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Originally Posted by polish_aristocrat
you must be pretty damn stupid if you think the only reason someone joins Mensa is to show off
then again I know you aren't stupid, so let's not make such generalisations  |
Whatever the pretensions are (exchanging intellectualities?), Mensa and Mensa membership are most often used as a 'proof' of intelligence. One is more likely to find intelligent people with matching interests in higher regions of companies, universities, journal clubs, private lectures, etc, than by attending lectures in such a club. As far as I'm concerned, it looks very counter-productive and pretentious.