• shneancy@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    as someone who qualifies for mensa but like, i ain’t paying a subscription fee to be in the smart people club, that sounds really dumb (and also IQ testing is sketchy at best to begin with)

    yes, i always appreciate a big booty, on any ethnicity or gender, so latinas are indeed included

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      2 months ago

      Haha I always thought that people running mensa are the real geniuses for basically selling self-esteem

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      2 months ago

      Exactly! Mensa is essentially the filter for people who think they’re smart but actually aren’t.

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        2 months ago

        People at the peak Dunning-Kruger point of intelligence - just above average intelligent enough to feel they’re “above” most people but not enough to properly understand the full nature of intelligence and its limits.

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      2 months ago

      IQ testing as many other things, has racist origins and is for all intents and purposes quite useless imo

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        2 months ago

        In the process of diagnosing ADHS (dyslexia, other) disabilities, a IQ test is used to establish a baseline of what other people with a similar result can and cannot do and this is compared to what you can and cannot do.

        IQ tests do have uses.

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          18 days ago

          Oooooh that’s why they tested me for that. They told me I was faking for drugs because I got a 140 something but I panicked and failed the left right thingy really badly and my MSE results suggested dementia (and I was like, 20). I did finally find a doctor who listened and I’ve been very functional on Strattera for many years now (which is ironic because it’s not even a stimulant / it’s functionally useless recreationally). I can’t even take simulants because I have too much anxiety.

      • grue@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        Mensa is for people smart enough to qualify, but dumb enough to get scammed.