Is there a high EQ society?

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Many have heard of the high IQ societies, Mensa for example, where they search for people with high intelligence to join their society and they do stuff together because they think they are better than everyone else (lol joke)... because they feel they belong together.

 
IQ is in principle the measurement on a normal distribution scale of one's own thought's ability to manipulate, perceive and understand logical deductions and patterns. Such a measurement is never constant and can be trained to achieve a higher score, or from e. g. brain damage achieve a lower score.

Your own thoughts (your perception of the world without being told the answers to your questions) can be good at different things. For example, a mathematician is usually very proficient in performing logical deductions and analyzing complex logical problems, without being able to solve them with his/her past knowledge, still achieving practical conclusions. Just as a musician is able to write a new song or listen to a new song and get an immediate sense of the harmony or composition and the idea behind it.

EQ or Emotional Quality/Intelligence is the quality of your own thoughts in SOCIAL CONTEXTS, i. e. the ability for your own thoughts to understand others' social contexts WITHOUT BEING TOLD. In other words, high emotional intelligence allows an individual to understand how another person feels/behaves/thinks in a situation. Why does a person say the things he/she does? What does he mean with what he says and what does he expect to gain from saying this? Of course, you never really know if you are right (deception or misunderstandings), but if you are, you are very apt in reading other people.
 

My question is, are there any High EQ societies comparable to High IQ societies where socially smart people who think they are better than everyone else (lol joke)... because they feel they belong together, can get tested, join and meet up together in activities, hang out and form friendships.

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

I tried the test you posted but I found 3 major problems (at least for me)
1) the video quality is bad
2) it is very culture specific. Since I about never had much contact with females of her culture and you never see her for more than just a few seconds I have a hard time to calibrate for her culture.
3) it is staged. Since I learned reading people and feeling what they feel, I have a problem with movies. I see what the actors are feeling and thinking and not the role the try to act as. For example when the character is swimming in a warm lake, I still feel the actor swimming in a cold lake and the same for interhuman emotions.

Mesonfielde · Accepted Answer

Seems unlikely. Most places where tradition is the word are more reliant on the word of tradition than on individual thought. Without the ability to process individual thought, empathy is impossible, and empathy is the primary core of EQ.

Empathy and motivation. But tradition kills empathy. Therefore the more important traditions are, the less important are the people.

TiffyPuff · Accepted Answer

I don't think people with high EQ would feel the need for their own society :) Plus, they tend to already be in successful circles. Why make another?

Gommers · Answer

EQ doesn't exist. It's a measurement created by people who felt bad because they didn't have a high enough IQ for mensa so they created an alternate group that nearly anyone can get into.

EQ is a bad joke, told for days on end in story format, that has no punchline.

orphanedmind · Answer

The problem here is that everyone would get each other so well that they may get on each others nerves. Counter intuitive, but possible between select members of the group.

cth96190 · Answer

A high EQ society. . . what a ghastly thought. It would be a society of overly-sensitive snivelling manginas and neurotic hysterical women. It would achieve nothing and collapse.

ClauseViter · Answer

Really depends on the constitution of the index.
I mean have you ever thought how ridiculous a notion it is to define intelligence.
It is simply a projection of the prominent traits valued by the test maker.

10dsw · Answer

No... if there was you'd see a bunch of butthurt cat ladies in there whining about how guys are jerks =P

RedHood7 · Answer

Meet up, hang out, form friendships and teach some us, because sometimes we really need that extra kick in social abilities.

Rawrzz · Answer

That's an interesting concept. Maybe you should make one. Then charge everyone 5 dollars.

Bandit74 · Answer

You can improve your IQ? I thought it was mostly genetic and that it peaks when you are in your teens and then declines from that point onward.

wolfie12 · Answer

You could join feminists or other leftards, they seem to think they understand others problems and cultures wery well (too bad it never ends up good).

Anonymous · Answer

Hard to have one, because the measurement of EQ is more subjective than the measurement of IQ.

Kuraj · Answer

No, because EQ is nonsense and not a real thing recognized by scientific communities.

liverpoolsss · Answer

no such thing as EQ, or people who adhere to it.

jacquesvol · Answer

Interesting.

Other_Tommy_Wiseau · Answer

Nope

supernerd99 · Answer

yeah RSD groups... .

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