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Programmer tries to explain binary search to the police (startrek.website)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This internet myth has got to die. ONE case in ONE department, a quarter century ago, does not mean it's a practice.

https://www.nytimes.com/1999/09/09/nyregion/metro-news-briefs-connecticut-judge-rules-that-police-can-bar-high-iq-scores.html

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Calling 25 years a quarter century is a fun way to make it seem way longer. Precedent is kind of important in law so setting a precedent that says they can discriminate on the basis of IQ is relevant until is overturned. Do you have any articles about a ruling overturning that precedent?