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Answer: Too busy being successful to spend time writing things on the internet to make themselves visible to you as rationalists? (Similar to the classic idea
by waterhouse 6y ago
Answer: Too busy being successful to spend time writing things on the internet to make themselves visible to you as rationalists? (Similar to the classic idea that, to a first approximation, the only people with enough free time to attend Mensa meetups are those who haven't been otherwise successful.) This overlaps with some of the supplied answers.
- genericone 6y agoThat was a pretty good Mensa burn, hadn't heard until today and I just got a good chuckle. It's the corollary to the same burn against teachers, but punching Up instead of Down. For those who don't know the phrase: Those who can't do, teach. And to go further, the derogatory phrase means if you can't make money doing something, you could still make money teaching other people to do it.
- boredumb 6y ago> punching Up instead of Down Are you implying Mensa holds more "institutional" power than teachers?
- genericone 6y agoGood catch, I suppose I see them as more 'Up' because of the perceived narcissism and the very real 98th percentile IQ membership requirement, the 2%, so to speak.