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From: tneff@dasys1.UUCP (Tom Neff)
Newsgroups: news.misc
Subject: Re: The Cincinnatus Society of Pinheads
Message-ID: <7068@dasys1.UUCP>
Date: 19 Oct 88 17:34:23 GMT
References: <15638@agate.BERKELEY.EDU>
Reply-To: tneff@dasys1.UUCP (Tom Neff)
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In article <15638@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> weemba@garnet.berkeley.edu (Obnoxious Math Grad Student) writes:
>Last January, I posted an article to sci.{astro,physics}...
> [gruesome little tale of sicko IQ snobs ripping off said article,
>  reprinting it without attribution in their pathetic newsletter]

>...AAARGH!  I *HATE* these Hi-IQ societies, starting with MENSA and work-
>ing your way down (or "up", as the members would say)...

>So my questions are: what can or might I do?...

Much as Matt hates to be told he's right :-), I must agree with him on
this one.  Nothing betrays pseudo-intellectualism like the sick
obsession with standardized test scores these IQ societies evince.
What these poor "gifted" victim-brats don't realize is that the
inclination to brag about your IQ reveals a character flaw whose
damaging impact in your life is sure to outweigh the boost of
"intelligence" over the long haul.  As an undergraduate flirtation
it is something to be outgrown; past that it's sociopathic.

Unfortunately I believe anything you post here is in the public domain
unless you take the trouble to (C) Copyright your remarks every time.
That doesn't mean you can't harass and jawbone these Stanford-Benet
Cubscouts into publishing a disclaimer next time.
-- 
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