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[–] [email protected] 62 points 22 hours ago (3 children)

the only thing it measures is how good you are at taking an IQ test

The axis need to be swapped.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

the punchline is that if you pay for the iq test you are instantly considered stupid and if you bribe the iq test you get a high score. everyone in between won't pay for an iq test

[–] [email protected] 21 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

The moment you pay for an IQ test - you failed it

[–] [email protected] 10 points 19 hours ago

tbf, i paid for an IQ test because i needed the results to prove i'm capable of understanding my own gender in court. Pretty whack but i heard recently the laws in my country changed so i hope younger trans people won't have to go through that humiliation

[–] [email protected] 15 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (2 children)

I think the same thing applies to Mensa. If you’re paying to join the “smart people club”, how smart are you really?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

My local Mensa hosts a lot of fun events, the cost is minimal, and it replaces a social vacuum left by religious activities for me. A wide variety of people, most very nice, almost all pretty interesting. Also a pretty insular group of folks that doesn’t really ruffle any feathers, so I’ve always been a little unsure why Mensa gets such hate online.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Because it gives off a bit of an elitist vibe to require an IQ test for entry.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago

Don’t most special interest clubs have some sort of barrier to entry? Is Mensa different because IQ tests are a touchy subject that has been used incorrectly by bad actors? I can promise you that there is no illusion of superiority amongst the mensans I’ve met, we’re all pretty on board with “we’re just good at the things that IQ tests measure” and if anything it just helps a lot of us apply some additional context and understanding to oftentimes difficult childhood memories. Just my two cents from the other side!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 21 hours ago

“I don’t want to belong to any club that would accept me as one of its members.”
— Groucho

[–] [email protected] 14 points 20 hours ago

Yup. You can practice for it like any other test. There's no way to score human intelligence, except anyone who talks about having high IQ, then you know they are unintelligent.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 19 hours ago

IQ also has other use cases