I am so Groucho Marx about this enterprise

Apr 26, 2009 13:30


How much do I not want to meet people who would sign up for this site?
Intelligentpeople.com is supposed to be an internet home for more than usually bright types. To sign up you need to pass an IQ test and the site's founders claim that it will allow them to ensure only the top 15% of the population is allowed access.

(Okay, I will now get way snotty about that 'top 15%': that's extending it way beyond Mensa's criteria, no? - not that I would join Mensa, for similar reasons.)
(Though maybe I am really lucky in that at work and in my online and other social life I seem already to have intelligent friends. Perhaps there are people so situated that such a site might be useful?)
(*Seeks Parethesis-Abusers Support Group*)

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And in other news, my 86 year old father has just got online! (Waiting to see how this works out)

internet, elitism, networking, intelligence

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