New Dating Site Caters To “Smarties”
Daniel Terdiman wrote on the “geek gestalt” blog at CNET, “I’m sitting here, reading my morning e-mail and what pops up but a press release for a new dating site that purports to be ‘exclusively for intelligent people.’ Called, wonder of wonders, IntelligentPeople.com, the site says that to sign up you must first ‘pass the IQ test required for admission.'” Terdiman continued, “Well, snark aside, this is an interesting notion, this dating site for smarties. I suppose it’s no surprise. After all, there are plenty of affinity networks out there already, social networks for people who went to this college, or who play that game or who like to dress up as giraffes. So why not throw dating and high IQs into the exclusivity mix? Of course, as anyone who’s ever dated a smart person knows, intelligence isn’t any kind of guarantee of a good date. Sure, smart people generally prefer to date other smart people because it probably makes for better conversation, and the potential earning power is greater. On the other hand, would you really want to date someone who would be inclined to limit their partner trolling to a site that restricts anyone who doesn’t pass an IQ test? Perhaps this was actually someone’s clever notion of how to wall off a really annoying demographic from the rest of the dating pool.”
Quoting from itnews
“A new dating site caters exclusively for “intelligent” people and requires potential members to pass an IQ test in order to sign up.
Mensa restricts membership to the top two per cent of the IQ bracket, but IntelligentPeople.com will include the top 15 per cent.
The site’s developers said that people with an IQ in this range are “highly intelligent” and communicate and interact best with other intelligent people. IntelligentPeople.com hopes to give these people the opportunity to meet and form relationships with similar individuals, regardless of location, education and social status.
“Intelligent people usually want a partner who is also intelligent. Everyone wants someone they can talk to,” said Trine Jensen, founder of IntelligentPeople.com. At general dating sites you have to spend time and energy sorting profiles to find the ones that match your criteria. At IntelligentPeople.com we already make that sorting for you.”
The IQ test required for admission is a multiple choice, pattern recognition test consisting of black and white images and is designed to test intelligence while minimising cultural or educational biases. The site also has a more general community section designed to help members meet other people with high IQs, find a business partner or make new friends.”
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