𝐉𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐀𝐍 𝐏𝐄𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐎𝐍 𝐎𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐂 𝐍𝐎 𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐖𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐒 𝐓𝐎 𝐓𝐀𝐋𝐊 𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓

After 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐬, the military concluded: if you have an IQ of 𝟖𝟑 𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬, there is nothing you can be trained to do at any level of the organization that isn’t “𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦.” - M.A. Rothman@MichaelARothman
Peterson’s next point is the one that should keep policymakers up at night:

“𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 1 𝘪𝘯 10 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴, 𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘴 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭, 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘹𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘹 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺 — 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 — 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦’𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘹 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 1 𝘪𝘯 10 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦.”