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  • Pennomi@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    I think the same thing applies to Mensa. If you’re paying to join the “smart people club”, how smart are you really?

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      20 hours ago

      My local Mensa hosts a lot of fun events, the cost is minimal, and it replaces a social vacuum left by religious activities for me. A wide variety of people, most very nice, almost all pretty interesting. Also a pretty insular group of folks that doesn’t really ruffle any feathers, so I’ve always been a little unsure why Mensa gets such hate online.

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          7 hours ago

          Don’t most special interest clubs have some sort of barrier to entry? Is Mensa different because IQ tests are a touchy subject that has been used incorrectly by bad actors? I can promise you that there is no illusion of superiority amongst the mensans I’ve met, we’re all pretty on board with “we’re just good at the things that IQ tests measure” and if anything it just helps a lot of us apply some additional context and understanding to oftentimes difficult childhood memories. Just my two cents from the other side!

    • Zachariah@lemmy.world
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      24 hours ago

      “I don’t want to belong to any club that would accept me as one of its members.”
      — Groucho