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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 tests of adult intelligence.<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>
The society was founded in 1978 and is a non-profit, [[501(c)(7)|501(c)(7) organization]] incorporated in Virginia, USA. {{As of|2023|August|df=US}}, it 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==

Executive Committee Officers serve for two-year terms. Six are elected and three are appointed.<ref name = "Constitution">{{cite web |url=https://www.triplenine.org/Portals/0/PublicDocs/Constitution-of-the-Triple-Nine-Society.pdf |title=Constitution of the Triple Nine Society |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=August 1, 2020|website=Triple Nine Society |access-date=September 8, 2022}}</ref> 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, to educate the public about the needs of very intellectually gifted people, and for other charitable work.{{cn|date=September 2022}}
TNS is a deliberately non-hierarchical society in which the membership is both the main source of authority and the main driver of activity. Executive Committee consists of nine officers. Six are elected for two-year terms, and three are appointed.<ref name = "Constitution">{{cite web |url=https://triplenine.org/WhatisTNS/Constitution.aspx |title=Constitution of the Triple Nine Society |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=February 18, 2024|website=Triple Nine Society |access-date=February 18, 2024}}</ref>

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.<ref name = "TNS Foundation">{{cite web |url=https://triplenine.org/Foundation.aspx |title=Triple Nine Society Foundation |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=February 18, 2024|website=Triple Nine Society |access-date=February 18, 2024}}</ref>


==Communication==
==Communication==


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 publishes a bimonthly journal, ''Vidya'', which contains articles, poetry, and other creative content contributed by members conversant with a variety of subjects, as well as Officers' 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= 2020|website=Triple Nine Society |access-date=September 8, 2022}}</ref> TNS members communicate with one another online through [[mailing list|email lists]], a [[Facebook group]], a [[LinkedIn]] group, and a scheduled weekly [[IRC]] chat; European members have established a group in [[XING]]. In the autumn, the society sponsors an annual meeting in the United States called the "ggg999" meeting,<ref name = "GGG999">{{cite web |url=https://www.triplenine.org/WelcometoTNS/ggg999.aspx |title=ggg999 – The annual gathering of the Triple Nine Society |website=Triple Nine Society |access-date=September 8, 2022}}</ref> with "ggg" referring to "Global General Gathering".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.triplenine.org/Portals/0/Docs/Vidya/pdf/Vidya258-259.pdf |title=Vidya 258 |website=triplenine.org |publisher=Triple Nine Society |access-date=March 31, 2019}}</ref> A European meeting ("egg999") is arranged in the spring.<ref name = "EGG999">{{cite web |url=https://www.triplenine.org/WhyJoin/egg999-TheEuropeanMeeting.aspx |title=egg999 – The European gathering of the Triple Nine Society |website=Triple Nine Society |access-date=September 8, 2022}}</ref>

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.


==Qualifying test scores==
==Qualifying test scores==

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 admissions exams and military classification tests.
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., [[Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale|WAIS]]-III/IV/V, [[Stanford–Binet Intelligence Scales#Stanford–Binet Intelligence Scale: Fifth Edition|Stanford–Binet 5]], [[Raven's Progressive Matrices|Raven's APM]]), 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).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hunt |first=Earl |title=Human Intelligence |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge |isbn=978-0-521-70781-7 |oclc=900268273 |year=2011 |page=8}}</ref>
For IQ tests, a qualifying score corresponds to an IQ of at least 146 for tests with standard deviation of 15 (e.g., [[Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale|WAIS]]-III/IV/V, [[Stanford–Binet Intelligence Scales#Stanford–Binet Intelligence Scale: Fifth Edition|Stanford–Binet 5]], [[Raven's Progressive Matrices|Raven's APM]]), 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).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hunt |first=Earl |title=Human Intelligence |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge |isbn=978-0-521-70781-7 |oclc=900268273 |year=2011 |page=8}}</ref>


The society also accepts applicants based on standardized test scores that have well-established psychometric correlations with IQ, including pre-2005 [[SAT test|SAT]] (1450 or 1520 depending on year taken), pre–November 2001 [[GRE test|GRE]] (1460 or 2180 depending on year taken), [[LSAT]] (46, 48, 173 or 730 depending on year taken), [[ACT test|ACT]] (32 or 34 depending on year taken), and the [[Miller Analogies Test]] (472 scaled or 85 raw).<ref name = "TestScores"/>
TNS also accepts standardized test scores that have a well-established psychometric correlation with IQ, including [[SAT test|SAT]], [[GRE test|GRE]], [[LSAT]], [[ACT test|ACT]], and the [[Miller Analogies Test]].<ref name = "TestScores"/> Required score will differ depending on the year those tests were taken.


==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=Oct 27, 2019}}</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|title=Robert Forster Dies|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|first=Bruce|last=Haring|date=12 October 2019|access-date=February 18, 2024}}</ref>
* [[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=September 8, 2022}}</ref>
* [[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>
* [[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=September 8, 2022 |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>
* [[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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* [[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>
* [[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>
* [[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 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.

## Derek Buzasi is mentioned in the (interesting/amusing) cited article, but the article makes no explicit claim that he is a TNS member. (David Garrett (possibly not notable) is discussed in the first part of the article, and is described as a TNS member). Derek Buzasi is apparently NOT in the Member List as of 2022-09-08. Is there a [[WP:V]] way to check if he used to be a member? Was there a TNS GGG meeting in Denver in 2005?
[[Derek Buzasi]] Astronomer - https://www.denverpost.com/2005/06/20/smarter-than-99-9-of-the-rest-of-us/

## Neither in Member List as of 2022-09-08 nor external article
* [[Heinz Wirtz]] a retired German soccer defender who played professionally in the Bundesliga

## Include the recently added, but then removed, text on Andrew Straw, just so it can be re-added if notability is established. Currently NOT in member list so must be a former member. Did confirm that Vidya 250/251 has an Andrew Straw receiving votes so that should suffice as I believe Vidya is accessible to all.

* Andrew Straw (b.1969), an American civil rights attorney with disabilities who advocates through litigation and political activism.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Straw |first=Andrew |date=August 2017 |title=Andrew Straw and Disability Access |url=http://www.triplenine.org/Portals/0/Docs/Vidya/pdf/Vidya350-351.pdf |journal=Vidya - The Journal of the Triple Nine Society |volume=August 2017 |issue=350-351 |pages=27-39}}</ref> Straw was elected to the governing committee of TNS in 2008, placing 2nd out of seven candidates for 3 Member at Large positions and receiving 527 weighted votes.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=July 2008 |title=Election 2008 - Voting Results |url=https://www.triplenine.org/Portals/0/Docs/Vidya/pdf/Vidya250-251.pdf |journal=Vidya - The Journal of the Triple Nine Society |volume=250-251 |issue=July 2008 |pages=9}}</ref>


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Revision as of 19:30, 18 February 2024

For the television series, see Triple Nine (TV series).
Triple Nine Society
Formation1978
TypeHigh IQ society
Membershipapprox. 1,900[1]
Official language
English
Regent
Thorsten Heitzmann
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.[2][3][4] The society recognizes scores from over 20 intelligence and academic aptitude tests.[5] TNS was founded in 1978 and, since 2010, is a non-profit 501(c)(7) organization incorporated in Virginia, USA. 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.[1]

Organization

TNS is a deliberately non-hierarchical society in which the membership is both the main source of authority and the main driver of activity. Executive Committee consists of nine officers. Six are elected for two-year terms, and three are appointed.[6]

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.[7]

Communication

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.[8]

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,[9] with "ggg" referring to "Global General Gathering". A European gathering, egg999, usually takes place in late spring.

Qualifying test scores

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-III/IV/V, Stanford–Binet 5, Raven's APM), 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).[10]

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.[5] Required score will differ depending on the year those tests were taken.

Notable members

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "What is TNS?". Triple Nine Society. 2023. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
  2. ^ Groeger, Lena (January 2015). "When High IQs Hang Out". Scientific American. Retrieved September 8, 2022.
  3. ^ Cox, Jack (June 20, 2005). "Smarter than 99.9% of the rest of us". The Denver Post. Retrieved September 8, 2022.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ a b "Test Scores". Triple Nine Society. 2017. Retrieved September 8, 2022.
  6. ^ "Constitution of the Triple Nine Society". Triple Nine Society. February 18, 2024. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
  7. ^ "Triple Nine Society Foundation". Triple Nine Society. February 18, 2024. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
  8. ^ "Vidya". Triple Nine Society. 2024. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
  9. ^ "ggg999 – The annual gathering of the Triple Nine Society". Triple Nine Society. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
  10. ^ Hunt, Earl (2011). Human Intelligence. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-521-70781-7. OCLC 900268273.
  11. ^ Haring, Bruce (12 October 2019). "Robert Forster Dies". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
  12. ^ York, Andrew (December 2016). "Bowling Balls and Binary Switches" (PDF). Vidya. Triple Nine Society. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
  13. ^ "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.
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