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The International High IQ Society is not elitist in its percentile requirement, nor in its approach to neurodivergent members. Its structure reflects this: discussions focus on interests and knowledge, and when intellectual ability is addressed, it is done to foster understanding and empathy. For these reasons, I fully recommend joining the Society, which is also excellently led by Dr. Alice K. Burridge.

The idea behind IQ testing entered my life as a 7-year-old after a drowning accident. I was subsequently subjected to a battery of tests, and it opened up doors for me that would radically change the course of my life. After being invited by a friend who is a member of another well-known IQ organisation to attend one of their events, I was searching for tests to get an up-to-date result and came across IHIQS. This was some years ago, and life “happens,” but more recently, I saw that IHIQS today has become an extremely diverse and intellectually rich environment, doubtlessly enabled by the wonderful Alice Burridge, whose mitochondria are obviously functioning very well. In the digital world, I hope to carve out some time to both contribute to and profit from this exciting ecosystem. I am interested in meta-cognition, root cause analysis, road and mountain biking, skiing, literature and music, and, in this present day, new models for all our broken or outdated political, economic, financial, educational, and other systems. I hope IHIQS might be a platform for bouncing ideas on some or all of these topics.

I’ve been in the IHIQS from the very beginning, and I’ve been here for nearly a quarter of a century. It was, it is, it will always be a special Community for me—a place where I could find friends, share thoughts, and share moments of my life. It was fantastic because we had a wonderful founder, Nathan, not only a super bright man, but a very special guy, always present, always ready to listen to everybody. It is fantastic now because we have a great President, Alice! Communities have changed since the beginning; a different recipe is necessary now to keep them healthy and growing. She was able to completely renew our community, pushing everyone to increase interaction among us. I had friends here in the past; I have more friends now. She drove us to meet, and it was a great boost for me. A thing is to know people you don’t see; meeting them is altogether another story! Thank you, Alice, thank you, IHIQS!