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Mensans were around as smart as a small regional science fiction convention, say. That didn't really do it for me, and after a couple of meetings I gave up. Your mileage might vary.
The place I tried did seem like it might be able to provide community, FWIW.
That's the kind of information I wanted to get out of you guys, thanks. Anybody else with experiences?
One of my previous co-workers ran a San Diego chapter. He enjoyed it a great deal, but that may have been because he was in charge, and shaping the meetings and context towards what he was interested in.
Lots and lots of fairly loose speculation on topics outside their specialties, lots of puzzles and mind-games. It wasn't really very fun for me, although the gender ratio was better than I expected.