smile*, founded 1945

American Mensa
Mensa's U.S. branch, long since the largest

Thinkers International
Not an IQ society, but a well-established intellectual discussion group

Links to Webpages of Colloquy Members

Julia   (JCC)

Andrea   (ALP)

Kevin, TimeLord   (K

William: African-American resource pages   (WRJ)

Eric: Tales of the Mine Country   (EM)

Laura   (LDL)

Kevin's Domain   (TM)

Ulf's Artwork ... Read about the Greatest Geniuses of history.

Ed's Radio Resume  (ES)

Frank presents the Pragmatism of C. S. Peirce   (FPP)

Video Mike   (ME)

Bill: Website Ailanto   (WPP)

Alex   (TsC)

Derrick   (DPG)

Juan   (JRG)

  Frank   (FT)

Mick   (MoR)

Carl   (CRS)

David   (DGH)

T.M. Lukas Hughes   (TLH)

Kate   (KJ)

Dan   (DLT)

Jeff   (J2K)

Ken   (KC

Yuri's photo   (YuM)

Olivier   (OCG)

James   (JLL)

Wyman   (JW

Christopher   (SeeWy)

Dana   (DM)

Steve   (KSH)

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