The Picard Maneuver@startrek.website to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 11 months agoProgrammer tries to explain binary search to the policestartrek.websiteimagemessage-square409fedilinkarrow-up12.54Karrow-down111
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minus-squareShiggles@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up33arrow-down1·11 months agoCertain departments specifically have IQ tests, in order to ensure you aren’t smart enough to easily get a better job elsewhere.
minus-squareCmdrShepard@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·11 months agoI think it’s more nefarious than that. Many departments want a good 'ol boys club where they’re the ultimate authority and they want their officers to fall in line rather than question department actions.
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down10·11 months agoThis internet myth has got to die. ONE case in ONE department, a quarter century ago, does not mean it’s a practice. https://www.nytimes.com/1999/09/09/nyregion/metro-news-briefs-connecticut-judge-rules-that-police-can-bar-high-iq-scores.html
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minus-squareHonytawk@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 months agoCan you blame them if they can not find one from after 1999?
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·11 months agoBecause the 1999 story is the origin of this talk.
minus-squareAnders429@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoAnyone got a non-paywalled link?
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·11 months agohttps://abcnews.go.com/US/court-oks-barring-high-iqs-cops/story?id=95836
Certain departments specifically have IQ tests, in order to ensure you aren’t smart enough to easily get a better job elsewhere.
I think it’s more nefarious than that. Many departments want a good 'ol boys club where they’re the ultimate authority and they want their officers to fall in line rather than question department actions.
This internet myth has got to die. ONE case in ONE department, a quarter century ago, does not mean it’s a practice.
https://www.nytimes.com/1999/09/09/nyregion/metro-news-briefs-connecticut-judge-rules-that-police-can-bar-high-iq-scores.html
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Can you blame them if they can not find one from after 1999?
Because the 1999 story is the origin of this talk.
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Anyone got a non-paywalled link?
https://abcnews.go.com/US/court-oks-barring-high-iqs-cops/story?id=95836