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|leader_name = Thorsten Heitzmann
|leader_name = Steve Condie
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The '''Triple Nine Society''' ('''TNS''') is an international [[high-IQ society]] for adults whose score on a [[standardised test|standardized test]] demonstrates an IQ at or above the 99.9th [[percentile]] of the human population.<ref name = "SA">{{cite magazine |last=Groeger |first=Lena |date=January 2015 |title=When High IQs Hang Out |url=https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/when-high-iqs-hang-out1/ |magazine=[[Scientific American]] |access-date=September 8, 2022}}</ref><ref name = "DP">{{cite news |last=Cox |first=Jack |date=June 20, 2005 |title=Smarter than 99.9% of the rest of us |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2005/06/20/smarter-than-99-9-of-the-rest-of-us/ |work=The Denver Post |access-date=September 8, 2022}}</ref><ref name = "DT">{{cite magazine |last=Collins |first=Terry |date=December 12, 2014 |title=Luke Millanta has become a member of the world’s IQ elite after joining Mensa |url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/central-coast/luke-millanta-has-become-a-member-of-the-worlds-iq-elite-after-joining-mensa/news-story/bb853e151c45f1c87429dbf6cbc8e253 |magazine=[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)]] |access-date=September 8, 2022}}</ref> The society recognizes scores from over 20 intelligence and academic aptitude tests.<ref name = "TestScores">{{cite web |url= http://www.triplenine.org/HowtoJoin/TestScores.aspx |title= Test Scores|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |year= 2017 |website= Triple Nine Society|access-date=September 8, 2022}}</ref>
The '''Triple Nine Society''' ('''TNS''') is an international [[high-IQ society]] for adults whose score on a [[standardised test|standardized test]] demonstrates an [[IQ]] at or above the 99.9th [[percentile]] of the human population.<ref name = "SA">{{cite magazine |last=Groeger |first=Lena |date=January 2015 |title=When High IQs Hang Out |url=https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/when-high-iqs-hang-out1/ |magazine=[[Scientific American]] |access-date=September 8, 2022}}</ref><ref name = "DP">{{cite news |last=Cox |first=Jack |date=June 20, 2005 |title=Smarter than 99.9% of the rest of us |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2005/06/20/smarter-than-99-9-of-the-rest-of-us/ |work=The Denver Post |access-date=September 8, 2022}}</ref><ref name = "DT">{{cite magazine |last=Collins |first=Terry |date=December 12, 2014 |title=Luke Millanta has become a member of the world's IQ elite after joining Mensa |url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/central-coast/luke-millanta-has-become-a-member-of-the-worlds-iq-elite-after-joining-mensa/news-story/bb853e151c45f1c87429dbf6cbc8e253 |magazine=[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)]] |access-date=September 8, 2022}}</ref> The society recognizes scores from over 20 intelligence and academic aptitude tests.<ref name = "TestScores">{{cite web |url= http://www.triplenine.org/HowtoJoin/TestScores.aspx |title= Test Scores|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |year= 2017 |website= Triple Nine Society|access-date=September 8, 2022}}</ref> TNS was founded in 1978. Since 2010, it has been a non-profit [[501(c)(7)|501(c)(7) organization]] incorporated in Virginia, USA.<ref>"[https://cis.scc.virginia.gov/EntitySearch/BusinessInformation?businessId=183173&source=FromEntityResult&isSeries%20=%20false Triple Nine Society]". ''Clerk's Information System''. Virginia State Corporation Commission. Retrieved July 7, 2024.</ref> It is the second-largest high-IQ society after [[Mensa International|Mensa]]. {{As of|2024|February|df=US}}, TNS reports a member base of over 1,900 adults in 50 countries.<ref name = "TNSWhatIs" />
TNS was founded in 1978 and, since 2010, is a non-profit [[501(c)(7)|501(c)(7) organization]] incorporated in Virginia, USA. It is the second-largest high-IQ society after Mensa. {{As of|2024|February|df=US}}, TNS reports a member base of over 1,900 adults in 50 countries.<ref name = "TNSWhatIs" />


==Organization==
==Organization==
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TNS publishes a bimonthly journal, ''Vidya'', which contains articles, poetry, puzzles, and other creative content contributed by members conversant with a variety of subjects, as well as officer reports and other official business of the Society.<ref name = "Vidya">{{cite web |url=https://www.triplenine.org/Vidya.aspx |title=Vidya |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= 2024|website=Triple Nine Society |access-date=February 18, 2024}}</ref>
TNS publishes a bimonthly journal, ''Vidya'', which contains articles, poetry, puzzles, and other creative content contributed by members conversant with a variety of subjects, as well as officer reports and other official business of the Society.<ref name = "Vidya">{{cite web |url=https://www.triplenine.org/Vidya.aspx |title=Vidya |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= 2024|website=Triple Nine Society |access-date=February 18, 2024}}</ref>


TNS members mostly communicate online on the [[Discourse (software)|official TNS Discourse forum]], official [[Facebook group|TNS Facebook group]], and a variety of unofficial venues ranging from [[Discord]] to [[Telegram (software)|Telegram]] and special groups like TNS Youth and TNS LGBTQ+.
TNS members mostly communicate online on the official TNS [[Discourse (software)|Discourse]] forum, official TNS [[Facebook]] group, and a variety of unofficial venues ranging from [[Discord]] to [[Telegram (software)|Telegram]] and special groups like TNS Youth and TNS LGBTQ+.


Every autumn, the society organizes an annual meeting in the United States called ''ggg999'',<ref name = "GGG999">{{cite web |url=https://ggg999.org/ |title=ggg999 – The annual gathering of the Triple Nine Society |website=Triple Nine Society |access-date=February 18, 2024}}</ref> with "ggg" referring to "Global General Gathering". A European gathering, ''egg999'', usually takes place in late spring.
Every autumn, the society organizes an annual meeting in the United States called ''ggg999'',<ref name = "GGG999">{{cite web |url=https://ggg999.org/ |title=ggg999 – The annual gathering of the Triple Nine Society |website=Triple Nine Society |access-date=February 18, 2024}}</ref> with "ggg" referring to "Global General Gathering". A privately organized European gathering, ''egg'', usually takes place in late spring.


==Qualifying test scores==
==Qualifying test scores==
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==Notable members==
==Notable members==
* [[Robert Forster]] (1941–2019), actor in ''[[Jackie Brown]]'' and ''[[Breaking Bad]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/10/robert-forster-obituary-el-camino-film-1202758555|title=Robert Forster Dies|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|first=Bruce|last=Haring|date=12 October 2019|access-date=February 18, 2024}}</ref>
* [[Robert Forster]] (1941–2019) — actor in ''[[Jackie Brown]]'' and ''[[Breaking Bad]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/10/robert-forster-obituary-el-camino-film-1202758555|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191012032252/https://deadline.com/2019/10/robert-forster-obituary-el-camino-film-1202758555/|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 12, 2019|title=Robert Forster Dies|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|first=Bruce|last=Haring|date=12 October 2019|access-date=February 18, 2024}}</ref>
* [[Ronald K. Hoeflin]] (b. February 23, 1944) — American librarian, philosopher and amateur psychometrician
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* [[Andrew York (guitarist)|Andrew York]] (b.1958), American classical guitarist and composer.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=York |first=Andrew |author-link=Andrew York (guitarist) |date=December 2016 |title=Bowling Balls and Binary Switches |url=http://www.triplenine.org/portals/0/PublicDocs/Vidya/vidya_342-343_AY_reprint.pdf |magazine=Vidya |publisher=Triple Nine Society |access-date=February 18, 2024}}</ref>
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* [[Mike Keefe]] (born November 6 1946, in Santa Rosa, California) — American editorial cartoonist best known for his work at ''The Denver Post'', for which he drew cartoons from 1975 to 2011; won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning<ref name=WashingtonPost>{{cite news|last=Cavna|first=Michael|title=THE PULITZERS: Denver’s Mike Keefe wins for Editorial Cartooning|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/the-pulitzers-denvers-mike-keefe-wins-for-editorial-cartooning/2011/04/18/AFPvUg0D_blog.html|publisher=The Washington Post Company|access-date=February 2, 2013|date=April 18, 2011}}</ref>
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* [[Henry Milligan|Henry "Hammerin' Hank" Milligan]] (b.1958), American retired professional boxer.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://iq-tests.org/famous-mensa-members.html |title=11 Famous Mensa Members |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=n.d. |website=iq-tests.org |access-date=February 18, 2024 |quote=Better known as Hammerin' Hank, Henry Milligan was a professional boxer.…You'd never suspect that he was a member of both Mensa and the Triple Nine Society.}}</ref>
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* [[Andrew Koenig (programmer)]] (born June 1952) — former AT&T and Bell Labs researcher and programmer,<ref>Nair, R B (2013) 'ANDREW R KOENIG | LBS kuttipedia'. https://lbsitbytes2010.wordpress.com/2013/04/07/andrew-r-koenig/</ref> his name is associated with argument-dependent name lookup, also known as "Koenig lookup"<ref name="adl">{{cite web|url=http://www.gotw.ca/publications/mill02.htm|title=What's In a Class?&nbsp;— The Interface Principle|last=Sutter|first=Herb|author-link=Herb Sutter|date=March 1998|publisher=C++ Report|access-date=21 February 2010}}</ref>
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* [[Henry Milligan|Henry "Hammerin' Hank" Milligan]] (b.1958) — American retired professional boxer<ref>{{cite web |url=https://iq-tests.org/famous-mensa-members.html |title=11 Famous Mensa Members |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=n.d. |website=iq-tests.org |access-date=February 18, 2024 |quote=Better known as Hammerin' Hank, Henry Milligan was a professional boxer.…You'd never suspect that he was a member of both Mensa and the Triple Nine Society.}}</ref>

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* [[Jack Schaeffer]] (born March 19, 1946, Los Angeles, California) — American musician, recording artist, record producer and arranger
## Confirmed in Member List as of 2022-09-08
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* [[Andrew York (guitarist)|Andrew York]] (b.1958) — American classical guitarist and composer<ref>{{cite magazine |last=York |first=Andrew |author-link=Andrew York (guitarist) |date=December 2016 |title=Bowling Balls and Binary Switches |url=http://www.triplenine.org/portals/0/PublicDocs/Vidya/vidya_342-343_AY_reprint.pdf |magazine=Vidya |publisher=Triple Nine Society |access-date=February 18, 2024}}</ref>
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* [[Jack Schaeffer]] (born March 19, 1946, Los Angeles, California) American musician, recording artist, record producer and arranger.\
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* [[Mike Keefe]] (born November 6, 1946, in Santa Rosa, California) is an American editorial cartoonist best known for his work at ''The Denver Post'', for which he drew cartoons from 1975 to 2011. He won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning.<ref name=WashingtonPost>{{cite news|last=Cavna|first=Michael|title=THE PULITZERS: Denver’s Mike Keefe wins for Editorial Cartooning|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/the-pulitzers-denvers-mike-keefe-wins-for-editorial-cartooning/2011/04/18/AFPvUg0D_blog.html|publisher=The Washington Post Company|access-date=February 2, 2013|date=April 18, 2011}}</ref>
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* [[Andrew Koenig]] (born June 1952) is a former AT&T and Bell Labs researcher and programmer.<ref>Nair, R B (2013) 'ANDREW R KOENIG | LBS kuttipedia'. https://lbsitbytes2010.wordpress.com/2013/04/07/andrew-r-koenig/</ref> He is the author of C Traps and Pitfalls and co-author (with Barbara Moo) of Accelerated C++ and Ruminations on C++, and his name is associated with argument-dependent name lookup, also known as "Koenig lookup".<ref name="adl">{{cite web|url=http://www.gotw.ca/publications/mill02.htm|title=What's In a Class?&nbsp;— The Interface Principle|last=Sutter|first=Herb|author-link=Herb Sutter|date=March 1998|publisher=C++ Report|access-date=21 February 2010}}</ref>
* Andrew Straw (b.1969), an American civil rights attorney with disabilities who advocates through litigation and political activism.

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==See also==
==See also==
*[[Mensa International|Mensa]], high-IQ society
*[[Mensa International|Mensa]], high-IQ society above the 98th percentile
*[[Intertel]], high-IQ society
*[[Intertel]], high-IQ society above the 99th pecentile


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 08:23, 2 December 2024

For the television series, see Triple Nine (TV series).
Triple Nine Society
Formation1978
TypeHigh IQ society
27-5473103[1]
Membership≈ 1,900[2]
Official language
English
Regent
Steve Condie
Websitetriplenine.org

The Triple Nine Society (TNS) is an international high-IQ society for adults whose score on a standardized test demonstrates an IQ at or above the 99.9th percentile of the human population.[3][4][5] The society recognizes scores from over 20 intelligence and academic aptitude tests.[6] TNS was founded in 1978. Since 2010, it has been a non-profit 501(c)(7) organization incorporated in Virginia, USA.[7] It is the second-largest high-IQ society after Mensa. As of February 2024, TNS reports a member base of over 1,900 adults in 50 countries.[2]

Organization

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TNS is a deliberately non-hierarchical society in which the membership is both the main source of authority and the main driver of activity. It is served by an Executive Committee of nine officers; six are elected for two-year terms, and three are appointed.[8]

In 2015, TNS established a 501(c)(3) subsidiary charitable organization, the Triple Nine Society Foundation, to provide scholarships to intellectually gifted students pursuing higher-education goals and for other charitable work.[9]

Communication

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TNS publishes a bimonthly journal, Vidya, which contains articles, poetry, puzzles, and other creative content contributed by members conversant with a variety of subjects, as well as officer reports and other official business of the Society.[10]

TNS members mostly communicate online on the official TNS Discourse forum, official TNS Facebook group, and a variety of unofficial venues ranging from Discord to Telegram and special groups like TNS Youth and TNS LGBTQ+.

Every autumn, the society organizes an annual meeting in the United States called ggg999,[11] with "ggg" referring to "Global General Gathering". A privately organized European gathering, egg, usually takes place in late spring.

Qualifying test scores

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To qualify for membership, an applicant must submit a qualifying score earned on any of the standardized tests recognized by the society; these include IQ tests as well as various college admission exams and military classification tests.

For IQ tests, a qualifying score corresponds to an IQ of at least 146 for tests with standard deviation of 15 (e.g., WAIS, Stanford–Binet 5), at least 149 for tests with a standard deviation of 16 (e.g., Stanford–Binet IV and CTMM), or at least 173 for tests with a standard deviation of 24 (e.g., Cattell III-B).[12]

TNS also accepts standardized test scores that have a well-established psychometric correlation with IQ, including SAT, GRE, LSAT, ACT, and the Miller Analogies Test.[6] Required score will differ depending on the year those tests were taken.

Notable members

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  • Robert Forster (1941–2019) — actor in Jackie Brown and Breaking Bad[13]
  • Ronald K. Hoeflin (b. February 23, 1944) — American librarian, philosopher and amateur psychometrician
  • Mike Keefe (born November 6 1946, in Santa Rosa, California) — American editorial cartoonist best known for his work at The Denver Post, for which he drew cartoons from 1975 to 2011; won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning[14]
  • Andrew Koenig (programmer) (born June 1952) — former AT&T and Bell Labs researcher and programmer,[15] his name is associated with argument-dependent name lookup, also known as "Koenig lookup"[16]
  • Henry "Hammerin' Hank" Milligan (b.1958) — American retired professional boxer[17]
  • Jack Schaeffer (born March 19, 1946, Los Angeles, California) — American musician, recording artist, record producer and arranger
  • Andrew York (b.1958) — American classical guitarist and composer[18]

See also

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  • Mensa, high-IQ society above the 98th percentile
  • Intertel, high-IQ society above the 99th pecentile

References

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  1. ^ "Triple Nine Society". Tax Exempt Organization Search. Internal Revenue Service. Retrieved July 7, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "What is TNS?". Triple Nine Society. 2023. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
  3. ^ Groeger, Lena (January 2015). "When High IQs Hang Out". Scientific American. Retrieved September 8, 2022.
  4. ^ Cox, Jack (June 20, 2005). "Smarter than 99.9% of the rest of us". The Denver Post. Retrieved September 8, 2022.
  5. ^ Collins, Terry (December 12, 2014). "Luke Millanta has become a member of the world's IQ elite after joining Mensa". The Daily Telegraph (Sydney). Retrieved September 8, 2022.
  6. ^ a b "Test Scores". Triple Nine Society. 2017. Retrieved September 8, 2022.
  7. ^ "Triple Nine Society". Clerk's Information System. Virginia State Corporation Commission. Retrieved July 7, 2024.
  8. ^ "Constitution of the Triple Nine Society". Triple Nine Society. February 18, 2024. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
  9. ^ "Triple Nine Society Foundation". Triple Nine Society. February 18, 2024. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
  10. ^ "Vidya". Triple Nine Society. 2024. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
  11. ^ "ggg999 – The annual gathering of the Triple Nine Society". Triple Nine Society. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
  12. ^ Hunt, Earl (2011). Human Intelligence. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-521-70781-7. OCLC 900268273.
  13. ^ Haring, Bruce (12 October 2019). "Robert Forster Dies". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on October 12, 2019. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
  14. ^ Cavna, Michael (April 18, 2011). "THE PULITZERS: Denver's Mike Keefe wins for Editorial Cartooning". The Washington Post Company. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
  15. ^ Nair, R B (2013) 'ANDREW R KOENIG | LBS kuttipedia'. https://lbsitbytes2010.wordpress.com/2013/04/07/andrew-r-koenig/
  16. ^ Sutter, Herb (March 1998). "What's In a Class? — The Interface Principle". C++ Report. Retrieved 21 February 2010.
  17. ^ "11 Famous Mensa Members". iq-tests.org. n.d. Retrieved February 18, 2024. Better known as Hammerin' Hank, Henry Milligan was a professional boxer.…You'd never suspect that he was a member of both Mensa and the Triple Nine Society.
  18. ^ York, Andrew (December 2016). "Bowling Balls and Binary Switches" (PDF). Vidya. Triple Nine Society. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
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