For gifted children, being intelligent can have dark implications (2015)

Re:For gifted children, being intelligent can have dark impl... by DanBC on Friday February 12, 2016 @12:34PM (#11088843)

GCHQ have made a point of recruiting people with autism spectrum diagnoses.

There's plenty of people with severe mental illness who have security clearances.

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Re:For gifted children, being intelligent can have dark impl... by lutusp on Friday February 12, 2016 @01:08PM (#11089099)

> There's plenty of people with severe mental illness who have security clearances.

Yes, but only if they lie or waffle in their applications, because mental illness is specifically discussed as a reason to deny clearance.

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