The Unofficial New Members’ Guide – an Intro to Mensa...

What is a Mensan?

Mensans love words: the spoken word, the printed word, the origin of the word. They read everything from heavy scholarly texts to cereal boxes. They seek mental entertainment in making lists, planning projects, working games or writing rebuttals. Mensans re-add their restaurant bills. They are endless students, always taking classes or studying independently.

The fact that “Mensa has no opinion” does not apply to individual Mensans. They have highly developed and carefully substantiated opinions on everything. Mensans have an abiding respect for another Mensan mind across the table. Agree or disagree, they respect the source of the information. Mensans seek knowledge everywhere and pursue it openly. They can concentrate very productively on anything as long as it suits their purpose or meets their immediate need. People you’ve been looking for all your life.