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Re:Ask HN: What people skills do you wish you learned earlie... by easymodex on Tuesday July 23, 2019 @08:58PM (#20511518)
I'd say if you're not intelligent enough to also develop your emotional or spiritual development (it doesn't have to be forced you just need to not be closed to it), then you aren't really extremely intelligent, you're just trying to come off as one or more accurately your idea of how one would be like.

Last I heard MENSA has an annual fee, isn't that already a nice indicator of the intelligence of its members, to pay for an "I am smart" badge?

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Re:Ask HN: What people skills do you wish you learned earlie... by plutonorm on Wednesday July 24, 2019 @01:40AM (#20512618)
Sometimes they are paying to try to find other people like themselves. Sometimes they are paying to feel like they belong. And, yeah, a lot are paying to feel special or social signal.
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