MENSA from the Latin mensa, 'table', as an allegory to King Arthur's table, where all knights were equal in their value and treatment. World-class organization with chapters in many countries of the world, which brings together those with outstanding intellectual abilities, from an IQ of 144, which is equivalent to the top 2% of humanity. It was created in England in 1946, by lawyers Roland Perrillo and Lance Ware, at the end of the Second World War, with the intention of uniting the most qualified to achieve a better society, without political, ideological, religious, ethnic or age considerations. Today it also seeks and gives material support to gifted young people who do not have the necessary economic resources to study.
