Prometheus Society. The Prometheus Society is a high IQ society, similar to Mensa International, but much more restrictive.
The entry test is designed to be passable by 1 in 30,000 of the population,[3] while Mensa entry is achievable by 1 in 50.[4] The society produces a magazine, Gift of Fire, published ten times a year. History[edit] Background[edit] An earlier organization, Mensa International, was founded by Roland Berrill and Lancelot Ware, who noted from their first conversation that although they came from different backgrounds, they were able to communicate and had much in common. They hypothesized that what they had in common was intelligence, and decided to see if a society of people selected for intelligence (using the only means available, IQ tests) would also have much in common.[5][6] They decided to focus on people whose IQ test scores would place them at or above the 98th percentile. Beyond the 98th percentile[edit] Testing difficulties[edit] Recent changes[edit] Mega Society. Founded in 1982 by Ronald K.
Hoeflin to facilitate psychometric research,[1] the Mega Society is a high IQ society open to people who have scored at the one-in-a-million level on a test of general intelligence claimed to be able to discriminate at that level.[2] The Guinness Book of World Records once stated that the most elite ultra High IQ Society is the Mega Society with percentiles of 99.9999 or 1 in a million required for admission.[3][verification needed] The public profile of the Mega Society increased with the publication of the Mega Test in 1985 by Hoeflin.[4] In his article, Omni reporter Scot Morris noted the claim that Mega Society is the most selective high-IQ society: Mensa, the most famous [IQ] group, is open to one person in 50 ...
The Triple Nine Society has a 1-in-1,000 cutoff (the 99.9th percentile, hence the name). And the Prometheus Society shoots for 1 in 30,000. Notable members[edit] Criteria for acceptance[edit] Triple Nine Society. The Triple Nine Society (TNS), founded in 1978, is a 501(c)(7) non-profit voluntary association of adults who have scored at or above the 99.9th percentile on specific IQ tests (or similar) under supervised conditions, which generally corresponds to an IQ of 149 or greater using a standard deviation of 16 (e.g.
Stanford-Binet IV) and 146 or greater with a standard deviation of 15 (e.g. WAIS-IV, Stanford-Binet 5).[1] This compares with Mensa International, the better-known and larger membership high IQ society which admits applicants who score at or above the 98th percentile, which generally corresponds with an IQ score of 131 (SD 15) or 133 (SD 16), or greater.
As of mid-March 2015, TNS reported over 1,500 members residing in more than 40 countries, with most members residing in the United States and Europe.[2] TNS publishes a journal entitled Vidya which contains articles, poetry and other creative content contributed by members conversant with a variety of subjects. References[edit] Mensa International. Founding[edit] Roland Berrill, an Australian barrister, and Dr.
Lancelot Ware, a British scientist and lawyer, founded Mensa at Lincoln College, in Oxford, England, in 1946. They had the idea of forming a society for very intelligent people, the only qualification for membership being a high IQ.[6] It was to be non-political and free from all social distinctions (racial, religious, etc.).[9] American Mensa was the second major branch of Mensa.
Its success has been linked to the efforts of its early and longstanding organizer, Margot Seitelman.[10] Membership requirement[edit] Mensa's requirement for membership is a score at or above the 98th percentile on certain standardised IQ or other approved intelligence tests, such as the Stanford–Binet Intelligence Scales. Mensa also has its own application exam, and some national groups offer alternative batteries of tests.