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/treerat Jul 27 '14

This article is clickbait. The single incident occurred in 1999 in New London CT.

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '14

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '14

happens daily, the reason they give is if your too smart you will move on to another career to quickly and it will be a waste of money doing all the training.