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0 pointsClumsyPilot3y ago0 comments

> Building something exceptional always involves excluding mediocrity

This is wrong by definition

US army was exceptional in 1970's, did you need to graduate from harvard to join? No, they drafted everyone, even your sorry ass didn't want to join.

British industrialisation was exceptional, they didn't exclude anyone, even got children something to do by sending them into coal mines!

Amazon is exceptional, is it hard to become a worker in Amazon warehouse?

Organisation can be exceptional without any individual being exceptional.

Also you could be exceptionally bad!

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WatchDog3y ago· 2 in thread

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_100,000

ClumsyPilotOP3y ago

> Project 100,000 soldiers included those unable to speak English, those who had low mental aptitude or minor physical impairments, and those who were slightly over- or underweight.

You are moving the goalpost from mediocrity to disability.

WatchDog3y ago

Subsequently the US set a legal floor of IQ 80 to enlist.

It's illegal to enlist anyone with an IQ below 80 to the military.

They don't have any use for them.

Approximately 1 in 10 people have an IQ below 80.

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