<[email protected]> wrote:
> Then there are the members of Mensa who give intellectuals a bad name since
> an intellectual needs to be modest.

my father was a member and used to drag me along to meetings. They're
a bunch of people who've actually achieved nothing but good scores on
standardized (IQ) tests. I don't think they consider themselves
intellectuals as much as self-described "smart people." (Yes, they're
immodest.)


-- 
Jim Devine /  "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your
own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.
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