--- title: Geniuses in Love: Mensa and Match.com Partner For a New Dating Site description: The popular dating site teams up with the genius organizations to bring intelligent singles together. canonical: https://time.com/2927179/geniuses-in-love-mensa-and-match-com-partner-for-a-new-dating-site/ author: Hannah Goldberg article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-06-26T18:25:17.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:55:33.528Z og:title: Intelligence is Sexy: Mensa and Match.com Partner in A New Dating Venture og:description: The popular dating site teams up with the oldest genius society to bring intelligent singles together. og:url: https://time.com/2927179/geniuses-in-love-mensa-and-match-com-partner-for-a-new-dating-site/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3f7b2ee83633604f/69869975adae447d74543e65/heart-petrie-dish.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4508 og:image:height: 2536 og:image:alt: Heart in a petrie dish og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Intelligence is Sexy: Mensa and Match.com Partner in A New Dating Venture twitter:description: The popular dating site teams up with the oldest genius society to bring intelligent singles together. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3f7b2ee83633604f/69869975adae447d74543e65/heart-petrie-dish.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Geniuses in Love: Mensa and Match.com Partner For a New Dating Site > Sponsored content. 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Because intelligence is correlated with many benefits, including: higher income; sense of humor; creativity; social skills; coordination; and problem solving. These are sexy,” said Match’s Chief Scientific Advisor Dr. Helen Fisher in an [online statement](http://blog.match.com/mensa-match). The new site only allows users that match Mensa’s requirement of an IQ in above the 98% of the general population. According to [Mensa](https://www.mensa.org/), there are plenty of brainy fish in the sea: an estimated 6 million Americans are eligible to become a part of the organization which now has 57,000 members. 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