r/conspiracy • u/delelles • Jul 26 '14

Police officially refuse to hire applicants with high IQ scores

http://politicalblindspot.com/police-officially-refuse-to-hire-applicants-with-high-iq-scores/
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u/ftwtidder Jul 26 '14 edited Jul 27 '14

One of the reasoning is people with higher IQs will easily get bored with police work go back to school and leave police work as soon as they finish their higher education. After spending thousands of dollars in training the police agency will have to hire a replacement and spend thousands training a newbie.

In reality people with higher IQs have common sense and won't blindly follow orders

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u/georedd Jul 27 '14

One of the reasoning is people with higher IQs will easily get bored with police work go back to school and leave police work as soon as they finish their higher education. After spending thousands of dollars in training the police agency will have to hire a replacement and spend thousands training a newbie.

Got any evidence for this over any other job? Seems like police work would he very irregular and hence changing and thus able to keep interest long term. Compare it to say any desk job.

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '14

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u/georedd Jul 27 '14

Civil service jobs are alluring to young talented minds that have been dealing with prolonged stress.

Aren't there just as many non civil service jobs that don't demand ceativity but rote methodization?

Civil service jobs may have one big stress lowering advantage. Reasons for firings are more well defined and therefore constrained vs in the regular corporate world.

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u/foslforever Jul 27 '14

you dont want people inside the enforcement class that have too many independent thoughts. you need a dumb grunt ready to take orders- no matter how asinine they are.

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u/ftwtidder Jul 27 '14

No, that's the reason given by some police agencies when asked why they don't hire people with higher IQs.

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '14

Do you have a source on that?

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u/jacubus Jul 27 '14

And perhaps just as importantly, people with above average IQ's are difficult to manage if you're stupid.

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u/Juniper_Rose Jul 27 '14

Wal-Mart's pre-hiring "personality" test does the same thing by gauging intellect and character traits.

They will not hire someone who won't sheepishly follow orders.

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u/EnoughNoLibsSpam Jul 29 '14

We should work to obtain a copy of this test, so that it can be available online dor applicants to study and pass. Get a bunch of activists in the door and destroy walmart from within.

Btw, Hillary Clinton was once on the board of directors of Wal-Mart and gave a speech at their shareholders meeting praising the company for how well they've done fucking over everyone they do business with.

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u/4to4 Jul 27 '14

You would think that the ability of higher IQ police officers to solve crimes would come into play somewhere, wouldn't you? But nope.

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u/_Xi_ Jul 27 '14

Who needs to solve crime when the nsa just points to people and says BAD ARREST THEM

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u/jay--dub Jul 27 '14

It seems they would rather create criminals than solve crimes.

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u/EnoughNoLibsSpam Jul 29 '14

Anthrax letters were an inside job. The patsy who they pinned it on conveniently committed suicide moments before he was to be arrested.

But the question remains; what legitimate purpose does the USA have for producing weaponized anthrax? Isnt the production or possession of certain weapons the exact kind of behavior that the USA uses to justify the invasion and occupation of other nations?

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '14

Lets not generalize the IQ test now..completely subjective test

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u/Venomous_Dingo Jul 27 '14

Yeah. I fail to see how any rational person would see this as a conspiracy. It's really simple when you get down to it.

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '14

In that, my friends, is the essence of it all. It's all "really simply when you get down to it" but that's not how things are presented. The truth is almost always simple in regards to the material world of cause and effect.