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Re:Google commits $1B in grants to train U.S. workers for hi... by vilmosi on Thursday October 12, 2017 @05:27PM (#15461466)
IQ just means potential not capability. Given enought time I believe most people can be trained to do almost any job.

I don't think our brain suddenly evolved in 200 years from illiterate peasants to software engineers. We just have more school time these days.

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Re:Google commits $1B in grants to train U.S. workers for hi... by sunir on Thursday October 12, 2017 @06:13PM (#15461722)
Since it is empirically obvious that 200 years ago the world was not entirely populated by illiterate peasants ...perhaps your population model of the distribution of IQ and causes thereof is inaccurate.
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Re:Google commits $1B in grants to train U.S. workers for hi... by vilmosi on Thursday October 12, 2017 @06:34PM (#15461854)
Not entirely but the vast majority. It's empirically obvious writting existed 200 years ago therefore someone somewhere knew how to write.

What do you think people did before the industrial revolution?

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Re:Google commits $1B in grants to train U.S. workers for hi... by sunir on Thursday October 12, 2017 @07:39PM (#15462253)
A lot.
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Re:Google commits $1B in grants to train U.S. workers for hi... by thaumasiotes on Thursday October 12, 2017 @08:24PM (#15462467)
> IQ just means potential not capability.

Ok, you can say that.

> Given enough[] time I believe most people can be trained to do almost any job.

That's a statement about potential, not capability.

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