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Mensa Anonymous
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LIFE
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3 / 1986 |
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Donna Coe
Donna Coe is a free-lance writer living in New York and has
done extensive writing for theater, T.V. and newspapers Ms.
Coe is a member of Mensa. |
If you answered "yes" or "I don't remember" to any of the above, welcome. . . M.A. was created especially for you. The subsequent lessons are designed to help you--the hypertrophy of intelligence--to succeed outside of your ivy-covered walls, that is, the outside world. It's not a pretty place, but someone's got to live there.
Don't be afraid. There are others out there just like you. Others who have victoriously made the transition from astute to galoot. You can, too,
Introduction
Yes, Professor, intelligence can be dangerous. It is entirely possible that you possess what psychologists call a superiority complex. Read on and see if you fit the mold.
Possible encounter No. 1: A stranger approaches you from a dark alleyway and verbally accosts you with. "Hey, bud, got any spare change?" you, with the intellect of an Einstein, but the preservation instincts of an armadillo, will want to discourse on the philosophical entrapments of the dichotomy of the term "spare change." DO NOT, repeat, DO NOT do it! Give the moocher anything in your pockets that jingles.
Possible encounter No. 2: You have the misfortune of traveling on a plane that is in the process of being hijacked. The terrorists are discussing, in a foreign language, which passengers to take as hostages. You want to talk to them, to appeal to their better nature. DO NOT do it! Especially not in their native tongue. It makes them cranky. And the only thing worse than a cranky terrorist is a
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