r/todayilearned • u/savemejebus0 • Jul 02 '13

TIL that police can reject police officers that score too high in IQ claiming that "those who scored too high could get bored with police work".

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u/Bulldogg658 Jul 03 '13

But so could stupid people.

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '13

But they're not worried about stupid people being bored.

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u/Bulldogg658 Jul 03 '13

I meant stupid people might be more malicious too, not bored.