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scimitar ([info]scimitar) wrote in [info]otf_wank,
@ 2010-08-18 00:25:00


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Entry tags:elitism, otf_wank's thoughts on mensa

Mensans v Non-Mensans
Jill, at Feministe, makes a blog post ridiculing a comment that uses Mensa membership to validate a fondness for the Cathy comic strip.

The first comment starts off with a defense of Mensa and an earnest explanation of what it means to be a genius. But soon comments erupt criticizing all standard tests, defending standardized tests and Mensa, along with accusations of ableism, lamenting the loneliness and social ostracization that is the lot of smart people and horror at Jill's very appalling anti-intellectualism.

SweetMachine nicely rounds up the kerfuffle: Way to fight the good fight, Mensa lovers! Put that genius to work!



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[info]jaythenerdkid
2010-08-18 03:44 pm UTC (link)
Thanks for the list, but none of that is particularly useful to me; I'm Australian, and bizarrely, their Australian site simply refuses to load.

In any case, I'm not interested in joining (though I was when I was a teenager; I thought it'd be the coolest thing ever), even if my IQ is high enough; I just found it interesting that my IQ apparently is high enough. :P

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[info]queencallipygos
2010-08-18 04:19 pm UTC (link)
No, I hear ya. I got kind of bored with it after only a couple years anyway.

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