What do you look for in hiring Tech skills first or Aptltude

[shellkamp]

Sometimes people with "high intellect" are completely useless at doing practically anything.

Even they know "how" something is done, and can critique someone else's performance, they've never attempted to do the task themselves because they can't bare to make a fool of themselves (even if they were alone) in the effort to learn the actual skill.

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[pageyjim]

Sometimes people with "high intellect" are completely useless at doing practically anything.

Even they know "how" something is done, and can critique someone else's performance, they've never attempted to do the task themselves because they can't bare to make a fool of themselves (even if they were alone) in the effort to learn the actual skill.

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So you are saying that some intelligent people are not mechanically inclined which I agree with but the person I quoted said they can be stupid.

"because they can't bare to make a fool of themselves..." Really that is why?

[shellkamp]

So you are saying that some intelligent people are not mechanically inclined which I agree with but the person I quoted said they can be stupid.

"because they can't bare to make a fool of themselves..." Really that is why?

I just made a general comment about "some" intellectual people.

That's certainly one reason some people choose not to try things.

"He who does nothing makes no mistakes."

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[pageyjim]

I just made a general comment about "some" intellectual people.

That's certainly one reason some people choose not to try things.

"He who does nothing makes no mistakes."

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Whatever you say but it is a strange comment imo. Also the post had basically nothing to do with what I said.

[shellkamp]

Whatever you say but it is a strange comment imo. Also the post had basically nothing to do with what I said.

I didn't originally quote your post, nor anyone else's.

Just adding to the conversation of "high IQ individuals as potential employees"

You can read into it however you like

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[pageyjim]

I didn't originally quote your post, nor anyone else's.

Just adding to the conversation of "high IQ individuals as potential employees"

You can read into it however you like

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You are right, my apologies.

[BBeerme]

That sentence doesn't work.

Replace stupid with ignorant and it does.

There is a huge difference between stupid and ignorant.

So don't hire any stupid intellectuals?

[pageyjim]

That sentence doesn't work.

Replace stupid with ignorant and it does.

There is a huge difference between stupid and ignorant.

Tell that to hvacker it was his premise not mine.

[pageyjim]

That sentence doesn't work.

Replace stupid with ignorant and it does.

There is a huge difference between stupid and ignorant.

As I said you should address that to hvacker but to address your post I am a bit confused, or maybe you are. Ignorance means a lack of knowledge. So you are saying that intellectuals lack knowledge?

[hvacker]

Not exactly positive what you are saying but it seems this is just another typical anti itellectualism or a pro common sense narrative. It is true some jobs do not have much of a need for objective reasoning and intellect. Some jobs like being a cop you actually have a better chance at being one if you lack intellect. It seems many are actually proud of their lack of intellect.

Cop IQ How smart should cops have to be, what kind of smart, and how do we measure and promote it?

https://www.police1.com/police-jobs-...tQlqvXInHppdW/

Applicants are turned down because they are too smart. Some police forces seem to prefer just average intelligence. I think some people believe the same for our field whether they realize it or not.

I'm looking at something different from the general idea of stupid. Anyone can be stupid regardless of their intellect. They simply do stupid things. Over and over.
This was brought home in an essay I read from 1975. I had posted this on ARP but almost predictably no one responded. The author showed the difference from our usual ideas of stupid with a better understanding for me anyway.

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It's understood if you have one psychopath with 100 followers, you have 101 psychopaths. Now if you have one stupid person with 1 million followers, guess what..

[BBeerme]

No. I'm saying that using the word stupid, that's something you are born with and can not be corrected.

Ignorance is common, and can be cured with education.

As I said you should address that to hvacker but to address your post I am a bit confused, or maybe you are. Ignorance means a lack of knowledge. So you are saying that intellectuals lack knowledge?

[hvacker]

That sentence doesn't work.

Replace stupid with ignorant and it does.

There is a huge difference between stupid and ignorant.

Ya, big difference. Who is the comedian that says "You can't fix stupid"?
Ignorance can be fixed. Pagey's post "So don't hire any stupid intellectuals?" actually does work from my perspective. There are stupid intellectuals.
Like the phrase "Educated idiots" Some that say this are simply insecure of people with educations but for those
of us that aren't insecure know well the disasters some stupid educated and non-educated people create non-stop.
One that's common is when something stupid is done and the offender says "Well I'm the one with the degree".
The poem "The Charge Of The Light Brigade." tells of the effect of a stupid person in charge for their followers.

[pageyjim]

Pagey's post "So don't hire any stupid intellectuals?" actually does work from my perspective.

Don't try to give me credit for that. I was simply rephrasing your position.

[hvacker]

As I said you should address that to hvacker but to address your post I am a bit confused, or maybe you are. Ignorance means a lack of knowledge. So you are saying that intellectuals lack knowledge?

Knowledge w/o wisdom = stupid. I see our brain function in many ways but one that's often not addressed
is the separation between the intellect and the emotions. They seem at constant war for superiority.
One curious aspect of this is when a person is responding emotionally and believes that are actually thinking.

[hvacker]

Double post stupid.

[pageyjim]

Knowledge w/o wisdom = stupid. I see our brain function in many ways but one that's often not addressed
is the separation between the intellect and the emotions. They seem at constant war for superiority.
One curious aspect of this is when a person is responding emotionally and believes that are actually thinking.

You found an essay that tries to redefine stupidity and attempt to do so yourself.

[pageyjim]

I'm looking at something different from the general idea of stupid.

Yes you are.

[hvacker]

You found an essay that tries to redefine stupidity and attempt to do so yourself.

I came across the essay by coincidence. I have been pondering the relationship between people that have an
intellectual response to things to those that respond to the same thing but in an emotional way for awhile.
I made some attempts in ARP to engage but the idea didn't go far. I attempted to show the difference between
an emotional response and an intellectual one in day to day events.

Think of people stuck in a mindset that responds emotionally to events and causes others to just shake their head.
Now I'm connecting emotional responds with the stupid particle. A bit like particle physics where there are these
different possible ways to respond. I'm looking at the emotional reaction and connection to people behaving stupidly.
As if the emotions have no thought process. Not thought but process.

[tmst]

Actually, it wasn't we as a society, it was the colleges and universities from all around our country. It was an advertising campaign that they all paid into, it began back in the early 70's. They paid into it for about thirty years. And I'd have to say it was a rather successful campaign.

I'm loving seeing this validation here of what I have privately considered to be the case. The baby boomer was indoctrinated that "blue collar is bad". It was probably some kind of covert attack on Western culture intended to undermine the middle class upon which all political freedom rests.

I spent many years in software. But I can safely say the wisdom I've found here is every bit as profound.

[2sac]

So don't hire any stupid intellectuals?

They get government jobs.