Torr & HIQ Generally

[Benjamin]

I recently notice that the International High IQ Society has a more
selective Society called Torr (IQ<145) Is anyone here a member?
Impressions? Also, to anyone who a member of a few HIQ Societies,
which one do you find the best?

Thanks!

[Pontus Granström]

I can join but I don't know if I will do so! Perhaps if it's lucrative enough.

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[αrgvmziΩ σV]

Usually the ones that don't require payment for admission (or such
being fairly low) are worth joining. Of course, in this day and age,
there are many to choose from. Soon enough, we'll be able to pick and
choose at our local Iggly Quizzly retail store between generic and
name brands memberships.

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[Benjamin]

Thanks! This one is 'only' $40 for life. I have yet to join any,
although I'm somewhat curious. Most seem to be more into quizzing
than I am. Perhaps down the road i'll join one.

[Pontus Granström]

In other words avoid Mensa? Seems like they want a lot of money to go their "pub evenings". I can go to the pub without paying a lot of money.
Torr seems interesting, international high IQ society has a lot of parties in downtown manhattan which at least I believe is quite nice.

[Michael]

+1.

For those that want extra support, the above information is an accurate assessment. Sadly, the only thing I've learned from joining is to be more careful about my investments, something TORR clearly has not turned out to be.

Michael

On Sunday, November 11, 2012 1:06:38 PM UTC+11, Torr Member wrote:

Like most things, you get what you pay for with high IQ societies. At the time I joined, the lifetime membership in Torr was $50. Mensa, on the other hand, was $84 annually. Torr is strictly an online discussion forum. In addition to online discussion forums, Mensa frequently offers state, national, and global events. At the time of this writing, Torr had around 925 members. Mensa had about 110,000 (granted, Mensa has been around for far longer).

I've found that the discussion forums in Torr are somewhat old and stagnant; not much activity since 2011 (the society was launched in 2010). Its founder and website administrator, Nathan Haselbauer, seems to have largely abandoned the site. In fact, the promised online trivia challenge dubbed "The Bends" has never actually taken place, and as far as I can tell from the discussion threads, likely never will be. The other advertised membership benefits, such as "vigorous debate competitions throughout the year, as well as competitions in chess, go, and other high-level thinking games and puzzles" are also myths; no such activities exist. Indeed, one of the few benefits of joining Torr has simply been the (sparse) online discussion forums.

Another one of Torr's stains is the shared skepticism that many members have regarding their scores on the Gigi Pro Certified test. In fact, the veracity of the Gigi test is one of the most active discussion threads in the entire forum, with many members reporting that they've scored much lower on other standardized intelligence tests.

[Torr Society]

After the original founder of Torr passed away in 2015, our society was in limbo.  It wasn't until the domain name became available that a member took ownership and hired the one of the best in web development to revamp the website.  It is no longer an old forum, but an actual private social network as it has been advertised. There are challenging brain teasers and single user games to stimulate your brain and challenge yourself with.  The current setup is very similar to Facebook in that you'll need to make friends in order to see other people's posts.  Yu can also created your own discussion groups and invite people to join.  The key difference from Facebook is there are no annoying ads and we won't collect and sell your private data to advertisers.  Lifetime membership is still $49.  Those of you who are old members and have been experiencing difficulty logging in please visit the following page for further instructions:

https://torr.org/members/

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Victor? If not that's okay :) . 

If the pathway to retrieving my account is any different to what you've described, any thoughts on how to redeem an old account that I've forgotten the email to? I recall the unique name I gave myself (along with the year), its still in the directory. Perhaps there's more info contained that can validate my identity?

I'll follow your advice anyhow.

Thank you for your time.

Michael

[Florence]

I’m a member.

There’s barely any activity on the site.

So unless you want a pen pal that you only speak shallowly with once every 12 months or so, I’d pass.

Given it’s been around for a while now I doubt it’s ever going to become popular.

[Erik the Great]

On Sunday, 28 November 2010 15:35:12 UTC-5, King Of The Stars wrote:

In other words avoid Mensa? Seems like they want a lot of money to go their "pub evenings". I can go to the pub without paying a lot of money.
Torr seems interesting, international high IQ society has a lot of parties in downtown manhattan which at least I believe is quite nice.

There is something odd to me about Mensa; every book they have produced has something flawed about it to me.  For instance, they have published dozens of puzzle books, but most are almost identical, maybe even following a formula.  Some of the puzzles are so formulaic that I don't even bother with them.  Then there are some of the other books: their IQ Testing series has simple, simple visual or mathematical problems, but the verbal parts are extremely advanced: e.g.: which of the following is the odd one out:

    

      A. Skit

      B. Emeritus

      C. Lampoon

      D. Clerihew

      E. Parody

OR What word is an antonym of LAMBENT?

     These are then followed by this mathematical problem:

     34 7 29 11 23 16 16 22 ?

     In the past, they have also released a whole series of books on checkers!  Why not chess as well, like every other publishing company?  Every book they publish is of such low quality that I think it's in my best interest just to stay away and stick with Torr and the IHIQS...