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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do you think people who win Nobels don't perform identity?
i mean really i think high IQ societies are just for people who haven't figured out signaling yet
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It’s not their primary uh, use of their high IQ brains though
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I’ve heard rumors to that effect.., that a particular type of high IQ person tends to join
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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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That's probably testable, but idk how to get that data.
I never really thought of that as the option, though. I've generally felt that insecurity doesn't go away with higher social status.
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That is a common stereotype but I have not seen it in practice. Smart people know that responsibility is a drag. :)
It’s much more common to wish the stupid people would just stay out of the way than to want to be in charge of them.


