Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site duke.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!mcnc!duke!crm From: crm@duke.UUCP (Charlie Martin) Newsgroups: net.misc Subject: Re: Discussion about Mensa (flame) Message-ID: <5170@duke.UUCP> Date: Wed, 12-Dec-84 14:05:50 EST Article-I.D.: duke.5170 Posted: Wed Dec 12 14:05:50 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 14-Dec-84 07:20:28 EST References: <1552@pur-phy.UUCP>, <7131@watrose.UUCP>, <174@unc.UUCP> Organization: Duke University Lines: 23 Joining Mensa does not necessarily indicate any judgement of human worth as you suggest (and I get a little tired of people who make judgements of *my* motives on little-to-no evidence.) What joining Mensa usually indicates in lonliness! A desire to meet others with similar interests. The probability of meeting someone who is interested in certain things -- say reading serious fiction, or mathematical puzzles -- is much higher in a Mensa meeting than in a bowling club (although I met a very interesting and intelligent girl in a bowling club once, so the probability there is non-zero...) Even if all that IQ tests measure is the set of skills measured by IQ tests, the chances are good that people who score high will have similar interests. Now, a question : Does the phrase4 "an egalitarian bigot" have any meaning? -- Opinions stated here are my own and are unrelated. Charlie Martin (...mcnc!duke!crm)