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Comment author: Viliam 22 May 2015 02:13:30PM 4 points [-]

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.

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.

Comment author: [deleted] 22 May 2015 03:07:23PM 6 points [-]

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.