Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/16

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Subject: [Leica] Re: IQ ramblings
From: Jim Brick <jimbrick@photoaccess.com>
Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 09:02:52 -0700

At 09:49 AM 5/16/00 -0500, Birkey, Duane wrote:
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>And while a high IQ can be good for certain careers, it is a poor measure of
>ability and worth.
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>Duane (rambling again) Birkey 

Not long ago, here in the US, a person was not allowed to become a police
officer because his IQ was too high. He sued for discrimination and lost.
The reason he was denied the job, even though he aced all of the exams and
tests, was that (according to the city/state management) folks with too
high an IQ don't follow orders very well and they "think" too much.

Jim

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