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74 Post author: Yvain 12 July 2012 05:43PM

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Comment author: MileyCyrus 10 July 2012 01:44:06PM 9 points [-]

I read a George Will column where he said that aptitude tests for jobs used to be much more common. Then some employers got sued because racial minorities were doing too poorly on the tests. Requiring a college degree is legally safer than an aptitude test (even though there is at least as much racial disparity in college degrees as aptitude tests).

Comment author: fubarobfusco 10 July 2012 06:41:28PM 10 points [-]

If you want to be a police officer in New London, Connecticut, you'd better not score too high on the IQ test.