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...killed and eaten might well turn you into a psychopath who kills and eats people. The argument is plausible: the bitten becomes the biter, and takes his revenge by making sure the biters get bit. Plausible, yes, but a lot less interesting than the grownup spectacle of the super-Mensa, super-crazy Hannibal in the first two books...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Becoming Hannibal Lecter | 12/11/2006 | See Source »

...spaces for their answers. Like we said, smart people on both sides of the camera. The one thing the movie doesn't reveal is why so many of these renowned puzzlers - Clinton, Stewart and Burns - are left-handed. Coincidence? Or conspiracy? We solicit an explanation from our Mensa-worthy readers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Needs Sudoku? | 6/17/2006 | See Source »

...could see had more on its agenda than aerobatic martial arts. The brothers, who wrote the Vendetta script that James McTeigue spiffily directed, are back in top form--not larding political meaning on an action plot but finding a seamless blending of the two. Whether you're mindless or Mensa, you'll find stuff here to challenge and trouble you, the way a good piece of speculative fiction should...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies: Can A Popcorn Movie Also Be Political? This One Can | 3/5/2006 | See Source »

...deeper thinker and bigger nerd. I saw him preparing his keynote speech for the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas--the geek-world equivalent of the Super Bowl--nearly a month before it took place. (He ended up bringing Robin Williams onstage with him; Williams called Page "Mensa boy" and mocked how he talks: "Larry, do you realize you sound just like Mister Rogers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Search Of The Real Google | 2/12/2006 | See Source »

Despite the flaws in execution, this book’s intent is something that academia needs. Intelligence may be something of a cult, but stupidity only receives cursory treatment. IQ tests, Mensa societies and SAT scores all measure intelligence, but stupidity remains the butt of crude humour and careless thought. Precisely because the state of being dumb has no analogue to being smart, Why Smart People Can Be So Stupid provides valuable insight into a subject that eludes, but intrigues...

Author: By James Crawford, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Call Me Stupid | 5/3/2002 | See Source »

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