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From: crm@duke.UUCP (Charlie Martin)
Newsgroups: net.misc
Subject: Re: Discussion about Mensa (flame)
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Date: Wed, 12-Dec-84 14:05:50 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec 12 14:05:50 1984
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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)