There is something bizarre about “high-IQ” as an identity core like with Mensa. Like a trade union of capitalists or a commune of libertarians. Or that South Park joke about the anti-semitic sect of Judaism. Shouldn’t you be winning Nobels, rather than performing identity?
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I don't know, maybe? A good test would be to see if people in Mensa have like, interesting or groundbreaking jobs or blogs or something. But yeah - as soon as a group advertises itself as a cheap signal, people into cheap signals are the ones that will join.
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I suspect frustration at being in social roles they feel underutilize their intelligence or insufficiently reward it with status might be a factor in joining “I’m so smart, I should be running this city, instead I’m just a lowly accountant” etc
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Well. You’ve heard rumors. Case. Closed.
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