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I am simply treating LW as a 120+ IQ version of Reddit. Just generic discussion with mainly bright folks. The point is, I don't know any other. I used to know Digg and MetaFilter and they are not much better either. If we could make a list of cerebral discussion boards, forums, and suchlike, that would be a good idea I guess. Where do you expect to hang out in the future?
I'll probably spend less time hanging out in online communities, honestly.
When you mention IQ, Mensa seems like an obvious answer. They are already filtering people for IQ, so it could be worth:
a) finding out whether they have an online forum for members, and if not, then
b) creating such forum.
Obviously, the important thing is not merely filtering of the users, but also moderation mechanisms, otherwise you can get a few "high IQ idiots" spam the whole system with some conspiracy theories or flame wars.
Unfortunately, you would probably realize that IQ is not the most important thing.
Precisely. The Mensa members I know are too interested in rather pointless brain-teasers.