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Old 26th Dec 2021, 11:22
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Bull****.

I’ve obviously been underestimating aircrew intelligence over the years. My apologises….

I cannot confirm or deny if this paper is in any way related to the Ig Nobel awards…. Or that it was published in or around the 1st of April…

Happy New Year…

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf...47049211000317

Bull**** Ability as an Honest Signal of Intelligence
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Old 26th Dec 2021, 11:55
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Originally Posted by ORAC
I’ve obviously been underestimating aircrew intelligence over the years. My apologises….

I cannot confirm or deny if this paper is in any way related to the Ig Nobel awards…. Or that it was published in or around the 1st of April…

Happy New Year…

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf...47049211000317

Bull**** Ability as an Honest Signal of Intelligence
On that basis I will have to revise my opinion, especially of some of the fast jet jockeys I have known. In light of these findings, they were clearly geniuses after all. Humble and retrospective apologies for the impression I gained at the time.

As for myself, absolutely true. In my various tours in RAF training establishments and on operational units, I have found that provided what I told the students, to aid their understanding, was delivered with complete confidence and authority, it did not actually have to be either accurate or true. I have also been told that I am highly intelligent - in fact, on more than one occasion, I have been likened to a lighthouse in the desert!
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Who knew? Am I really that smart?

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Is this from the ACSC reading list?
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I always new I was a first class Bull****ter, now I have scientific proof !

Thanks ORAC
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https://i.imgur.com/nBKuzzq.jpg

More crap or Special High Intensive Training
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Old 26th Dec 2021, 19:13
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Wow!! I know that age is creeping up on me but I did not think that we had reached the beginning of April yet!

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I notice the article starts "Navigating....."

The bull**** flags waved by the DS at TLP were an effective deterrent.
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Politicians are like babies' nappies ....... need changing often and for the same reason.

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