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"Bob La Londe" wrote in message news:ueptkl$1eu42$
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Anyway, as I recall it they were talking about some sort of study where
the general consensus was that nearly every man feels like they are
smarter than everybody else, but interestingly they found that was not
the case with women.
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That raises the question of what "smart" really is, which came up sometimes
at Mensa parties, less often than you might guess. We were all strong in
some areas and weak in others, both men and women. The mathematicians
weren`t the quickest to figure the collective tip at group dinners and the
writers not always the fastest with puns or snappy comebacks. I`d say the
engineers and programmers were the most well-rounded which annoyed the
liberal arts grads, possibly because we practiced analyzing and solving new
problems while they had been taught only to regurgitate the paradigm of
accepted knowledge they`d been fed. I got that from an article one of them
wrote.
Boston and NYC Mensans were more inclined to try to impress others with
their brilliance, a risky undertaking in that bunch. Colleges are often
urban so their studies may suffer from sampling bias. I think the people who
remain out here in flyover country are generally more self-reliant and
secure, less neurotic and codependent, regardless of intelligence.
We agreed to interview a reporter once at a restaurant dinner gathering and
watched her wander around with her notepad looking for her image of the
smart people. Finally we called her out. She said the leader of our group
reminded her of a Bulgarian weightlifter so she passed us by.
The group consensus was to omit Mensa from our resumes so we wouldn`t be
assumed arrogant.
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