TheOtherDave comments on Open Thread, January 15-31, 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: TheOtherDave 17 January 2012 03:50:57PM 3 points [-]

Well, it's worth being a little careful here. Saying dismissive things about an outgroup is an effective way to present myself as a higher-status member of the ingroup; that works as well for "us intelligent people" and "those Mensa dweebs" as any other ingroup/outgroup pairing. Which makes it hard to tell whether I'm really signalling intelligence at all.