Comments by "Jason Dashney" (@jasondashney) on "The Bell Curve: The most controversial book ever in science | Richard Haier and Lex Fridman" video.

@nelus7276 Low IQ people can be the best employees. I deal with them quite often in menial labour positions in construction. People who have a low IQ, know that they do. They also know that they get looked down on by most of the rest of society. I feel my job when I have to directed them is to make sure that they understand that the boring cleaning up that they are doing is literally essential. The job could not get done without that task of being done. I make sure they feel like their contribution matters, because it does. Make a person feel good about themselves and they'll go through a wall for you. It's an absolute win-win. It sucks so much that people will crap all over someone who's not very bright, simply because they are not very bright. It's not their fault, and such an awful thing to do to make them hurt because of it.
6
That's a really interesting point. It's the old "follow the money" deal. Find me a persons incentives, and I will likely predict their responses. It's so pervasive that I'm inclined to believe that it is nature. Mankind has been doing that since the earliest days.
5
@proudatheist2042 I won't lie, just this morning I had to orient a new worker who is dumber than a bag of hammers and I don't suffer fools gladly and I have to remind myself they aren't being a fool. It's frustrating and I have to consciously tell myself not to do a deep sigh or make any gestures that let them know I'm getting irritated at how dumb they are because all I'm doing is hurting someone for no reason. Getting openly frustrated with them will not help the process go any faster, and lots of them get flustered pretty easily when somebody makes it clear they aren't intelligent and I feel so bad for them when it happens because it's absolutely not their fault. All I care about is that somebody tries their best and is friendly. All this is to say I am certain no saint, but I do try very hard to be as understanding as I can because I can't imagine what it would feel like having that weight on your shoulders, knowing that almost everybody around you is smarter than you and so many are looking down on you. Makes me thankful to have my frustrated, but perfectly capable brain. I'll never understand how somebody can work with people who are far worse off cognitively than these ones are, every day. God bless you cause I certainly couldn't do it. I have a ton of respect for what you do.
1