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minus-squareteft@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up337arrow-down14·2 years agoYeah, pigs don’t like to be corrected. Or made to look like they don’t know what they’re doing.
minus-square🐑🇸 🇭 🇪 🇪 🇵 🇱 🇪🐑@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up84arrow-down1·2 years agoFun fact. Cops on average have lower IQ and often fail literacy tests. Furthermore it appears that critical thinking is discouraged in the job, with candidates being selected who lack critical thinking abilities over those that have them.
minus-squareJo Miran@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up36·2 years agoWe need to have a chat about your definition of “fun”.
minus-squareShiggles@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up26arrow-down1·2 years agoCertain departments specifically have IQ tests, in order to ensure you aren’t smart enough to easily get a better job elsewhere.
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down7·2 years agoThis internet myth has got to die. ONE case in ONE department, a quarter century ago, does not mean it’s a practice. https://www.nytimes.com/1999/09/09/nyregion/metro-news-briefs-connecticut-judge-rules-that-police-can-bar-high-iq-scores.html
minus-squareAniki 🌱🌿@lemm.eeBannedlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·2 years agodeleted by creator
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·2 years agoBecause the 1999 story is the origin of this talk.
minus-squareAnders429@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoAnyone got a non-paywalled link?
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 years agohttps://abcnews.go.com/US/court-oks-barring-high-iqs-cops/story?id=95836
minus-squareXEAL@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoIt sounds like this could be applied to the military too
minus-square🐑🇸 🇭 🇪 🇪 🇵 🇱 🇪🐑@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoThe military doesn’t actively exclude smarter people. However they 100% prey on people who are less educated
Yeah, pigs don’t like to be corrected. Or made to look like they don’t know what they’re doing.
Fun fact. Cops on average have lower IQ and often fail literacy tests. Furthermore it appears that critical thinking is discouraged in the job, with candidates being selected who lack critical thinking abilities over those that have them.
We need to have a chat about your definition of “fun”.
Certain departments specifically have IQ tests, in order to ensure you aren’t smart enough to easily get a better job elsewhere.
This internet myth has got to die. ONE case in ONE department, a quarter century ago, does not mean it’s a practice.
https://www.nytimes.com/1999/09/09/nyregion/metro-news-briefs-connecticut-judge-rules-that-police-can-bar-high-iq-scores.html
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Because the 1999 story is the origin of this talk.
Anyone got a non-paywalled link?
https://abcnews.go.com/US/court-oks-barring-high-iqs-cops/story?id=95836
It sounds like this could be applied to the military too
The military doesn’t actively exclude smarter people. However they 100% prey on people who are less educated