So I tried to apply to the police at one stage...

TheyKnowMyIP

But I was turned down because they told me I was "too smart":(

http://www.nytimes.com/1999/09/09/nyregion/metro-news-briefs-connecticut-judge-rules-that-police-can-bar-high-iq-scores.html

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

'I was eliminated on the basis of my intellectual makeup,'' he said. ''It's the same as discrimination on the basis of gender or religion or race.''

If that was the case, anyone who wasn't intellgent enough could claim the same thing, making the idea of an intelligent test pointless.

MungBean

Now they know your IP and your name.

El Weirdo

nm

Saila

is this a new take on bumping a zombie thread

Knasher

Ikky Poo2 wrote: »

If that was the case, anyone who wasn't intellgent enough could claim the same thing, making the idea of an intelligent test pointless.

I disagree, it has to matter if it will negatively impact their ability to do the job or not. I can't see how a high IQ would be a problem.

ChunkyLover_53

FFS.

Sting is so prententious.

What a smug b*stard for not letting you join the band.

F*** You and your Rainforests!

Uhm.

Anyone else notice that the article was from 1999?

KeithM89_old

Try not to start threads with news thats not from this century...