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The overwhelming majority of the high IQ are not Mensa members. They are academics, doctors, lawyers, successful businesspeople, the kinds of people for whom it
by barry-cotter 7y ago
The overwhelming majority of the high IQ are not Mensa members. They are academics, doctors, lawyers, successful businesspeople, the kinds of people for whom it is more common in their friends group to have a Master’s degree than to be a high school dropout.
- perl4ever 7y agoSome people consider a person with a Master's degree to be a dropout. (yes, I know, not necessarily...)
- barry-cotter 7y agoThose people are called academics. The kinds of Master’s degrees that are rent seeking credentialism, MBAs, MSWs, M.Ed.s are far more common than consolation prizes for those who didn’t get their Ph.D.
- perl4ever 7y agoPerhaps, but the context I heard it in was self-deprecating from someone working in industry, relative to engineers with PhDs.