Re:Where Do the Failed 0.1% Go? (2015) [pdf]
by fjdlwlv on Saturday December 10, 2016 @04:16PM
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The stigma on Mensa is that the Mensa is an org of people who have accomplished nothing so they just brag about scoring high on a test 10-30 years ago.
There's no stigma around getting together with people to "make" or hack or do math or write an intelligent blog or do whatever smart thing you enjoy.
From your testimony and Throwaway's it seems most of your problems are due to externalities of other's comparative stupidity. An 8-foot tall man feels out of place in a world built for 5'10 people, through no fault of his own but also through no fault of the comparative midgets. We may have done a disservice to smart people by attaching such stigma to Mensa and other high-IQ societies. A sufficiently selective club or workplace seems like it would solve most of your problems. It also strikes me that once we can select for high-IQ alleles, it might be best to narrow the bell curve even as we raise the mean past your and Throwaway's level.