This reminds me of McNamara's Folly - during the Vietnam war, then Secretary-of-Defence Robert McNamara lowered mental standards for service in an effort to inc

This reminds me of McNamara's Folly - during the Vietnam war, then Secretary-of-Defence Robert McNamara lowered mental standards for service in an effort to increase the size of the conscript pool. [0] (Gwern's review is a nice summary IMO [1]) They'd just need a little more training, right? Suffice to say, this did not go well. Might go a bit better without live weapons and people shooting at you, but it really should say something that there are people that the army literally cannot find a use for. 0: https://www.amazon.com/McNamaras-Folly-Hamilton-Gregory/dp/1495805484 https://www.amazon.com/McNamaras-Folly-Hamilton-Gregory/dp/1... 1: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2333328079 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2333328079