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Hurling ordure at the TREACLES, especially those closely related to LessWrong.

AI-Industrial-Complex grift is fine as long as it sufficiently relates to the AI doom from the TREACLES. (Though TechTakes may be more suitable.)

This is sneer club, not debate club. Unless it's amusing debate.

[Especially don't debate the race scientists, if any sneak in - we ban and delete them as unsuitable for the server.]

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Taleb dunking on IQ “research” at length. Technically a seriouspost I guess.

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[–] LeadSoldier@lemmy.world -5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Some of us need the validation because we can't do well in sports. Is every athlete a fool for paying to participate and compete in their sport? Mensa actually had a lot of special interest groups and it filters out people who don't want to have intelligent conversation.

[–] gerikson@awful.systems 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Some of us need the validation because we can’t do well in sports.

Life is more than high school, my friend.

[–] pikesley@mastodon.me.uk 11 points 1 year ago

@gerikson @LeadSoldier not if you peaked in highschool

[–] pizza-bagel@kbin.social 14 points 1 year ago

I don't play sports and I'm not in MENSA and I somehow manage to have intelligent conversation. And non intelligent conversations cause I'm not a snob

Hobby groups are a thing that exist outside of MENSA... And you don't have to pay for them to talk to you 😱

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

what is it with the @lemmy.x domains and horribly shit takes

[–] self@awful.systems 11 points 1 year ago

they’re usually extremely unfocused open registration instances established to attract folks who, charitably, have been tricked by Reddit and other social media into thinking their posts don’t have to be funny or interesting