Maybe there is some merit to joining Mensa after all?
Do you like debating? That is, do you like throwing about very clever non-sequiturs and a whole bunch of straw men to prove your high status amongst a tribe of high IQ monkeys?
I’ve let my membership lapse. I keep in touch with some of the guys to play games with but the MENSA around here is mostly an online thing and decidedly inferior to lesswrong as far as intellectual stimulation goes. Although I must admit some of the Mensa guys were great to get business and professional advice from.
Well, if the people spitting out the clever non-sequiturs have charming British accents, then possibly. Otherwise, no… is Mensa about ‘debating’, normally? I always figured it’d be more of a casual social meet-up. But even then I suppose it could quickly dissolve into a mere signalling competition, or a ‘debate’.
Do you like debating? That is, do you like throwing about very clever non-sequiturs and a whole bunch of straw men to prove your high status amongst a tribe of high IQ monkeys?
I’ve let my membership lapse. I keep in touch with some of the guys to play games with but the MENSA around here is mostly an online thing and decidedly inferior to lesswrong as far as intellectual stimulation goes. Although I must admit some of the Mensa guys were great to get business and professional advice from.
Well, if the people spitting out the clever non-sequiturs have charming British accents, then possibly. Otherwise, no… is Mensa about ‘debating’, normally? I always figured it’d be more of a casual social meet-up. But even then I suppose it could quickly dissolve into a mere signalling competition, or a ‘debate’.