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Old August 16th 07, 12:15 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Mxsmanic wrote:
Doug Semler writes:


Next thing he'll say is "just
because you're smart doesn't mean you have commmon sense" ...


No. First, there's no such thing as "common sense." Second, intelligent
people have reasoning ability superior to that of unintelligent people, since
this ability is one of the hallmarks of intelligence.


*All* groupings based on a demonstrable ability are "self-selected,"
from Mensans to pilots to NFL players.


No. People choose to join Mensa, but they do not choose to be subject to,
say, military conscription.


Still having reading comprehension problems I see.

What "demonstrable ability" makes one subject to military conscription
other than being of "normal" health?

In other words, it isn't because those
other 119,930,000 people haven't joined because they were denied, it
was because they CHOSE not to join.


Essentially, yes, although it's not a matter of actively choosing not to join
so much as it is a matter of not actively choosing to join.


Most intelligent people don't need the trivial validation that Mensa
membership provides. The ones who do are that way because they've
accomplished so little else in life, in most cases.


Yeah, right, straight from the mouth of the poster boy for those that
have "accomplished so little else in life".

It still smells like sour grapes.


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