Think You're Smart? Take Mensa Test in Farmington Hills

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FARMINGTON HILLS, MI – Think you’re smart? Sure, you might say, but are you Mensa smart?

The cost to take the test, a requirement for membership in the high IQ organization, American Mensa, is $40. The test is offered as part of the program at the Southeast Michigan Mensa’s 37th annual regional gathering Friday through Sunday.

Among the lofty topics that will be discussed at the convention include:

• Dr. Paul Mantica, the keynote speaker, will talk the new Facility for Rare Isotope Beams at Michigan State University. The new facility will be “orders of magnitude better” than many of the other particle accelerators out there, Mantica says.
• Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, now-famous pediatrician whose tests on blood-lead levels in children informed the world of the Flint water crisis, will discuss the some of the effects of the public health catastrophe on the city’s children.
• Dr. Dale Partin will discuss the current threats to the U.S. electric power grid, the system that delivers electricity to the entire country and parts of Canada.

Attendees will also learn about the history of the bicycle, keys to memory retention and organizational skills, get an “Eye Candy Tour of the Solar System,” and hear about the history of different textiles and the cultures that produced them.

Miss Michigan, Emily Kieliszewski, will mingle with convention attendees on Saturday night.

More details are available here.