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> An 80 IQ person can be a competent plumber That is wildly incorrect. This kind of snobbery toward the skilled trades needs to stop. Edit: https://quizlet.

> An 80 IQ person can be a competent plumber That is wildly incorrect. This kind of snobbery toward the skilled trades needs to stop. Edit: https://quizlet.com/test/journeymans-plumbing-practice-test-707153420 https://quizlet.com/test/journeymans-plumbing-practice-test-... A person with an IQ of 80 is not going to pass that test. He might get a job as a gofer, cleaner, general dogsbody, and "dude who has to carry all the heavy shit" for a plumbing contractor, but that doesn't make him a plumber.

atleastoptimal 2y ago
https://gwern.net/doc/iq/ses/2002-hauser.pdf https://gwern.net/doc/iq/ses/2002-hauser.pdf Look at the chart on page 85 An IQ of around 80 or a little more is around the 25th percentile for a large portion of trades jobs.
- Turing_Machine 2y ago
  You mean what they call "crafts occupations"? There again, you (and they) are making the mistake of lumping all of "those people" together. Someone with an IQ of 80 could probably be a decent drywaller or roofer, maybe a mediocre framing carpenter or painter. A good plumber or good electrician? Not a chance in hell.