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> Now imagine typical blue collar worker having IQ below 100 I, quite honestly, really struggle to imagine this person. As someone involved in the agriculture
by randomdata 10y ago
> Now imagine typical blue collar worker having IQ below 100
I, quite honestly, really struggle to imagine this person. As someone involved in the agriculture industry, I see a lot of blue collar people. They all seem quite intelligent and capable to me. Some I could consider absolute geniuses. Save a small group who have real crippling disabilities, I'm not sure I have ever met a person who I think would struggle with those technical concepts.
It's a time commitment, for sure, but not a particularly difficult undertaking. What I have observed over the years are numerous people who think that this kind of technical work would be an awful way to make a living. That's the real barrier to entry. It is difficult to put in the necessary time when you get absolutely no enjoyment out of it, as difficult as that is for me – and I expect everyone else around here – to understand.
Or maybe I've just lived a sheltered life. The high school completion rate where I live is about 90%, so these people who you say can be identified as high school dropouts are not particularly common to begin with.
- ryanmarsh 10y agoThis. I've worked with plenty of smart uneducated people. In the army and various industries I've been around (trucking, manufacturing) there are plenty of knuckleheads but also a surprising number of very smart people for whom the education system either wasn't a fit or an option.