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the only thing it measures is how good you are at taking an IQ test
The axis need to be swapped.
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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
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The moment you pay for an IQ test - you failed it
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I think the same thing applies to Mensa. If you’re paying to join the “smart people club”, how smart are you really?
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“I don’t want to belong to any club that would accept me as one of its members.”
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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.
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Because it gives off a bit of an elitist vibe to require an IQ test for entry.
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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
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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.
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IQ also has other use cases
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