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.
Lvdwsn
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No but they’ve definitely got their own weird spirituality going on; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Bronner%27s_Magic_Soaps#Activism_and_philanthropy
Most things here seem on the good-ish to neutral side to me
Anybody have a link where I can buy those stickers? So I can keep them in a drawer safe and sound, of course.
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!