Superior IQs associated with mental and physical disorders, research suggests
I&#x27;ve met plenty of incredibly intelligent people in my life, and very few mentioned Mensa. Those who did had a yearning for being recognized as smart or exceptional. Perhaps using Mensa membership to draw inferences about smart people in general isn&#x27;t statistically applicable. It could be that people who want to be recognized as smart have those mental issues, which other smart people don&#x27;t.