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Re:Where Do the Failed 0.1% Go? (2015) [pdf] by Moshe_Silnorin on Saturday December 10, 2016 @03:38PM (#13147768)
It's better than being a fool. I've lived my life just on the edge of being capable of an original thought. I find it kind of agonizing.

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.

Re:Where Do the Failed 0.1% Go? (2015) [pdf] by fjdlwlv on Saturday December 10, 2016 @04:16PM (#13147961)
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.