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Before the Internet, meeting really smart people could actually be quite a lot of work, so Mensa was socially useful. These days, if you can't find people on the Internet smarter than you are, then you are likely a poster child for the [[Dunning-Kruger effect]]. | Before the Internet, meeting really smart people could actually be quite a lot of work, so Mensa was socially useful. These days, if you can't find people on the Internet smarter than you are, then you are likely a poster child for the [[Dunning-Kruger effect]]. | ||
| + | a Typical Mensa meeting consists of ordering lunch and spending the evening arguing about the most logical way to spend the bill. | ||
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Mensa is an organization that insecure people with high test scores join in order to bolster their sense of being really intelligent.
Before the Internet, meeting really smart people could actually be quite a lot of work, so Mensa was socially useful. These days, if you can't find people on the Internet smarter than you are, then you are likely a poster child for the Dunning-Kruger effect.
a Typical Mensa meeting consists of ordering lunch and spending the evening arguing about the most logical way to spend the bill.
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