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Nomen Nescio writes:

"Fat" is much more closely tied to stupid, lazy, and unproductive. Just look at
any welfare supported section of any city.

A lot of smart people are fat because they are more interested in intellectual
pursuits than in physical pursuits, and they also may not take much of an
interest in eating for any purpose other than eliminating hunger or boredom.

Mxsmanic wrote in
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writes:

1) In some jobs the ability to be autonomous is of great value, in
most jobs intelligence is of great value.

Intelligence is useful in almost any job and is a valuable predictor
of success in most jobs. However, joining a social club based on IQ
says other things about a person that are not necessarily positive.
And as I've said, anyone who has a good knowledge of Mensa might think
twice about hiring someone in the club.

Sour grapes.

Nope, just the distillation of discussions I've had with club members
on the topic. Mentioning Mensa membership is like mentioning IQ on a
resume, only worse, because it speaks not merely of intelligence but
also of socialization (or lack thereof). Someone who thinks enough
about his IQ score to join a club based on that is likely to be pretty
preoccupied with it, which may not be a good thing.




You still haven't answered the question, bankruptcy boi



Bertie

Mxsmanic wrote in
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Nomen Nescio writes:

"Fat" is much more closely tied to stupid, lazy, and unproductive.
Just look at any welfare supported section of any city.

A lot of smart people are fat because they are more interested in
intellectual pursuits than in physical pursuits, and they also may not
take much of an interest in eating for any purpose other than
eliminating hunger or boredom.




You still ha ven't answered the question, bankruptcy boi.


Is your bankruptcy the reason mensa wouldn't take you?

bertie

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Mxsmanic wrote:
Bertie the Bunyip writes:

Aw, you're not very nice, are you?

Unfortunately, I know too much.

You seem to have a typo dropping some words; let me fix it for you.

"Unfortunately, I don't too much about anything real."


Damn it Jim, don't you hate it when that happens.

"Unfortunately, I don't KNOW too much about anything real."

"Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message
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Is your bankruptcy the reason mensa wouldn't take you?

bertie

Nope. You've quoted effect and effect.

Cause of both is lack of intelligence.

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"Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message
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Is your bankruptcy the reason mensa wouldn't take you?

bertie

Nope. You've quoted effect and effect.

Cause of both is lack of intelligence.


Ahh, that would explain why he won't answer

Bertie

"Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message
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Mxsmanic wrote in
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yes, yet another piggyback

1) In some jobs the ability to be autonomous is of great value, in
most jobs intelligence is of great value.

Intelligence is useful in almost any job and is a valuable predictor
of success in most jobs. However, joining a social club based on IQ
says other things about a person that are not necessarily positive.
And as I've said, anyone who has a good knowledge of Mensa might think
twice about hiring someone in the club.


How the **** would you demonstrate that you have the "valuable predictor" of
intelligence without a group, such as Mensa, that filters applicants based
on intelligence, dip****? And don't tell me "standardized tests." I've
interviewed too many dumb****s that couldn't tell me the difference between
a pointer and a reference even though they had a "computer science' degree.

Like I said. The *ONLY* qualifier of membership in Mensa is a demonstration
of the upper 2 percentile. Nothing more, nothing less. (well, that and the
ability to pay dues g). Your statement is just a giant non sequitor,
obviously caused by "sour grapes".

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a.a. #705, BAAWA. EAC Guardian of the Horn of the IPU (pbuhh).
The answer is 42; DNRC o-
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"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
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Nomen Nescio writes:

"Fat" is much more closely tied to stupid, lazy, and unproductive. Just
look at
any welfare supported section of any city.

A lot of smart people are fat because they are more interested in
intellectual
pursuits than in physical pursuits, and they also may not take much of an
interest in eating for any purpose other than eliminating hunger or
boredom.


Explain, to me, why I am 6'3, 190 lbs? (hint: there's this sport, with 15
players on each side. They try to tackle each other and score "tries".)

Yet one other gross generalization based on limited experience. Do you get
out at ALL?

--
Doug Semler
a.a. #705, BAAWA. EAC Guardian of the Horn of the IPU (pbuhh).
The answer is 42; DNRC o-
Gur Hfrarg unf orpbzr fb shyy bs penc gurfr qnlf, abbar rira
erpbtavmrf fvzcyr guvatf yvxr ebg13 nalzber. Fnq, vfa'g vg?

Doug Semler writes:

How the **** would you demonstrate that you have the "valuable predictor" of
intelligence without a group, such as Mensa, that filters applicants based
on intelligence, dip****?

An IQ test would suffice. However, intelligence is usually fairly obvious.

And don't tell me "standardized tests." I've
interviewed too many dumb****s that couldn't tell me the difference between
a pointer and a reference even though they had a "computer science' degree.

Given that Mensa requires results from a standardized test to qualify for
membership, I find your comment rather odd.

Like I said. The *ONLY* qualifier of membership in Mensa is a demonstration
of the upper 2 percentile. Nothing more, nothing less.

Yes, and Mensa has a list of standardized tests, just like the ones you
disdain, that it will accept as proof of being in the upper two percent.

Doug Semler writes:

Explain, to me, why I am 6'3, 190 lbs?

Perhaps you don't eat much.