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Cover story: The search for intelligent life; The IQ test is 100 years old - but do its multiple-choice sums and sequences really measure anything, or is it just a way to make money? Matthew Sweet examines the bizarre world of cleverness, and attempts to join Mensa, the club for smart alecs.(Features)
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June 2, 2004| Author:
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Byline: Matthew Sweet
There were 24 of us in Room 509 of Birkbeck College in London - and nobody needed to be told to take the lift to the fifth floor. A teenage girl with "luscious" in sequins across the seat of her jeans; a middle-aged lady with an impressive array of pencils; a boy who might have been captain of the rugby team; a father and son who wouldn't have been out of place in that documentary about the American National Spelling Bee competition. Not at all the gaggle of elbow-patched former maths teachers you might expect to encounter at an IQ test. Twenty-four of ...
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