Meritocratic Arrogance / 绩优主义傲慢

Meritocratic arrogance / 绩优主义傲慢 is the present-day status posture criticized in 37.智商测试：请问你是智力婆罗门吗？. The episode connects “智力婆罗门” jokes, school labels, elite credentials, specialized vocabulary, and high-IQ self-image to the older history of [[PsychometricSocialSorting|psychometric social sorting]].

The source does not treat ability or achievement as imaginary. Its objection is moral: when a person uses score, degree, job, reading, or jargon to feel above others, ability becomes contempt. The hosts’ closing “check your privilege” argument connects the concept to Rational Humility and Social Comparison Pressure / 社会比较压力 rather than to anti-effort cynicism.

Key Claims

• Achievement can become a status weapon even when it began as study, discipline, or talent.
• Intellectual advantage should increase responsibility to explain, listen, and remain corrigible, not license contempt.
• “智力种姓” is dangerous because it makes a measured or inferred ability difference look like a stable human rank.
• The repair path is not pretending differences do not exist; it is refusing to convert difference into dignity hierarchy.

Connections

• 37.智商测试：请问你是智力婆罗门吗？ - source episode.
• Intelligence Testing / 智力测试, Psychometric Social Sorting / 心理测量式社会分层, and Educational Tracking By Testing / 测试驱动的教育分流 - measurement branch behind the status posture.
• Social Comparison Pressure / 社会比较压力, Achievement Pressure Mental Health, and Algorithmic Labeling - existing comparison and label branch.
• Rational Humility and Empathy Against Comparison / 对抗比较的同理心 - ethical counterframes.