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It's not what you know
h/t Instapundit...In "The War on Stupid People," an article for Atlantic magazine, author and journalist David H. Freedman analyses this chasm, lamenting the fetishizing of IQ, and stating that only a few decades ago, good jobs could be found based not just on IQ and education, but also more on soft factors such as "integrity, work ethic, and a knack for getting along." He alleges that "the successful and influential seem more determined than ever to freeze the less intelligent out... rather than shaping our economy, our schools, even our culture with an eye to the abilities and needs of the majority, and to the full range of human capacity." Of course, I've seen it in academia, where it's more "war of the mediocre but socially adept against their socially awkward betters (all good scientists are, a bit, Asperger). Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-04-05 |
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