Author(s): Scott Douglas Jacobsen

Publication (Outlet/Website): Medium (Personal)

Publication Date (yyyy/mm/dd): 2025/05/17

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Acknowledgements

For Some Smart People: Views and Lives 1: Manahel Thabet for being the first in this series and giving a gauge on the feasibility of this project, and to Evangelos Katsioulis, Jason Betts, Marco Ripà, Paul Cooijmans, Rick Rosner; in spite of far more men in these communities, it, interview wise, started with a woman, even the Leo Jung Mensa article arose from the generosity of a woman friend, Jade.

For Some Smart People: Views and Lives 2: Claus Volko, Deb Stone, Erik Haereid, Hasan Zuberi, Ivan Ivec, Kirk Kirkpatrick, Monika Orski, Rick Rosner

For Some Smart People: Views and Lives 3: Andreas Gunnarsson, Anja Jaenicke, Christian Sorensen, Claus Volko, Dionysios Maroudas, Florian Schröder, Ronald K. Hoeflin, Erik Hae reid, Giuseppe Corrente, Graham Powell, Guillermo Alejandro Escárcega Pliego, HanKyung Lee, James Gordon, Kirk Kirkpatrick, Krystal Volney, Laurent Dubois, Marco Ripà, Matthew Scillitani, Mislav Predavec, Owen Cosby, Richard Sheen, Rick Farrar, Rick Rosner, Sandra Schlick, Tiberiu Sammak, Tim Roberts, Thomas Wolf, Tom Chittenden, Tonny Sellén, Tor Jørgensen.

For Some Smart People: Views and Lives 4: Björn Liljeqvist, Christian Sorenson, Claus Volko, Dionysios Maroudas, Sandra Schlick, Erik Haereid, Giuseppe Corrente, Guillermo Alejandro Escárcega Pliego, HanKyung Lee, James Gordon, Justin Duplantis, Kirk Kirkpatrick, Laurent Dubois, Marco Ripà, Matthew Scillitani, Mislav Predavec, Richard Sheen, Rick Farrar, Rick G. Rosner, Thomas Wolf, Tiberiu Sammak, Tim Roberts, Tom Chittenden, Tonny Sellén, and Tor Arne Jørgensen.

For Some Smart People: Views and Lives 5: Anthony Sepulveda, Christian Sorenson, Claus Volko, Dionysios Maroudas, Erik Haereid, Giuseppe Corrente, Guillermo Alejandro Escárcega Pliego, Heinrich Siemens, Hindemburg Melão Jr., Jason Robert, Julien Garrett Arpin, Justin Du plantis, Marios Sophia Prodromou, Matthew Scillitani, Mhedi Banafshei, Rick Rosner, Tiberiu Sammak, Tor Arne Jørgensen, and Veronica Palladino.

For Some Smart People: Views and Lives 6: Anas El-Husseini, Andrew Watters, Anthony Sepul veda, Arturo Escorza Pedraza, Beatrice Rescazzi, Bob Williams, Byunghyun Ban (반병현), Cas per Tvede Busk, Charles Peden, Craig Shelton, Christian Sorensen, Claus Volko, Erik Haereid, Giuseppe Corrente, Justin Duplantis, Krystal Volney, Mhedi Banafshei, Paul Cooijmans, Rich ard May (“May-Tzu”/”MayTzu”/”Mayzi”), Richard Sheen, Shalom Dickson, Thor Fabian Petter sen, Tiberiu Sammak, Tim Roberts, Tor Arne Jørgensen, and Anonymous Canadian High-IQ Community Member.

For Some Smart People: Views and Lives 7: Anas El Husseini, Aníbal Sánchez Numa, Anja Jae nicke, Anthony Sepulveda (Brown), Anja Jaenicke, Beatrice Rescazzi, Bîrlea Cristian, Bob Wil liams, Christian Sorensen, Clelia Albano, Eivind Olsen, Erik Haereid, Gernot Feichter, Giuseppe Corrente, Glia Society Member #479, Graham Powell, Hakan E. Kayioglu, Heinrich Siemens, Justin Duplantis, Kishan Harrysingh, Kirk Kirkpatrick, Krystal Volney, Marios Prodromou, Mhedi Banafshei, Mohammed Karim Benazzi Jabri, Monika Orski, Richard May (“May Tzu”/”MayTzu”/”Mayzi”), Sandra Schlick, Tiberiu Nicolas Sammak, and Tor Arne Jørgensen.

Scott Douglas Jacobsen

Foreword by Anja Jaenicke, Thinker Cum Arte

When Scott Douglas Jacobsen asked me some times ago, if I would like to do an interview with him I first didn’t know what to say.

Coming from a background of prominent actors, artists, and writers I had quite some experience in giving interviews to the very shiny, multicolored but vacuous yellow-press newspapers. As an introvert I have never enjoyed this kind of questioning about myself.

But after reading some of Scott’s work I felt so inspired that I immediately agreed.

His sensitive, and deeply humanistic approach to the people he interviews impressed me profoundly. As I went deeper into his writings I discovered in him a person on an anthropogenetic journey of the mind.

Scott’s collection of interviews can not only be seen as a very interesting insight into the capacity of the human intellect but also as a legacy of contemporary historic expressions, given by the highly intelligent community, who is often easily overheard by the noisy masses.

Scott collects the voices, and vibrant sparks of the high IQ people to be reflected in a hustling and bustling world.

At the time I entered the high IQ community many years ago, I wondered why most members where men and the few female individuals preferred to stay among themselves or did not want to participate actively at all. I asked myself if there are different kinds of intelligence?

A male XY intelligence driven by testosterone and the desire for competing in IQ testing competitions?

And a female more submissive XX intelligence with lots of oestrogen and the ability to nurture future high IQ males with milk? Well, there might be something to it?

But at the beginning we where One. DNA and RNA molecules of life devolved in droplets of water are one possibility for our later existence. Finally this would lead to the double helix, the two opposing strands, paired by hydrogen bonding on sugar phosphate.

Yes, we where there, we have seen it all from the beginning on, not as men and women but as a subconscious unity on the journey to knowledge and enlightenment.

Many millions of years later we have experienced the first intelligent women who decided to leave the trees and start the path of exploration, and discovery. She has been named Lucy.

Much later again the Greek philosopher Plutarch wrote to the Queen of Sparta:

“Why are you Spartan women the only ones who can rule men?” And the Queen of Sparta answered: “Because we are the only ones that give birth to men”.

Over the centuries women have given very much proof of their intellectual abilities, in spite of being socially and religiously subdued, There are historical figures like Hypatia of Alexandria, or Nobel Laureates like Marie Curie, and her daughter Irene Joliot Curie, and many other. There are female artists, women scientists, and researchers, filmmakers, musicians philosophers, and humanists. Even though nature has, at some point divided us into men and women, we as a smart species should remember where we came from and that we have experienced the early cosmic events together. We all arrived at this point, in this space of time and it seems more important than ever to speak as one united intelligence with a manifold collection of ideas and philosophies, because the world is in desperate need of it.

My special thanks go to Scott Douglas Jacobsen for the opportunity of writing a foreword to this smart combination of chromosomes published in one book. This seventh edition of “Some Smart People — Views and Lives” is packed with many highly recommended contributions.

Among others the well respected Ladies who joint together in the Women of High Range Discussion. I hope you find this book as stimulating as I did.

Anja Jaenicke

Thinker cum Arte,

September 2. 2024

Foreword by ‘Dott.ssa in Ort. e Oft.,’ Beatrice Rescazzi

I’m happy to have been asked to write a foreword for this publication, but I must admit to a bit of disappointment that it is a special issue for women. When I think of myself, I think of an individ ual, a consciousness, a thinking mind. Everything else comes afterward: European, Italian, woman, middle-aged, cat lover, and so on. I fully understand that today, no matter what you say or do, you’re walking through a minefield: everything and its opposite seem to have become of fensive, so I understand the good intentions. Even though there’s no specific theme for this fore word, because of this dedicated space, the theme is actually “being a woman.” Therefore, I set aside my interests as an individual, such as technology, science, and art, and I’ll talk to you about “being a woman”.

Where is the equality in high-IQ societies? Why are there so few of us? Who represents us?

The short answer to the first question is: there isn’t any. I remember a few years ago, a group of young Afghan students passionate about robotics managed to flee to the United States just in time before the Taliban took over, and I wondered how many brilliant young women were forced to abandon their studies and live confined at home. These women certainly won’t be able to be part of a high-IQ society.

In my country, on the other hand, I’m fortunate that equality and equal opportunities are more or less guaranteed — at least for now.

So why are there not as many women as men in High-IQ Societies in the First World?

Before talking about equality, we need to talk about diversity: men and women have different in clinations, different goals, and different ways of perceiving the world, and this is a good thing. Evolution has shaped us differently to make us complementary and indispensable in the respec tive roles that our hominid ancestors had for millions of years to ensure our survival. It is no co incidence, for example, that women generally have developed greater communication skills, em pathy, and care, aimed at taking care of children, the weak, and the sick. Other seemingly insig nificant female traits, such as a broader perception of colors and smells, have been essential qual ities that allowed us to distinguish poisonous plants from edible ones, ripe fruits from unripe or rotten ones, and to survive.

Similarly, it is no coincidence that men generally have developed a greater propensity for risk, a stronger focus on specific goals, greater aggressiveness and competitiveness, along with a more muscular physique — elements suited for providing security to their village, hunting, and expand ing territory and resources for the benefit of us all.

Today, we have become refined citizens of complex societies, but our ancestral nature is still present. We are not as distant from cavemen as we like to think, nor from the animal world: many of our behaviors are also found among the respective males and females of other species. The desire and inclination of women to care for others is still present, and the inclination of men to explore and compete is also present, though these traits are expressed in modern activities. For example, I see competition as one of the reasons why there aren’t as many women interested in High IQ Societies, and instead, I see it as a driving force that could more strongly motivate men to take tests and compete with themselves and others.

I believe there may be another factor that reduces the number of women in High IQ Societies: although the average IQ score between men and women is the same (after all, we belong to the same species), it is possible that there is a difference in the distribution of IQ between the two sexes, as some studies suggest. Specifically, it seems that the bell curve of male intelligence dis tribution is more spread out and flattened, while the female curve has a higher peak in the central region. This means that among women, there are fewer individuals who are either very low or very high in intelligence, and more individuals with average intelligence. Among men, however, there are more individuals at the extremes — both lower and higher — and fewer individuals with average intelligence. It appears that the number of men with lower intelligence who need special education in school and later tutors in adulthood is indeed higher among the male population, but usually, more attention is given to the right side of the bell curve, where there may be more men than women to balance the average.

This different distribution between men and women could also have an evolutionary explanation: average intelligence is associated with balance and good judgment, which are beneficial for care giving, while deviations toward lower or higher intelligence on the bell curve are more likely to be linked to unstable characteristics and erratic behaviors, which may be more advantageous for risk-related activities.

In conclusion, the reason there aren’t many women in High IQ Societies could be, for women fortunate enough to live in First World countries, a lack of interest in competition and in topics that do not align with their aspirations, as well as a different IQ distribution that sees fewer women at both extremes of the bell curve (fewer women who are either very low or very high in intelligence). It is absolutely important to give everyone the opportunity to study and choose their path based on their aspirations and abilities, but it is also important not to believe that we are all exactly the same and to avoid forcing ourselves into impossible statistics. While many women today are free to choose to study physics, engineering, and computer science, it is not un common for them to still prefer becoming teachers, rehabilitators, or communicators due to their inclinations. I believe there will never be 50% of men choosing to become preschool teachers, just as there will never be 50% of women choosing to become construction workers. It is possi ble that there will never be 50% of women in High IQ Societies either, because even after guar anteeing rights and equality, there may still be other factors at play, such as those described above. Dignity, respect, and rights are not manifested by denying the intrinsic nature of each of us, but rather by celebrating those differences that have always allowed men and women to thrive on this planet.

Feminism has achieved a great deal for women, but today a part of it seems to work against women themselves. Victimhood, for example, contradicts the idea of empowerment. Some spe cial treatments being requested clash with the desire for equality. Mandatory gender quotas could undermine merit: the generally different inclinations between men and women lead to different choices in studies and specializations, resulting naturally in different percentages. The supposed need for representation everywhere, I consider a false problem: personally, I’ve never felt the need to find some idol to imitate who physically resembles me. When it comes to the figures who inspire me, they come from all types, races, sexes, and cultures, whether real or fictional. They don’t need to be women: what should be considered important and inspire people in figures from the past are their ethics, strength of character, courage, perseverance, ingenuity, and not what’s inside their underwear.

Everyone should aim to become their own source of inspiration, face adversity without expecting special treatment, and give their best without making sterile comparisons with others. In this way, one can demonstrate their own value through actions and contribute to society, each in their own unique way.

Foreword by Educator Clelia Albano

First of all I want to thank Scott Douglas Jacobsen for his commitment to promote scientific and humanistic knowledge. His publications, filled with a wide range of topics — from philosophy to robotic development, from arts and literature to physics, quantistic theories, spirituality and so forth — represent a precious contribution to contemporary cultural understanding. The essence of this tireless work rekindles the original unity of knowledge during the Renaissance, before sci ence and humanities were separated by the Industrial Revolution until a complete atomisation caused by the educational system itself.

Beside this, Jacobsen seems to be motivated by a sincere willingness to create a place, a sort of ideal world, built on the quest for equality between men and women and to highlight the pres ence of the high IQ women in the fascinating environment of the high IQ societies and organisa tions where the percentage of men prevails. This is a matter to be thought about. As I said in one of the interviews I gave Scott we should seriously consider if the difference (between the per centage of male people and the percentage of female people, ndr) is given by the fact that men might be more inclined to take the tests or not; it might be that men are more attracted to take the tests. In addition it might also depend on one of those held beliefs that still insinuates in the ped agogic paradigms the idea that women’s brain is structured for specific cultural fields. There was a time when maths was considered a discipline “for males”, for example.

Inside this issue, you will find four forewords written by four women respectively members of high IQ societies and a conspicuous number of insightful interviews. Just to mention at least a few topics: linguistic breaks, Norwegians of the High Range, women of the High-Range, sci ences earliest manifestations, egalitarianism, intellectual function and personality, spirituality, ethics and afterlife, childhood, philosophy, physics and metaphysics. There is certainly a com mon thread throughout the entire publication nourished by curiosity and the awareness that there is not an answer to everything.

Clelia Albano

Foreword by Poet and Author Krystal Volney

To introduce myself, my name is Krystal Volney and I’m a Sociologist, Computing and Public Relations graduate who has been the Co-Editor of the Phenomenon Magazine of the World Intel ligence Network since 2019. The Author of ‘Some Smart People: Views and Lives 7’ Scott Douglas Jacobsen, is a superb writer and Interviewer who is the Founder of In-Sight Publishing Journal. In this finely put together book, readers can view conversations between him and many High-IQ geniuses from interviews he conducted. The significance of the discussions is to demon strate the opinions of those people on various matters in life in the fields of Philosophy & Theol ogy, High-IQ societies and Intelligence generally.

To begin, the book provides conversations in the fields of Philosophy & Theology with Dr. Christian Sorensen, Kirk Kirkpatrick, Erik Haereid, an anonymous Canadian High-IQ Commu nity member, Richard May, Dr. Giuseppe Corrente, Dr. Heinrich Siemens, Paul Cooijmans, Mo hammed Karim Benazzi Jabri, Kishan Harrysingh and Anibal Sanchez Numa. According to the Concise Oxford Dictionary, Philosophy is defined as ‘the use of reason and argument in seeking truth and knowledge of reality, esp. of the causes and nature of things and of the principles gov erning existence, the material universe, perception of physical phenomena, and human behavior’. The Webster Dictionary defines Theology as ‘the study of religious faith, practice and experi ence, especially the study of God and of God’s relation to the world’. Metaphysics (a branch of Philosophy to be more exact) is an interesting topic that was discussed with the Philosopher Dr. Christian Sorensen, Kirk Kirkpatrick, Richard May and Philosophy generally with Bob Wil liams, Kishan Harrysingh, Birlea Cristian and Scott Douglas Jacobsen in this publication. The topic of theology was explored with the geniuses Dr. Giuseppe Corrente, Dr. Heinrich Siemens, Richard May, Mohammed Karim Benazzi Jabri, Kishan Harrysingh, Gernot Feichter, Anibal Sanchez Numa and Richard May. Therefore, it is valid to declare that in the book “Some Smart People: Views and Lives 7’, that Philosophy & Theology were vitally discussed between Scott Douglas Jacobsen and those selected scholars.

Additionally, this book contains conversations about various matters in life in the field of High IQ Societies. Intellects such as Beatrice Rescazzi, Anonymous Canadian High-IQ member, Erik Haereid, Eivind Olsen, Tor Arne Jorgensen, Anja Jaenicke, Monika Orski, Dr. Sandra Schlick, Anas El Husseini, Justin Duplantis, Mohammed Karim Benazzi Jabri, Mhedi Banafshei, Hakan E. Kayioglu, Kishan Harrysingh, Tiberiu Nicolas Sammak, Anthony Sepulveda (Brown), Gernot Feichter, Birlea Cristian, Anibal Sanchez Numa, Richard May and Marios Prodromou had de tailed interviews with Scott Douglas Jacobsen concerning various IQ clubs and communities. The High-IQ Societies mentioned are the Mega Society, AtlantIQ Society, International Society for Philosophical Enquiry (ISPE), Mensa Norway, Glia Society, Triple Nine Society and the World Genius Directory. Consequently, it is correct to state that in the publication of ‘Some Smart People: Views and Lives 7’, that the topic of High-IQ societies was sufficiently considered between the Interviewer and those chosen specialists.

Furthermore, this lovely book includes thoughts about the topic of Intelligence generally. Intel lects such as Anja Jaenicke, Erik Haereid, Eivind Olsen, Tor Arne Jorgensen, Beatrice Rescazzi, Monika Orski, Dr. Sandra Schlick, Dr. Christian Sorensen, Richard May, Dr. Giuseppe Corrente, Dr. Heinrich Siemens, Paul Cooijmans, Graham Powel, Anna Konnikova, Thomas J. Hally, Claus Volko, Greg A. Grove, Therese Waneck, Beaux Clemmons, Dr. Manahel Thabet, Karyn Huntting Peters, Marco Ripa, Alan Wing-Lun, Anas El Husseini, Kirk Kirkpatrick, Justin Du plantis, Mohammed Karim Benazzi Jabri, Mhedi Banafshei, Bob Williams, Hakan E. Kayioglu, Kishan Harrysingh, Tiberiu Nicolas Sammak, Anthony Sepulveda (Brown), Gernot Feichter, Birlea Cristian and Anibal Sanchez Numa demonstrated their views on life when asked by the Interviewer Scott Douglas Jacobsen. Thus, it is proper to assert that in the publication of ‘Some Smart People: Views and Lives 7’, that the topic of Intelligence was adequately discussed by the geniuses in their interviews.

To conclude, the book Some Smart People: Views and Lives 7 authored by Scott Douglas Jacobsen is great for leisure reading for bibliophiles and those in the High-IQ clubs. It truly demonstrates the genius of ‘some intelligent people’. Remarkable Job Scott!

Krystal Volney (Poet and Author)

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