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A comment on Ask HN: Mandatory IQ Tests for Politicians?.

Re:Ask HN: Mandatory IQ Tests for Politicians? by bch132 on Sunday March 22, 2020 @03:35PM (#22657865)
How does having a high IQ guarantee one makes the right decisions?

Wouldn't testing whether politicians are psychopaths be a better use of resources? Or have we already realized they all are?

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Re:Ask HN: Mandatory IQ Tests for Politicians? by chupa-chups on Sunday March 22, 2020 @03:38PM (#22657883)
A high IQ doesn't guarantee anything, a low IQ does. If you're in a position to decide over the fate of lots of people, you should demonstrate you're able to reason that far.
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