Comment Do you expect a dog to meow? (Score 1) 492
Of course not. Then why expect perfection from Mensa? Straight from their web page, "Membership in Mensa is open to persons who have attained a score within the upper two percent of the general population on an approved intelligence test that has been properly administered and supervised. There is no other qualification or disqualification for membership eligibility."
There's nothing in there about being good with people, trivia, cooking, art, blah blah.. They know exactly what they are and don't pretend to be more. Why get upset with them because your perception of their charter is incorrect? Look at Slashdot. "News for Nerds. Stuff that matters." The top headline is "Firefox Continues to Bite into IE Usage." How much of the world population think "Firefox Continues to Bite into IE Usage" matters?
I'm sure there arrogant members within Mensa, just like any other group of people (just look at Slashdot, or the IT field). Do you think the arrogant members became arrogant when they joined Mensa? Of course not. They know they were "God's gift to the (insert any field/group/etc here)" from the very beginning.
There's nothing in there about being good with people, trivia, cooking, art, blah blah.. They know exactly what they are and don't pretend to be more. Why get upset with them because your perception of their charter is incorrect? Look at Slashdot. "News for Nerds. Stuff that matters." The top headline is "Firefox Continues to Bite into IE Usage." How much of the world population think "Firefox Continues to Bite into IE Usage" matters?
I'm sure there arrogant members within Mensa, just like any other group of people (just look at Slashdot, or the IT field). Do you think the arrogant members became arrogant when they joined Mensa? Of course not. They know they were "God's gift to the (insert any field/group/etc here)" from the very beginning.
